QFCA Sector News

Your weekly update on news, events and developments in Neighbourhood and Community Centres across Queensland.

We want your feedback! Previously the QFCA received funding to organise meetings for 8 regions of Neighbourhood and Community Centres across the state.  Is this model still working in your area, particularly without funding to support travel and accommodation costs in regional areas?  Are some regional areas too big?  We'd love to map what is currently happening and get your input on how to build better connections between centres. Send us your thoughts here:  

 
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Hinchinbrook Community Support Centre Inc has been awarded the inaugural Hinchinbrook Chamber of Commerce Business Award for Employer of the Year!  Queensland Neighbourhood and Community Centres are leading the way in organisational management.  Congratulations Hinchinbrook!

 
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The Western Downs Regional Community Grants Program has undergone some changes including new names. 'Minor Grants' is now called the 'Community Projects Program', and the 'Sport & Recreation Assistance Program' is now the 'Individual Excellence Program'.  These grants are ideal of Neighbourhood and Community Centres in the Western Downs Region and are now available all year round.  Check out more at the link below:  

 
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Save the dates and prepare your budgets!  The next World Community Development Conference will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 29th June to 1st July 2020.  More information will unfold on the IACD website closer to the event:

 
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A report from the Queensland Productivity Commission has labelled Queensland’s service delivery to remote Indigenous communities as “fundamentally broken.” The report said communities need to be at the centre of service delivery design and that there needs to be economic reform to enable community development and economic participation.  Neighbourhood and Community Centres do this best!

 
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The Neighbourhood Homebase is a model for collaborative community revitalisation based in Detroit, USA that is very similar to Neighbourhood Houses.  Running from a store front, it is a centre for community connection and increasing economic opportunities for a struggling neighbourhood.  You can read more here:

 
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How would your Neighbourhood or Community Centre continue to operate if it was hit by a natural disaster? The CSIA is running free workshops in Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Hervey Bay and Townsville on "Planning for Business Continuity in times of disaster".  They'll be taking place in September and you can register here:

 
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