Past SACOSS Events

$2 Talk: You and the New Public Health Act, 2 November 2011

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The SA Public Health Act is a new tool to build better communities. It can help communities become more liveable and sustainable, and advance the health of all of us. This session explores key elements of the Act, their implementation, and opportunities for you to get involved.

CHAIR
Angelina Edwards ( Senior Project Officer, Health Consumers Alliance SA)

PANEL
Danny Broderick (Public Health & Clinical Coordination, SA Health)
Cam Opie (Chair, Local Government Community Managers Network; Senior Consultant SGL Group)
John Coveney (Head, Flinders Prevention, Promotion and Primary Health Care)
Wendy Keech (Director, Cardiovascular Health, Heart Foundation)

Risk Management Conference, 24-25 October 2011, National Wine Centre

Cost of Living Summit 2011, 19 October

SACOSS $2 Talk: Getting to know Philanthropy, Wednesday 7 September 2011

SACOSS hosted several representatives from the Myer Foundation, Adelaide Benevolent Society, and Louisa DaCosta Trust. You can hear their presentations by following the links below.

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MP3 files of the morning's talk

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Welcome (Ross Womersley,SACOSS)
and Kirsty Allen (Program Manager, The Myer Foundation and Sidney Myer Fund)
Kirsty gives general information about Philanthropy (12.22 min)

James Hill (Secretary, Louisa DaCosta Trust) (5.30 min)

Jonathon Lardner (CEO, Adelaide Benevolent Society) (5.40 min)

Kirsty Allen talks about the Myer Foundation and Fund (17.57 min)

Questions from the audience (and the answers!) (19 min)

Links

The Australian Directory of Philanthropy-VCOSS

Philanthropy Australia

Getting to know philanthropy (Philanthropy Australia) (pdf)

The Louisa Da Costa Trust

The Adelaide Benevolent Society

The Sydney Myer Foundation

Researchers in the community sector meetup, 28 April 2011

SACOSS hosted an event for those who undertake research (for example on program evaluations, advocacy/policy development, practice-based research, or evaluation on the run) and work in or for the community sector. So often we are working in isolation: people came to meet others doing the same or similar work, and enjoy the chance to hear about what others are doing, share ideas, and discuss ideas for coordination. This first meeting aimed initially to discuss establishing a network of community sector researchers, and how it might look.

General enquiries about this event can be directed to Catherine Earl, Senior Policy, Advocacy & Community Engagement Officer, catherine@sacoss.org.au or phone 8305 4225.

Aboriginal Rights and the Community Sector, 17 February 2011

This event aimed to engage the community services sector in issues faced by Aboriginal people, and to encourage discussion about how the community services sector can better engage with Aboriginal communities. Included a screening of the exciting new documentary "Our Generation".

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Speakers

Facilitator Mark Waters (Reconciliation SA)

Keynote Speaker Mary Buckskin (CEO, Aboriginal Health Council)

Panel discussion Cheryl Cairns (TAFE SA Aboriginal Access Centre), Thalia Wanganeen (Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement)

General enquiries about this event can be directed to Catherine Earl, Senior Policy, Advocacy & Community Engagement Officer, catherine@sacoss.org.au or phone 8305 4225.

Examining the Impact: Employer Obligations flowing from the National Pay Equity Case, 23 February 2011

This SACOSS breakfast event was designed for the people who manage human resources, or payroll and finance officers who are responsible for the employer’s obligations under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010. A short presentation focused on the issue of wage increases we can anticipate will flow from the pay equity case currently before Fair Work Australia.

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Queries about this event should be directed to Senior Policy Officer Jo De Silva by emailing jo@sacoss.org.au or call 8305 4211.

Feeding Our Community: food security and the health of the community services sector, 31 January 2011

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This event drew a crowd of 60 keen to engage in food security issues, looking at both the regional and urban situation and the challenges that are specific to the community services sector.

Facilitator Carol Vincent CEO, South Australian Farmers’ Federation

Speakers
Professor Guy Robinson Download Guy's powerpoint presentation as a pdf
Director, Centre for Regional Engagement, University of South Australia

John Davis Download John's powerpoint presentation as a pdf
Social Planner, City of Onkaparinga

Date: Monday 31 January

General enquiries about this event can be directed to Catherine Earl, Senior Policy, Advocacy & Community Engagement Officer, catherine@sacoss.org.au or phone 8305 4225.

My Five Solutions to End Poverty in SA, 19 October 2010

This was an official Anti-Poverty Week event, 17-23 October 2010.

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Download the SACOSS Anti-Poverty Statement 2010

Download our panellists' notes by clicking on their name.

The Hon Jennifer Rankine MP
Minister for Families and Communities, Minister for Housing, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disabilities

Shane Dinnison
Executive Director, AIDS Council of SA

Klynton Wanganeen
Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement

Wendy Campana
Executive Director, Local Government Association of SA

Anne Bainbridge
Executive Director, Youth Affairs Council of SA

Tom Keenan
Manager, Customer Advocacy at Origin Energy

Michael White
Group Manager, Community Strategy & Renewal, City of Playford

Whose Health is it anyway? Monday 20 September 2010

Community Services Information Forum , co-hosted by SACOSS and the Health Consumers' Alliance.

A conversation about health and its importance to social justice, with special guests Leena Sudano (SA Health Complaints Commissioner), Dr David Panter (ED, Statewide Service Strategy, SA Health), Dr Lorna Hallahan (Dept Social Work & Social Planning, Flinders University), and consumer advocates Kylie Harrison and Carolyn Donaghey.

• People’s right to know about their health and understand the importance of person-centered, linking ideas across the health, disability and community sectors.
• Discussion around the principles of health care rights, such as respect and justice.
• The underlying principles of consumer-driven care such as health as a human right.
• Ask questions about how health issues link with social justice: how does health fit with the community services story?
• What does this mean for you as a consumer or carer? What does it mean to you as a person involved with a community service organisation?
• What are the barriers to people being able to take control of their own health?

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Download Leena Sudano's presentation notes

Download Lorna Hallahan's presentation notes

Download Kylie Harrison's presentation notes

Energy Industry Ombudsman workshop, 25 August 2010

At 1pm on the 25th of August South Australia’s Energy Industry Ombudsman led a workshop at Marjorie Black House.

The Energy Industry Ombudsman SA (EIOSA) is a body established to provide an independent and free service to energy consumers. EIOSA investigates and facilitates resolutions to disputes that arise between consumers and their electricity and gas providers in South Australia. Their goal is to deal with complaints in a fair, just and informal manner.

EIOSA are currently seeking alternative ways to raise awareness of the Scheme in the South Australian community, and have requested an opportunity to meet with SACOSS members to discuss how they can assist us.

Energy and the accessibility/cost of essential services is an issue that effects all of us, our members, and the people we service. We hope you are able to join us on the 25th of August to learn more about the Energy Industry Ombudsman and how we can engage in processes that will help all South Australian people’s right to essential services to be protected.

For more information about this seminar contact Policy & Research Analyst Kate Braham kate@sacoss.org.au

Your chance to come, listen to and engage with senior representatives of each of the key parties contesting the upcoming Federal Election on the issues that really matter for Community and Health Services and low income Australians.

What are their parties saying they plan to do if elected?

Panel chaired by Sonya Feldhoff (ABC 891 Drive).
Panel Members include: Penny Wong (ALP), Mary Jo Fisher (Liberals),
Penny Wright (Greens), Bob Day (Family First).

SACOSS and AMCO present:
THE COMMUNITY & HEALTH SERVICES PRE-ELECTION FORUM
Tuesday 17th August 2010
10.30am – 11.45am
MERCURY CINEMA, 13 Morphett Street, Adelaide

SACOSS Conference 5-6 August 2010

A Knowledge Café event for SACOSS members.

Workforce development is a critical issue for community sector organisations. We are all experiencing increasing pressure to deliver ‘more for less’ despite insecure (and sometimes reduced) funding allocations, skills gaps and labour shortages, a demographic time bomb in the shape of an ageing workforce and the fall-out from the global financial crisis. On the positive side, there are opportunities to be seized in the current award modernisation process and many progressive initiatives in sector workforce development and training are underway.

This event explored the way forward for workforce development in our sector, with presentations from academic and practice‑based specialists. Speakers will include Professor Ed Carson (UniSA) and Katrine Hildyard (Australian Services Union SA & NT).

A Knowledge Café format was used to maximise the sharing of best practice and to harvest ideas about workforce development from the perspective of the individual, the employing organisation and the sector.

Downloads:

Summary Report

Karen Grogan's presentation

Katrine Hildyard's presentation

Ed Carson's presentation

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/letstalkaboutrights

The Australian Government announced a National Human Rights Consultation to be conducted by an independent committee during the first half of 2009. This was a unique chance for everyone to have their say about human rights and how they should be protected in Australia. It was critical that the views and experiences of people in the community sector be heard during this process.

SACOSS and the Australian Human Rights Commission held a workshop providing information and practical tools to assist in participating effectively in the national consultation process. The Forum Host was Catherine Branson QC, President, Australian Human Rights Commission.

Creating a new partnership between the Commonwealth Government and the Not-for-Profit Sector : Tell us your views on an Australian compact
The Not-for-Profit Sector and the Commonwealth Government are exploring ways to develop a new and stronger relationship with each other, based on partnership and respect. One way to do this is through the development of a National compact. The Sector and the Government want to know what you think about the proposal to develop a National compact. We want to know what you think the value of a compact is, what a compact should focus on, and what should be in one.

Visit www.acoss.org.au to download your copy of the consultation discussion paper today.

21 & 22 August 2008

Destination Inclusion: SACOSS Stronger Communities Conference 2008.

Presentations from this event are available here.

Wednesday 11 June 2008
Fair Food: Alliances for the Future

As food prices become big news and the Australian retail and agriculture industries focus on the ongoing ACCC inquiry into the issue, there is a real danger that those who have traditionally suffered most from food insecurity – low income and disadvantaged Australians – will be forgotten. More importantly, there has long been a lack of leadership on the issue of food security in SA and the negative health outcomes that stem form it.

That is why SACOSS held a forum to ask some important questions about the how all sectors can move forward in the fight against food insecurity.

Julie Douglas, Playford Food Alliance & UniSA
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Deanne Condon-Paoloni, University of Wollongong
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Beverly Wood, Victorian Local Governance Association
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Thursday 29 May 2008
Community Capacity Building Workshop: Financial Inclusion

Financial Literacy and financial inclusion - what more can we do?

Presented by SACOSS, in conjunction with the Health Promotion Branch, Department of Health and Dr Fiona Verity of the School of Social Administration and Social Work at Flinders University.

Community capacity building is recognised as an essential strategy to strengthen the wellbeing of individuals, families and communities, and underpins much of the work of both the Government and non Government sector.

The workshop, which focussed on financial literacy and financial inclusion for low income communities, aimed to stimulate discussion on the need to think and question community capacity building and its implications for practice.

Healthy eating and food insecurity - what more can we do?

SACOSS, in conjunction with the Health Promotion Branch, Department of Health and Dr Fiona Verity of the School of Social Administration and Social Work at Flinders University, presented a community capacity building workshop. Community capacity building is recognised as an essential strategy to strengthen the wellbeing of individuals, families and communities and underpins much of the work of both the Government and non Government sector.

The workshop, which focussed on healthy eating and food insecurity, aimed to stimulate discussion on the need to think and question community capacity building and its implications for practice. For more information about this workshop contact Shane Dinnison.

Thursday 3 April
Community Sector Consultation on energy pricing

SACOSS hosted a consultation regarding the effectiveness of competition in electricity and gas retailing to small customers in South Australia. If competition is found to be effective, retail price regulation will be phased out.

This is a major issue and will have significant impact on the price of gas and electricity.

Download fact sheet about the Review(56kb)

Further information about the Review (including the full Issues Paper).

Tuesday 1 April 2008
Community Sector Consultation
on the new Residential Energy Efficiency Scheme (REES)

Presented with the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure.

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24 August 2007
Upping the Anti: a workshop presented by SACOSS and YACSA

SACOSS and the Youth Affairs Council of SA (YACSA), in partnership with Shelter SA and Homelessness SA, hosted this half-day workshop to discuss anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs), their use in managing disruptive behaviour and their appropriateness in the South Australian context.

Special guest speaker was Caroline Hunter, Guest Scholar, School of Law, Flinders University and Senior Lecturer in Housing Law, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

This event was sold out, and featured in a piece on ABC TV's Stateline that night.

Download further reading on ASBOs ( 29kb)

Select below to download a Powerpoint presentation:

The Tenure Trick: Behaviour Control Creeps across Australia
Michele Slatter, School of Law, Flinders University ( 477kb)

Anti-social Behaviour in Australia and England: convergence or divergence in policy approaches?
Caroline Hunter, Guest Scholar, School of Law, Flinders University and Senior Lecturer in Housing Law, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. ( 200kb)

Socially unacceptable: better frameworks for responding to anti-social behaviour
Jennifer Duncan, Executive Director, YACSA and Karen Grogan, Executive Director, SACOSS ( 1MG)

31 July 2007
Living as a low paid worker in America: Are we heading in the same direction?

This was a special opportunity to hear first hand from three USA low paid workers touring Australia about their daily lives and struggles and to consider our current Federal Government policy on wages and welfare.

Presented by SA UNIONS and SACOSS.

11 July 2007
Building the Evidence for Welfare: Evaluation, Programs, Policy Development

This was presented by the Australian Evaluation Society and SACOSS.

View the presentation here ( 748Kb)

19 June 2007
Financial Inclusion Seminar: Promoting a financially inclusive South Australian community

View the presentations from the day

Colette McInerney, First Nations Foundation, Indigenous Financial Exclusion ( 464Kb)
Michelle Wakeford, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Saver Plus ( 136Kb)
Andrew Cockington, UnitingCare Wesley Port Pirie, Regional Initiatives ( 136Kb)
Glen Brennan, NAB, Microenterprise Development ( 504Kb)
Peg Nicholls, Dept of Health and Ageing, PY Ku Network ( 904Kb)

25 March 2007
Strong Community Healthy State launch

The campaign was launched on March 25, 2007
See the video of the opening on YouTube www.youtube.com

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