Past SACOSS Events
ACOSS National Compact Consultation, 12 September
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
Download flyer (140kb pdf)
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.
Guest speakers from food security alliances in NSW and Victoria joined panellists from the SA community and public sectors to discuss possibilities for collaboration on food security issues, and there will be ample opportunity for participant interaction and input.
For more information contact tom@sacoss.org.au
Thursday 29 May
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.
For more information about this workshop contact Shane Dinnison.
Thursday 8 May
Community Capacity Building Workshop
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.
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
Community Sector Consultation
on the new Residential Energy Efficiency Scheme (REES)
Presented with the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure.
Download flyer (89kb)
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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