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
Simple revolution for Australian super needed – Community Council for Australia says innovative French program should be adopted to create billions of dollars for projects that have a social impact – and CCA says it is easy to do.
Ahead of a series of CEO Forums to discuss mergers and collaboration, CCA CEO David Crosbie urges Australian charities to consider merging, instead of competing for the same funding, in order to survive.
The Community Council for Australia is launching a series of Forums seeking to reduce the number of charities in Australia. David Crosbie, CEO of CCA, said today that “it is time to ask sector leaders to put self-interest aside and work together rather than competing against each other in the charities and not-for-profit sector.
The Community Council for Australia (CCA) has expressed dismay following reports today that the ACT government is intending to develop an ACT specific definition of charities, ignoring all legal and other conventions, and over-riding existing legislation and regulations.
CCA CEO David Crosbie gives evidence to the Senate Inquiry into the impact on service quality, efficiency and sustainability of recent Commonwealth community service tendering processes by the Department of Social Services.
The report from the Better Using Our Assets national round of CEO forums carries 14 recommendations for not-for-profits and five recommendations for government that would better position organisations to achieve their purpose and access new avenues of funding outside of government.
