CCA provides media commentary on issues important to charities and NFPs and CCA CEO David Crosbie writes fortnightly in the Community Advocate on sector issues. We keep our member CEOs and senior staff up to date via CCA’s Daily Diary – a frank daily analysis of the national context, issues and news of interest to charity leaders (all in a two-minute read). Charity leaders who would like to know more, please contact our Partnerships Manager, Deborah Smith, info@communitycouncil.com.au
“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?” CCA CEO David Crosbie writes for the Community Advocate on evaluation, impact measurement and access to data.
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, writes CCA CEO David Crosbie.
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 writes CCA CEO David Crosbie for the Community Advocate.
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, writes CCA CEO David Crosbie for the Community Advocate.
The solutions necessary to change the sector for the better are well known. It’s finding the money that’s the problem. CCA CEO David Crosbie outlines a solution gaining traction in Canada in 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… Our sector can and should be part of shaping the national productivity agenda. The alternative is we allow it to shape us writes CCA CEO David Crosbie for the Community Advocate.
