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 | ForCommunityGroups/Peak Bodies| A listing of bodies which represent the interests of those working in the
community and social services sector |
 Adult & Community Education Council of NSW [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | "The leading organisation for adult learning providing a network for members to take advantage of state wide and regional learning contracts and initiatives. The purpose of the Council is to represent the interests of member - providers to government, the community and the corporate sectors. It also provides a number of group services to member - providers including group insurance , group copyright etc." | | Author | Community Organisation - The Adult & Community Education Council of NSW |
| Adult Learning Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Adult Learning Australia Inc (ALA) is the peak organisation for adult and community education providers and others interested in adult learning.
The Adult Learning Australia website enables you to:
- access and exchange up-to-date information on adult learning events, links and projects;
- contact people to exchange information, ideas and relevant URLs, via one of thirty special interest groups eg Community Development, Lifelong Learning, Open Learning and Information Technologies, and VET; and
- order ALA publications, join ALA, renew your membership or update your contact information. | | Author | Peak Body - Adult Learning Australia |
| Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) is the peak national, non-government organisation representing the interests of the alcohol and other drugs field. ADCA is involved in a broad range of activities which include advocacy to government, advocacy to the media and general community, monitoring of parliament and the media, research, information provision and special projects. | | Author | Peak Body - The Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia |
| Anglicare Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Anglicare Australia provides the following services to member agencies:
- a strong voice to government;
- meets with Ministers and senior officials;
- prepares submissions to Parliamentary inquiries; and
- provides a forum for debate on government social policies. | | Author | Peak Body - Anglicare Australia |
| Australasian Fire Authorities Council [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | AFAC is a peak representative body for fire and emergency services and land management agencies in the Australasian region. Its members include Australian fire and emergency services and land management agencies and the New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Hong Kong Fire Services. | | Author | Peak Body - Australasian Fire Authorities Council |
| Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies (ACYS) is a not-for-profit organisation, partly funded by the Youth Bureau, Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Information products and services for those working in the youth field and for anyone with an interest in youth. This includes: practitioners in areas such as health and education, researchers, policy-makers, youth workers and youth service providers, as well as students and parents. | | Author | Community Organisation - Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies |
| Australian Diabetes Educators Association [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) is a multidisciplinary association of health professionals who provide diabetes education and support for people affected by diabetes. This includes people with diabetes, family and friends of people with diabetes
and people at risk of developing diabetes in the future. | | Author | Community Organisation - Australian Diabetes Educators Association |
| Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers is the recognised professional body for welfare and community workers in Australia. It represents at a national and state level the interests of welfare and community workers employed within government departments, non-government social welfare agencies, self help groups, commercial and industrial enterprises. The Institute is a means by which welfare and community workers can come together through national and branch meetings, enabling them to share and benefit from their combined knowledge and experience. | | Author | Peak Body - Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers |
| Australian Parents Council [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Australian Parents Council is a federation of 11 State wide parents organisations in every State and Territory of Australia, recognised by the Federal Government as the peak national body representing parents of children attending non-government schools. They are inter-denominational and non-party political. | | Author | Peak Body - Australian Parents Council |
| Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association (ASCCA) [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | This site has been created to bring Seniors and Computer Clubs together. It carries a wealth of information including data about Computer Clubs for Seniors. The site also includes a development kit to help start a new club and a useful FAQ (frequently asked questions) area with basic information about hardware, software and general computer use. | | Author | Peak Body - Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association |
| AVETRA [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Australia's only national, independent association for research in vocational education and training, brings together research stakeholders and researchers from the TAFE, university, industry and government sectors. | | Author | Peak Body - AVETRA |
| Community Information Australia Networkers [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The ALIA Community Information Australia Networkers (CIAN) is a self-help medium to promote professional development activities for community information workers, to inform and educate by promoting best practice in community information, provide a forum for discussion relating to the skills and functions of community information provision, and to support standards of operations which will ensure the best possible service to the community. | | Author | Comunity Organisation - Community Information Networkers Australia Inc. |
| Community Information Victoria (CIVic) [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Community Information Victoria Inc (CIVic) is an association of member agencies that provide community information and support services to their local communities throughout Victoria.
CIVic provides assistance to the member Community Information Centres (CICs) in relation to community information, advocacy, policy and program development, research and consultation, development and support. | | Author | Community Organisation - Community Information Victoria |
| Consumers' Health Forum [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Consumers' Health Forum is a national peak organisation providing a voice for all health consumers. CHF's strategic direction is set by its voting members. Voting members are consumer organisations, which represent a broad range of health consumers such as illness groups, disability groups and specific population groups such as youth, older people and women. | | Author | Peak Body - Consumer's Health Forum |
| Epilepsy Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Epilepsy Australia is a nationally registered charity, whose member associations work together to achieve the best possible outcomes for all Australians living with epilepsy and to support the Australian community in making enlightened and fully informed responses to epilepsy. | | Author | Peak Body - Epilepsy Australia |
| Ethnic Communities Council of NSW [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Ethnic Communities' Council (ECC) of NSW is a non-government peak body representing thousands of people from ethnic communities throughout the state. It operates on a voluntary basis and is run democratically by its members. The ECC of NSW's primary roles are advocacy, education and community development. | | Author | Peak Body - Ethnic Communities' Council of NSW |
| Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Ethnic Communities Council Of Queensland was established to represent the interests of the many people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds who are part of the broad social community; and to promote multiculturalism. Its Mission is to enrich the community through the participation and involvement of people from diverse backgrounds. | | Author | Peak Body - Ethnic Communities Council Of Queensland |
| Illawarra Forum Inc., NSW [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Illawarra Forum Inc is the regional peak body for community service organisations, groups and interested individuals in the Illawarra region. The Forum acts to take up issues across program areas that impact on the region's community services and socially/economically disadvantaged communities.
The Forum's roles include: resourcing and supporting community organisations and their committees, advocacy, building expertise in the sector, information provision and representation. | | Author | Peak Body - Illawarra Forum Inc |
| MS Society of Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | MS Australia makes a committment to : Enhance the quality of life of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and reduce its impact on the families and carers of those with MS; and to maintain and increase its role as a leading not-for-profit organisation and a preferred charity in Australia for community and corporate support. Includes contact details for each State Society for MS. | | Author | Peak Body - MS Society of Australia |
| National Disability Services (NDS) [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | NDS is the national industry association for disability services, representing over 650 not-for-profit organisations. Collectively, our members operate several thousand services for Australians with all types of disability. NDS's members range in size from small support groups to large multi-service organisations, and are located in every State and Territory across Australia. | | Author | Peak Body - National Disability Services |
| National Employment Services Association (NESA) [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | NESA is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the development and improvement of the employment services industry. NESA was established to provide a united national voice for the industry in the new competitive market place, and to provide the means for the industry to address common issues and needs. | | Author | Community Organisation - National Employment Services Association |
| National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters' Council (NEMBC) [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The NEMBC is the peak organisation representing ethnic community broadcasters. There are 104 stations across Australia producing weekly in excess of 1700 hours of local programming in 100 languages. Includes an ethnic news digest of Australian news in many languages. | | Author | Peak Body - National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters' Council | | Language | Amharic, Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Polish, Portugese, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tongan, Turkish, Vietnamese |
| National Ethnic Disability Alliance [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) is the national consumer-based peak body for people from a non-English speaking background (NESB) with a disability, their families and carers. The overarching aim of NEDA is to advocate at a federal level, for the rights and interests of people from a NESB with disability, their families and carers. | | Author | Peak Body - National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) |
| National Welfare Rights Network [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The purpose of the National Welfare Rights Network is to assist its member organisations, individual Welfare Rights services throughout Australia. Includes information about Social Security law and its administration through Centrelink and helpful factsheets and 'The Independent Social Security Handbook'. | | Author | Peak Body - National Welfare Rights Network |
| Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies, NSW [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies Inc. is the peak organisation for Alcohol and Other Drug Non-Government Organisations throughout NSW. NADA has some 98 current members ranging from small health funded Alcohol and Drug counselling services through to large charities (e.g the Salvation Army). NADA also has member agencies from DOCS and SAAP funded services through to not- for-profit Alcohol and Drug agencies. | | Author | Peak Body - Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies |
| Network of Community Activities, NSW [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Network of Community Activities, known as Network, was founded in 1974 and acts as a link up for community activities and for Out of School Hours (OOSH) Services run by autonomous community groups, local councils and umbrella groups. These services provide care and activity programs for children before and after school and during school vacations. Network is the peak body for OOSH services in NSW. | | Author | Community Organisation - Network of Community Activities |
| NSW Learning Disability Peak Bodies [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | A listing of NSW Peak bodies associated in the area of Learning Disability are presented in this section. Information included is specific to the interests of professionals and students in late secondary education, tertiary education and adults with learning disabilities. For information on pre-school and school age programs, it is recommended that contact be made directly to these organisations. | | Author | Community Organisation - Australian Learning Disability Association |
| Nutrition Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Nutrition Australia is a non-government, non-profit, community based-organisation with offices in all States and Territories. Nutrition Australia continues the work of the Australian Nutrition Foundation (ANF) as Australia's peak community nutrition education body, acting to provide scientifically based nutrition information to encourage all Australians to achieve optimal health through food variety and physical activity. | | Author | Peak Body - Australian Nutrition Foundation Inc. |
| Parkinson's Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Parkinson's Australia Inc. was established in 1987 as the National Australian Parkinson's Association (NAPA) to coordinate the activities of the various state PD organisations in the areas of:
- Publishing;
- lobbying the federal Government on issues of concern to Australian Parkinsonians;
- fund raising to further the benefit of Australian Parkinsonians; and
- the promotion of awareness of the issues confronting Australia's Parkinsonians. | | Author | Peak Body - Parkinson's Australia Inc. |
| Pregnancy Help Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Australian Federation of Pregnancy Support Services is committed to the provision of professional services for all pregnancy issues as well as support for women, their partners and families when they are experiencing distress or hardship as the result of pregnancy. The services offered by the agencies of this Federation are free and confidential and include:
- Telephone counselling;
- Face to face counselling;
- Decision making counselling;
- Post abortion counselling;
- Information and referral;
- Emotional support; and
- Practical and material help. | | Author | Peak Body - Australian Federation of Pregnancy Support Services Inc. |
| Queensland Community Housing Coalition [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Queensland Community Housing Coalition is a peak body for community housing in Queensland. The website has information about community housing; News about community housing in Queensland; Announcements about training, events and forums being run for community housing; and contact information. | | Author | Peak Body - Queensland Community Housing Coalition |
| Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | "Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) works to eliminate inequity and disadvantage in our society by advocating on behalf of low-income and otherwise disadvantaged communities to Government Raising issues of equity and social justice in the media and with the wider community;
- undertaking policy analysis and research on critical issues such as tax reform & poverty;
- representing the interests of low-income and otherwise disadvantaged communities on advisory bodies; and
- working in close association with the Australian Council of Social Service and other State and Territory Councils of Social Service." | | Author | Peak Body - Queensland Council of Social Service |
| SES Volunteers Association of Western Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Association was formed to provide an independent voice for all SES volunteers in Western Australia. The Association will represent volunteers on matters that affect them, or they require representation on, to the Government and community. The Association has members that can offer consultancy on various matters to the units. | | Author | Community Organisation - SES Volunteers Association Inc. |
| VicHealth [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, is a peak body for health promotion in the state of Victoria, Australia. VicHealth was established as an independent body to act as a resource for health promotion and disease prevention. Through intersectoral partnerships, VicHealth has influenced and supported medical and public health research, and large and small scale community programs. | | Author | Peak Body - VicHealth |
| Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | VCOSS advocates on behalf of Victorians experiencing disadvantage. They do this through: policy development and analysis; direct advocacy to government; respected, reliable research; reports, media releases & submissions; an annual State Budget Submission and strengthening the community sector. | | Author | Peak Body - The Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) |
| Youth Affairs Council of South Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Youth Affairs Council of South Australia (YACSA):
- is a non-Government, incorporated body, which is not aligned with any political party or movement;
- is working toward supporting meaningful improvements in the quality of young people's lives;
- provides support to the youth sector;
- advocates to Governments and community on the range of matters which affect young people lives;
- is a source of information and referral on the interests and issues of young people. | | Author | Peak Body - Youth Affairs Council of South Australia |
| Youth Affairs Council of Victoria [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Youth Affairs Council of Victoria Inc. (YACVic) is the peak body and leading policy advocate on young people's issues in Victoria. The main function of YACVic is to make representations to government and serve as an advocate for the interests of young people, workers with young people and organisations that provide direct services to young people. | | Author | Peak Body - Youth Affairs Council of Victoria |
| Youth Coalition of the ACT [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Youth Coalition is the peak youth affairs body in the Australian Capital Territory and responsible for representing the interests of people aged between 12 and 25 years of age, and those who work with them.
The Youth Coalition is represented on many ACT Government Advisory structures and provides advice to the ACT Government on youth issues as well as providing information to youth services about policy and program matters. | | Author | Peak Body - Youth Coalition of the ACT |
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