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Frontline family violence support organisations are urging the NSW Government and Opposition to commit to building much-needed social housing for women fleeing family violence… Read More

The peak social services body in NSW has welcomed most of the elements of the NSW Opposition’s poker machine package but wants more done… Read More

The NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) has doubled down on its call for energy price relief for struggling households as the Federal and… Read More

The peak NSW social services body is calling for energy price relief, better dental care, and more secure and affordable rent as it launched… Read More

The United Workers Union, the NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) and Wesley Mission all recognise the harmful impacts of gambling, including on staff… Read More

An additional 3,700 homeless people in NSW since 2020 is estimated to cost the NSW economy between $524.5 million and $2.5 billion over six… Read More

Domestic and family violence (DFV) fuelled by the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic could strip the NSW economy of more than $24 billion… Read More

A staggering $7.4 billion could be ripped out of the NSW economy by 2025 because of higher rates of depression and anxiety and lost productivity… Read More

A new submission from NSW’s social services peak body has revealed the impact of poor communication with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities during the… Read More

The NSW Budget has failed those most in need, according to the state’s peak social services body, the NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS). NCOSS… Read More

The NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) is calling for urgent action to help the NGO sector meet recent 5.2 per cent minimum wage and… Read More

More social housing, measures to ease the strain on social services, and recognition of the vital role the sector plays when disasters strike should be… Read More

Media Releases

Social services and family violence leaders call for focus on housing women in crisis

Opposition pokie package a step in the right direction, but more to be done to tackle harm caused by gambling

Urgent need to provide energy relief for vulnerable NSW households

Better dental, energy price relief, secure housing: peak social services body launches NSW 2023 Policy Platform

A joint statement from the United Workers Union, the NSW Council of Social Service and Wesley Mission on gambling harm

New Research: NSW housing and homelessness crisis to cost NSW economy billions

New Research: Domestic and family violence ravages lives and damages NSW economy

New Research: NSW Mental Health Disaster in the Wake of Pandemic and Climate Events

Lost in Translation: Community Organisations Highlight Urgent Need to Reform Multicultural Communications

Social Services Peak: Big Spending Budget Fails Those Most In Need

Funding for Frontline Services Must Match Minimum Wage Rises

Social Services Peak: "This NSW Budget needs to include more social housing and a boost for social services"