Building flourishing communities by enhancing the extraordinary work of charities and the not-for-profit sector

2025

ANNUAL REPORT

Rev Tim Costello AO
Chair, Community Council for Australia

"CCA members are the engine room of ideas, policy, concerns and information that drives CCA advocacy."

Chair Report

It’s not unusual for me, as Chair of CCA, to report to our members and supporters that yet again CCA has had a good year. But this year’s report is different from any I’ve previously presented. What’s most important about the work of CCA in 2025 is what it will mean for CCA, and the charities and NFP sector, in 2026 and well beyond.

Of course, CCA still did remarkable work that had an impact in 2025.

It’s not every peak body that can organise a pre-election debate at the National Press Club involving those responsible for charity and NFP policies in the two major competing political parties, let alone combine that event with the launch of another ground breaking report into the values and measures that matter if we are to build flourishing communities in the kind of Australia we want to live in (the Australia We Want Report).

Not many peak bodies in the same year could deliver a pre-election marginal seat survey highlighting the value of charities and NFPs to voters and the people who represent them across key electorates.

These are remarkable achievements, especially when you consider the limited resources CCA has operated with for more than a decade. To deliver so much as part of an election year, along with so many other activities, and also achieve a budget surplus, is extraordinary.

But one achievement overshadows even these outstanding realisations of advocacy on behalf of the charities and NFP sector.

At the end of 2025, CCA was granted $500,000 a year for the next three years by the Minderoo Foundation to more effectively deliver on its strategic plan. As noted in our Director’s Report the first payment was made in January 2026.

The genesis of this achievement is the strategic plan the Board and staff developed at the end of 2024. We tried to be as ambitious as we could, and to set out meaningful and measurable goals.

Part of the thinking across that planning process was that we were already delivering more outputs and outcomes than could reasonably be expected given we had less than 3 full time staff and a very small budget. Our main strategic goal to build CCA’s effectiveness and provide more advocacy for the sector was to double our budget within three years.

As part of this commitment, we encouraged our staff to put aside some of their many priorities and invest more of their time into seeking out sources of new funding for CCA.

As has so often been the case at CCA, our hard-working staff along with a committed Board, our members and our supporters have now delivered on this goal. We have doubled CCA’s income for the upcoming year and for at least two years beyond that.

There’ s still a lot of work to do to advance the CCA strategic plan. And our sector remains undervalued and under-represented in key national policy debates. But having significantly increased resources at CCA will hopefully mean more of the CCA strategic plan can be delivered over the coming 12 months and into the future.

No chair’s report would be complete without some acknowledgements of those that make CCA happen.

I want to start by thanking our members. Without you there is no CCA. It was so good to see the National Press Club completely full at the pre-election forum as our members and supporters packed the place out.

Up until now CCA has been predominantly member financed. I think it is one of the measures of how charities see themselves and their roles if they choose to be members of CCA. It shows that they’re willing to put their own money towards something bigger than their own organisations and work towards achieving the kind of Australia we want to live in.

Perhaps just as importantly, CCA members are the engine room of ideas, policy, concerns and information that drives CCA advocacy. Our standing as a peak body is grounded in the engagement and support of our members.

Most of my fellow Board Directors do more than attend Board meetings. Each one has made an invaluable contribution. I always find our Board meetings energising, full of ideas and insights, and I can’t say that about many of the meetings I attend. I thank them again for their commitment and support of CCA.

I will separately on our agenda note the outstanding contributions of some of our retiring Board Directors, and especially my Deputy Chair Claire Robbs. Their contribution to CCA has been exceptional.

Our supporters have enabled us to grow as an organisation and become more effective. In particular I must thank the Minderoo Foundation who have backed us so strongly over the next three years, Denis Moriarty and Our Community who are tireless supporters in so many ways, the Lord Mayors Charitable Foundation (now the Greater Melbourne Foundation), Nicola Stokes and the AMP Foundation who made the Australia We Want report a reality and who continue to support us, Life Without Barriers who not only provide Claire Robbs but also other support, Dermot O’Gorman and WWF who backed us to build stronger communities.

Of course we need to again acknowledge our hard-working staff, David, Deb, Nick and for a short time in 2025, the wonderful Dr Sue Regan, who have somehow managed to make CCA happen on a what has been a shoe-string budget.

I would also note the ongoing support and engagement of the Assistant Minister for Charities Andrew Leigh and his Shadow Senator Dean Smith. Both gave generously of their time and energy during a tough election period to participate in the pre-election forum at the NPC. Both actively engage with CCA and the sector, as we again see at the AGM.

The hard work of many people has enabled CCA to be a respected national peak body for our sector. We now have a new opportunity to build on that standing and drive real change to benefit our sector and the many communities we serve.

As Chair, I thank you for all your wonderful support in 2025. I hope you will join us on what promises to be an exciting expansion for CCA as we continue in our journey into 2026 and beyond.

David Crosbie
CEO, Community Council for Australia

"We now have the resources we were calling for, and it’s a platform we hope to build on and expand further."

CEO Report

2025 was a year of achievement for CCA. We worked hard in the lead up to the Federal Election, produced one of our most important reports, and as our Chair Tim Costello has pointed out, we realised the ambitious capacity building target for CCA from our strategic plan.

In preparing this report I revisited where we were at the same time last year and I was struck by the following quote:

‘In some ways, the lack of significant investment in CCA to build a more powerful and effective peak body reflects the broader lack of strategic investment in our sector. CCA will be focusing even more on this capacity building in 2025 once the Federal election is over.’

We now have the resources we were calling for, and it’s a platform we hope to build on and expand further. And the reason we now have these resources is largely because of Ryan Ginard from the Minderoo Foundation. Ryan has been a strong supporter of the need for a more effective collective voice for charities and not-for-profits in Australia. Ryan’s approach in providing substantive support for CCA to take on this challenge has been backed by Kristen Stevenson, John Hartman and the Minderoo Board. All at CCA thank the Minderoo Foundation for this empowering grant.

Aside from achieving a significant funding boost, another pleasing aspect of 2025 was Maurice Reilly (CEO at the NPC) and the National Press Club agreeing to make time in the last two weeks before a Federal Election at peak campaigning time to host a charities and NFP forum involving the major political parties – represented by Assistant Minister for Charities Dr Andrew Leigh and Shadow Assistant Minister for Charities Senator Dean Smith. This event required a lot of our time and energy from the early negotiations to the final presentation, but was a very worthwhile effort made even more valuable as we used it to launch the AMP Foundation supported third version of the Australia We Want report.

At CCA we believe acknowledging the core values that are important to Australia and attaching measures to those values is not just an exercise in documenting a few statistics, it is an affirmation that we are much more than individual economic units, and our strength is not just a simple measurement of how much money we can make.

Throughout 2025 CCA continued to be active in maintaining good relationships with key policy makers in government. This is not just about CCA providing submissions and having meetings. It’s also about grounded briefings where CCA can provide real world examples and information about the impact of policies on charities and NFPs.

Thankfully our engagement with members and supporters through our regular leadership forums across CEOs, CFOs, HR/People and Culture leaders, IT and Tech leaders, and policy/government relations leaders informs us and drives both our policies and our advocacy. We really appreciate the contribution of our members through these forums.

In 2025, CCA worked collaboratively with sector leaders on important issues including the emerging cost of living pressures on charities, reshaping philanthropy and DGR status, the unnecessary red tape imposed on every small not-for-profit (NFP) in the country, the workplace reforms where CCA is seeking exceptions that recognise the short term nature of charity funding cycles, and trying to keep our sector well informed through Daily Diary and our regular publications.

The listing of CCA activities covered in the 2025 Annual Report provides some of the highlights of another busy year for CCA.

As I have noted before, I consider myself quite fortunate to be able to work with an outstanding Board – all of whom have extensive expertise and lived experience as CEOs of charities. I want to particularly acknowledge Tim Costello and Claire Robbs both of whom give very generously of their time and expertise, despite both having very full schedules. I always feel I can call on them for advice and support.

I also have the pleasure of working with the remarkable Deborah Smith who is the backbone and heart of CCA and works tirelessly to support our purpose. Deb actually runs CCA. Nick Nguyen never fails to bring a high level of skill and creativity to our work. Both are wonderful people and always prepared to do whatever is needed. Dr Sue Regan also joined our small staff team for six months in 2025 and provided much needed expertise and insight as we put together the Australia We Want report.

CCA has been fortunate to have some strong partnerships. I have already mentioned the Minderoo Foundation, but we also enjoy close partnerships with Denis Moriarty and the team at Our Community, and with key supporters including the Lord Mayors Charitable Foundation, AMP Foundation (thanks Nicola), WWF (thanks to Dermot and his team), Infoxchange and many others who support CCA.

The only reason CCA exists is that our members are prepared to fund, support and engage with us. CCA members provide our purpose and ensure we remain focused on enabling them to better serve their communities. This is what makes CCA.

Thank you to all who have been part of CCA in 2025 – I’m excited and looking forward to an even more productive 2026.

2025 in review

Runway to an Election

A burning platform for sector reform

The CCA State of the Sector reports gave decision‑makers and politicians direct insights into the reality charities are dealing with: higher costs, increased demand, and tougher competition for staff and the time of volunteers. They also generated wide media pick up across national and regional media.

The first State of the Sector Report: Sector Confidence was released late 2024, finding that up to 37% of Australian charities face an uncertain future, with some likely to wind back services as inflation and the cost-of-living crisis hit the sector hard. An overwhelming 93% of charity leaders expect operating conditions to worsen, while 73% flag competition for funding, staff and volunteers as a major challenge.

February saw the release of the second State of the Sector reports, finding widespread frustration at the Government’s progress on delivering its promised reform agenda. The numbers are stark: 84% of leaders responded negatively to the lack of progress on cutting red tape and reducing costs, 77% said government tenders and grants were failing to adequately fund staffing levels and fair wages, and 70% flagged the lack of progress on volunteer recruitment and safety.

CCA State of the Sector Reports: Part 1, Sector Confidence
Media Release: 1 in 3 charities face financial crunch: New Poll
Charities need support too, Community Advocate, 17 December
This is why so many charities are at risk of failing, Canberra Times and across ACM media.
Fears for needy as uncertain charities face cash crunch | Canberra Times, carried across ACM network, McPherson Media Group (regional papers), Seven West Media, and local news outlets with radio pick up.

CCA State of the Sector Reports: Part 2, Charity Policy Delivery: The Government’s Scorecard
Media Release: Govt inaction is hurting embattled charity sector
Canberra moving too slowly on sector reform: survey, Community Advocate, 24 February.
Govt inaction is hurting embattled charity sector – Leaders frustrated as Government falls short on promised reforms | The National Tribune and Leaders Frustrated by Govt Inaction on Charity Reforms | Mirage News

Voters say Charities Matter

The State of the Sector reports voiced the perspective of leaders in our sector. The marginal seats survey of 4600 voters conducted by Piazza Research showed voters in communities with political clout in the upcoming Federal Election value charities and want their elected representatives to work better with the charities and NFP sector.

Media Release – New research – Charities matter to communities and voters
Survey reveals voters want government to ease charity burden, Community Advocate, 14 April.

On the Election agenda

It’s no small feat to get your issues onto the agenda at the National Press Club in the run up to a Federal Election. There’s a keen eye to which national issues are at the eye of the electoral storm. CCA was pleased that the National Press Club and both major parties thought our issues and our sector was worth a guernsey. On a day that also saw the release of the third Australia we want Report (with thanks to the support of the AMP Foundation), Assistant Minister for Charities joined Shadow Assistant Minister for Charities, Senator Dean Smith in discussion on sector issues and sector reform in front of a packed house at the Press Club and online across Australia.

The great debate, Community Advocate, 24 April.
Reform of deductible recipient system a big topic at charities Pre-election Forum, 2 May, Philanthropy Australia News

The Australia We Want (Third Report)

The latest report card on Australia’s (and each state/territory’s) progress toward or away from the just, fair, safe, inclusive, equal opportunity, authentic, confident, courageous, optimistic, united, kind, generous and compassionate Australia we want was released at the National Press Club.

Made possible by the support of the AMP Foundation, the Australia we want (Third Report) asked Australians to think beyond the economic arguments of the election to consider what kind of society we aspire to be.

It found that Australia is going backwards on key measures when it comes to the kind of communities we actually want to live in

In addition to the links provided here, CCA and the AMP Foundation did extensive media on the release of the third report of Australia we want with radio coverage on commercial, ABC and community radio around Australia, regional and metro, including feature pieces and news grabs.

The ’Australia we want’ is still far from the one we have, Third Sector News, 7 May.
The battle for the Australia we want far from won, Community Advocate, 24 April.
What kind of Australia do you want to live in? Community Advocate, 23 April.
Media Release – Australia is going backwards on key measures when it comes to the kind of communities we want to live in, 23 April.

Nicola Stokes
(CEO of the AMP Foundation and CCA Director), speaking at the National Press Club

“Australian women feel less safe than women in other countries. Indeed, in the list of OECD, we are 35 out of 41 countries. So why do women in our country feel so unsafe?”

“Sadly, Australians are becoming less generous. We’re less likely to volunteer. We are giving less to charities and also as a nation we are allocating a lower percentage of our overall national income to poorer countries.”

“Charity leaders believe that Australia can be a better place if governments at all levels look beyond the simple economic measures of success and invest time, effort and energy in making Australia a fairer, more inclusive, creative and generous country.”

David Crosbie
(CCA CEO)

“We seem to have embraced the idea of locking up more and more of our citizens, we are less generous in giving and volunteering, and we allocate a lower proportion of our income to poorer countries than most OECD countries.”

“During this current Federal Election campaign, you could easily be forgiven for thinking Australia is ultimately nothing more than an economy. As a community we are so much more than that.”

Partners for Productivity, Wellbeing, Resilience and Flourishing in our economy and our communities

Sector reform is an investment in the national interest, building our communities, our productivity, our wellbeing and our resilience. CCA prosecuted this case with Government, across the Parliament, in the media and with our sector.

The NFP sector is too large and too important to be left on the margins of economic debates and major policy reforms within Australia, especially in difficult times. Government investment in enabling NFPs to be more efficient and effective will ultimately deliver stronger, more resilient and productive communities across Australia. CCA Federal Pre-Budget Submission 2025/26

Charities and not-for-profits aren’t front and centre of the growing public discourse about a productivity reform agenda, but that shouldn’t stop us from offering a few possibilities that might make a difference to the kind of Australia we live in. Disruptive ideas for boosting productivity and wellbeing in Australia, The Community Advocate

We need to push back against the idea that we are less productive if we are healthier, better educated, better housed and cared for… The push for increased productivity will steamroll us if we don’t do the work to refine how we talk about our value, measure our outcomes, and deliver more effective impact in our communities. Our sector can and should be part of shaping the national productivity agenda. The alternative is we allow it to shape us: Productivity matters! The Community Advocate, 3 June

Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury meets with the CCA Board and members post the 2025 Election

Protecting the charity workforce and service continuity

Throughout 2025 CCA argued for charities to be able to maintain the temporary regulatory exemption we achieved in 2024 that allows charities to continue to engage staff on fixed term contracts where the funding is less than five years, or the person has not been employed in the same organisation for seven years. We engaged with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and made submissions to the Secure Jobs, Better Pay review, pushing for settings that protect workers without breaking service continuity. It is clear that charities want to invest in their staff, want to offer security where it is supported by the funding, but calling a job ‘permanent’ when the funding clearly isn’t is a disservice to everyone.

The Government continued the exemption for one more year, restricted to charities with a turnover of <10 million.

The advocacy continues. The principles are summarised in our previous submission to the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Legislative Review: Secure Jobs, Better Pay Legislative Review

A big shout out and thank you to the members of the CCA People and Culture Leaders Network and CFO Network who joined in conversations to help bureaucrats better understand the real world impacts on charities, their staff and their services.

Reducing red tape and improving the systems charities rely on

CCA kept calling out red tape that wastes time and money — including the ATO’s new not‑for‑profit self-reporting requirement— and pushed for reforms that make fundraising, reporting and contracting simpler and more consistent.

Neither the government nor the ATO have in any way acknowledged the findings of the Senate Economics Reference Committee that the implementation of this flawed policy (new reporting requirements for NFPs) is a major burden on many small volunteer-run NFPs and is not working. Failing to learn from failure is the worst failure of all, The Community Advocate, 30 July

COP31 isn’t coming to Australia, but the collaboration across sectors convened through COP31 Collaboration Group built momentum behind the idea of Australia joining Pacific leadership for a local-to-global response to climate change with community at the centre. A pre-COP31 meeting of leaders in the Pacific and a role as President of COP31 Negotiations for Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen is positive.

The work to see charities and community groups active, valued, centred in all we do to meet the challenges of a warming planet and a just energy transition remains a priority for CCA.

“We will face more frequent, more intense climate-fuelled disasters. We know socially connected communities – rich in local community groups, charities and volunteering – respond and recover better than communities with a dearth of community groups. Yet social connection is barely a blip in our disaster and climate response planning and investment.”

David Crosbie
(CCA CEO)
speaking at Climate Action Week Sydney and covered in Philanthropy

‘Most charities and not-for-profits are not working in emergency management or response. Most don’t have a focus on our environment or even keeping us all safe. But in our changing climate, strengthening community connectedness, awareness, preparedness, and capacity to respond to disasters is clearly one of the most critical, unrecognised and unfunded roles charities and not-for-profits now play in Australia. David writes for the Community Advocate: Are you ready? Disaster season is here

Media Release: Where’s the community in climate action? 13 March, commentary ahead of a community centred view towards COP31 on the closing day of Climate Action Week Sydney.

COP31 Collaboration Group – Federal Budget Pre-Budget Submission 2025 – 26

MEDIA COMMENTARY, THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND A DAILY DIARY

In the course of a year, CCA publishes well over 200 editions of Daily Diary – lighting up the inbox of CCA member CEOs and senior staff with an informal and fairly frank two-minute read intended to help keep you up to date on national context, CCA work and other news of interest to charity leaders – with an occasional smile.

In addition to media commentary, CCA CEO David Crosbie writes fortnightly for The Community Advocate, raising sector issues and promoting thought leadership within and about our sector.

An election surprise, a Press Club debate, and investment inertia: 2025 in review, Community Advocate, 10 December 2025. What a year 2025 has been, particularly at a national level where the Parliament and politics as we know it have changed significantly.

Why not prepare a Pre-Budget submission? Community Advocate, 26 November 2025. Charities and not-for-profits can be outstanding advocates for their cause, their community, their purpose. I’m constantly reminded of the tremendous advocacy skills that exist within our sector across many challenging and complex areas of national and international policy. At the same time, I am often dismayed by the lack of advocacy from our sector on behalf of itself. This is not surprising. Self interest is not a big motivator in our sector.

Awake at night … again, Community Advocate, 12 November 2025. CEOs in our sector can see the potential of technology and AI. They want their organisations to do better by drawing on emerging technologies, but if the only way they can do that is by reducing services to the community they serve, how does that work? Emerging technology offers both real benefits and real risk. If Australia is to become more innovative and productive, if we are to ensure our safety and maintain our values, investment in technology for the charities and NFP sector should be a very high priority.

AI is growing and has huge potential, but not many charities know how to use it: report, Community Advocate. David contributes commentary following report launch: “I know that internally it’s often a difficult decision to decide how much to invest in IT as compared to direct services or other needs that are competing. I think one of the really positive uses of the (Infoxchange) report is to enable people to argue internally to try and get more investment into the IT area.”

The real cost of profit: How human services became a commodity and children paid the price, 29 October, ‘When we allow our human services to be commodified, we invariably risk what is most important to our communities… Putting profit before people is dangerous and needs to be challenged. Purpose is more important than profit. As a sector we should always be proud and loud about the fact that we are driven by values and purpose.’

Holding the line against corporate power: charities at the barricades, 24 September, The Community Advocate: David writes, ‘Beyond providing vital services in our communities, many charities and not-for-profits take on an even bolder role: holding governments to account, pushing for policies that serve all Australians, not just a privileged few. This advocacy for government policies and practices that are about public benefit rather than financial gain for those who are already wealthy is a critical aspect of the work of the Australian charity and not-for-profit sector.’

Storytime: A stranger comes to town, 9 September, The Community Advocate: Technology is changing the world we live in, as it often has. And the new technology we are grappling with today will be superseded by even bigger changes we will need to deal with – not just in relation to online safety but as AI and quantum computing evolve beyond our imagination. All these changes will affect how we communicate, the way we use data and information, and the tools we use to relate to each other.

The sector must step up its advocacy, because doing good work isn’t enough, 26 August, The Community Advocate: It’s clear that doing good work is not enough, persevering is not enough, continuing to make the arguments and promote the value of our contribution to our communities is not enough…. If we want things to change, we have to begin by changing ourselves.

Evaluation – more for less?, The Community Advocate, 13 August: David writes on evaluation, impact measurement and access to data: “Why do we continue to support the lack of data symmetry in the sector’s relationship with government and other funders? Maybe we start a ‘You show me your data, and I’ll show you mine!’ campaign?”

Canberra charity roundtable looks to boost productivity, streamline reporting and boost innovation, The Community Advocate, 5 August. David joins sector leaders in providing feedback following the NFP Sector Productivity Roundtable.

Sector leaders outline priorities in the ‘Not-for-profit Agenda’, The Community Advocate interviews David about the ATO NFP reporting mess and during the webinar, the vision of the Australia we want.

Made to measure, The Community Advocate, 1 July: “The bottom line is that if we want to provide more productive and effective services across our sector, we will need to invest in better measurement.”

How do we fund sector reform? The Community Advocate, 17 June: The solutions necessary to change the sector for the better are well known. It’s finding the money that’s the problem. David outlines a solution gaining traction in Canada and reflects: In Australia, a 0.01 per cent contribution (one tenth of 1 per cent) would generate more than $120 million annually from the $12 billion plus currently held in public and private ancillary funds. Is this the funding needed for the Centre for Excellence recommended by the Productivity Commission almost 15 years ago? Could it drive real productivity gains across our sector?.

Technology for Social Justice Conference 2025: Key Takeaway and Resources | InfoXchange, 28 May, Host (of the Funding for Impact: Let’s Talk About Overheads session) David Crosbie, CEO of the Community Council for Australia shared that the sector’s strong suite is its passion and purpose, but questioned whether purpose can be a weakness. “We need to add in a little bit more selfishness” to see resilience and growth, he shared. “Purpose is powerful – but we need to fund the capabilities that amplify purpose too.” Youtube of the session: Infoxchange conference panel: Funding Technology for Sustainable Impact

Time to celebrate and acknowledge volunteering, The Community Advocate, 20 May: David writes, As we acknowledge volunteers in Australia, we should also note that there is still a lot of work to do to better support and enable volunteering in Australia. We must sort out the basics like insurance and background checks in ways that enable rather than impede volunteering. We need to better define how to support volunteers, particularly in times of crisis.

The lessons of political failure, Community Advocate, 6 May. David writes that, the charities and not-for-profit sector could learn a lot from the failure of the Coalition at Saturday’s election. It strongly reinforced the importance of doing the policy work to be able to offer workable solutions, ensuring consistency in our values and our actions, and understanding that representation is much more than an occasional seat at the table or a tick the box consultation.

Politically, we have a power outage, Community Advocate, 8 April. A new survey has confirmed charities enjoy strong support in communities across Australia. So why doesn’t the sector have more political clout?

Youth crime policy failure on repeat, Community Advocate, 19 March. When it comes to youth crime panic, we’ve heard it all before says Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie. “Our responses to youth crime should be grounded in fact, not anecdote-fuelled misinformation.”

Not-for-profits, put your case for a better deal in 2025 | Community Directors Intelligence, 2025 Trends edition, 19 February: “What lies ahead for our sector will depend on our capacity to advocate, not only for our causes and communities, but also for ourselves and our sector.”

The importance of walking the talk | Community Directors, 18 February: Charities and not-for-profits deserve to be taken seriously. That means governments investing in the sector, not just offering supportive words. Preliminary article to the release of the State of the Sector Report, Part 2 – Charity Policy Delivery: The Government’s Scorecard

ACPNS Legal Case Notes Series; 2025-4 National Council of Nonprofits et al. v. Office of Management and Budget et al, 14 February: David provides a perspective on the wholesale suspension of government funding for NFPs in the USA and the case brought by the National Council of Nonprofits – answering, could it happen here?

Advocating for our communities is all about attention, Community Advocate, 4 February: Many of the people affected by national policies have no voice. And receive no attention. Many of the experts who know what works or doesn’t work based on extensive experience and study seem to have only a very limited voice. And receive limited attention. This is a challenge our sector needs to take up …

A year of change, Community Advocate, 21 January: In 2025 we will all have the chance to stand up for what we believe in and try and improve the lives of those we care about and those we serve. CCA intends to do all we can to make a difference in 2025… hoping things will improve is not only a recipe for ensuring our own irrelevance, it also enables apathy to win.

NETWORKS

Some of the best support for sector leaders, is to connect with each other. Our leadership networks are informal and informative; collegial and collaborative; safe and insightful… and invaluable for informing our national policy and advocacy. Thank you to all who participated and contributed to meetings during 2025: