Global Fuel Shortages and Charities/NFPs
The Community Council for Australia is requesting that the essential role of charities and NFPs be factored into any measures relating to fuel shortages in Australia.
We are an independent member-based charity peak body dedicated to building flourishing communities by enhancing the extraordinary work of Australia’s not-for-profit sector. We do this by changing the way governments, communities and the not-for-profit sector relate to one another. In particular, this includes establishing a regulatory environment that works for charities and community organisations – not against them.
The Community Council for Australia is requesting that the essential role of charities and NFPs be factored into any measures relating to fuel shortages in Australia.
We can negate some of the negatives of AI if we stand for our values against the dehumanising exploitative use of AI, and continue to adopt and adapt AI in partnership with our communities, writes CCA CEO, David Crosbie in the Community Advocate.
If we want to unlock financial potential, create new opportunities, build capacity and leverage the $489 billion in assets held across the charities sector, we need to change how we calculate risk in our sector, how we budget, how we invest in ourselves, how we invest in our future. Targeted investment in more appropriate financial products could enable charities and NFPs to budget a little more easily, take more risks, and do more for their communities, writes CCA CEO David Crosbie in the Community Advocate.
For CCA, one of the main concerns about government grants is the lack of active engagement or meaningful dialogue between the charity and not-for-profit sector and grant-giving agencies about how government contracting can be improved, writes CEO David Crosbie in the Community Advocate.
CEO David Crosbie contributes weekly to the go to news for and about charities, community, volunteers and change-making, The Community Advocate
The archive of David’s thought pieces for Pro Bono News 2016-23 is available here
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