Community sector strengthening
Showcasing the community sector
VCOSS has developed the 'Showcasing the community sector project' to identify and promote good business practices in the community sector. The project will enable organisations to share information and learn from each other through annual business forums, achievement awards, and other events.
The project also aims to ‘showcase’ the community sector as a career opportunity. We aim to demonstrate how and why the community sector is a stimulating, rewarding and enjoyable place to work. In this way, the project takes a long-term view by seeking to attract a new generation of workers into the community sector.
The project commenced in April 2007 and is funded for three years by the Department of Human Services through the Community Support Investment Fund.
Care to Make a Difference
The Care to Make a Difference exhibition, launched on Friday 2 May, ran for three weeks in Melbourne City Square, corner of Swanston and Collins Street in the CBD. The exhibition featured community workers and clients sharing their experiences of the community sector. To read the stories from the 20 workers and 11 clients featured in the exhibition visit www.communitycareers.org.au
Community Service Worker Pin-Ups
For further information about the project contact the Policy Officer:
Nicole Wiseman
nicole.wiseman@vcoss.org.au