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.

CCA CEO David Crosbie writes for the Community Advocate: ‘The work of our sector is clearly an antidote to the dog whistling grievance politics that serves the interests of a small minority already emboldened by individual power and money. Our work is about unity, about shared experience, about promoting opportunity and hope. Collectively, we have a lot of work to do in 2026. We need to build engagement and strengthen the bonds that enable us to belong, to establish shared goals, to emphasise the “we” rather than them and us, and to act collectively.

What an amazing 2025: some real highlights, issues of concern, steps forward and back, good times and not-so-welcome times. Through it all I continued to be uplifted by the amazing people I get to work with and at times represent from across the charities and not-for-profit sector, writes CCA CEO David Crosbie in the Community Advocate.