Non profit, community organisations, small and large, are a critical part of how human services are provided to people in NSW. They are also an indispensable feature of local communities and a principal means by which people organise to improve their community and personal well-being.

There may be over 6,000 community organisations delivering health, housing, community, employment, aged, disability, youth, women's, indigenous and ethnic services in NSW.

Over the past few years, some Governments and their agencies, some businesses and others have come to recognise that a significant investment in the organisational and service capacities of non profit, community organisations, will be to everyone's benefit.

Key questions are how best to deliver this investment, and how best to do it in a genuine partnership with the non government, community sector.

This one day conference, Building NGOs - Building Communities, provided several examples of practical measures which are now being taken to improve the capacities of non profit, community organisations.

Conference Papers
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• Building NGOs - Building Communities?
  • Gary Moore, Project Director, Strengthening Local Communities Strategy, Premiers Department
  • Jane Schwager, CEO, Benevolent Society
• Employee Giving Schemes for Non Profits - Duncan Powers, CEO, Charities Aid Foundation (Aust)
• Non Profit Management Support On Line - Jane Bradfield and Julie Nyland
• Government Accommodation for Community Purposes - Nivek Thompson - Premier's Department
• Pro Bono Legal Assistance for Non Profits - Andrea Durbach, Director, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
• Community Sector Industry Development Services - Helen Backhouse, Executive Officer, Illawarra Forum