This page was last updated 7 May 2010.
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This site is for policy makers, decision makers, the media as well as for community services and the wider community. Here you will find:
A list of contacts in community services
A list of contacts for local interagencies
Fact sheets
Community case studies (under construction)
Media releases
7 April 2010 - Can our region sustain an increase in the over 65s population of an extra 20,000 to 30,000 people over the next 30 years? Download media release
Addresses and speeches
Practising Social Justice, an address by Helen Backhouse, Illawarra Forum Inc, at the Launch of the research report on 26 March 2010. This report - Practising Social Justice, measuring what matters. Locally-based community organisations and social inclusion. Keevers, L., Treleaven L., Backhouse H., Darcy M. (2010) - is part of a three-year research project funded by an Australian Research Council Industry Linkage Grant. Download this speech.
It’s Time, It’s Overdue and It Can Be Fixed, a speech given by Narelle Clay, Chief Executive Officer of Southern Youth and Family Services at the National Homelessness Conference in May 2008. 100,000 people, 36,000 aged 12 to 24 years, 22,000 of those are teenagers, an additional 10,000 children are homeless on any night. Download this speech.
Proposal to the Illawarra Regional Leaders Summit, 2009 - Illawarra Centre for Community Services Industry Development
Briefing papers
About the community services industry Download briefing paper
Proposal to the Illawarra Regional Leaders Summit, 2009 - Illawarra Centre for Community Services Industry Development Download briefing paper
Key NSW Government Policies impacting on local Community Services Download briefing paper
Policy submissions
Contributions of the Community Services Industry to the Regional Economy and Employment Download policy submission
Relevant publications and research from the community sector
www.illawarraforum.org.au/publications.html
www.illawarraforum.org.au/morepublications.html
The publication ‘Practising social justice ‘ is part of a research project in partnership between the Illawarra Forum Inc, the University of Sydney, the University of Western Sydney funded by the Australian Research Council. This research documents the distinctive practice knowledge of locally-based community organisations and their vital contributions to the well-being of local people and inclusive communities. It analyses what happens when this local practice knowledge is translated into performance measurement and planning frameworks such as results-based accountability (RBA). Recommendations and practical guidance in relation to the social inclusion agenda and the recognition and measurement of community sector contributions are outlined. Download the report Practising Social Justice