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Save the dates: Events for 2023
Click to read more >>It’s been a long summer but can you believe it, we are only a couple of weeks away from autumn. To give you an idea of what the COCB is offering in 2023 here’s a proposed program of activities for the first half of the year. As you can see the actual dates have not […]
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Event: Sharing for social good: Creative Commons and Not for Profits
Click to read more >>As part of the Changemakers festival, the Coalition of Community Boards are pleased to be hosting an online event that will explore potential of Creative Commons—the international open licensing rights management legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation—for the Not for Profit, community organising and social enterprise sectors.
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Stories from the Coast: Why hadn’t we thought of this before? (Part 3)
Click to read more >>Written by Natalie Alexander Continued from part 2:Â After identifying and assessing the needs of parents with young children, members of the library committee engaged in some collaborative discussions with the local kindergarten and primary school to develop some educational workshops for parents. Benefits multiply Thousands of dollars were saved thanks to the dedication of the […]
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Stories from the Coast: Why hadn’t we thought of this before? (Part 2)
Click to read more >>Written by Natalie Alexander The practice of community building is one that creates a sense of place through the joint action of citizens who work together with a common interest. Community is all about the people and a healthy community is socially connected. The ongoing commitment to build community through joint action is a credit […]
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Stories from the Coast: Turning small dreams into big visions through cooperation (part 2)
Click to read more >>By Natalie Alexander as told by Tracy Sharp and Paul Martin (July 2015) The On Track Co-op has held steadfast to its core values of providing quality services and adopting principles of servant leadership.
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Stories from the Coast: Turning small dreams into big visions through cooperation (part 1)
Click to read more >>By Natalie Alexander, as told by Tracy Sharp and Paul Martin (July 2015) Small community organisations are currently facing increasing pressure to remain viable under the threat of a rapidly changing sector.
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Community Development Conference 2015
Click to read more >>The Community Development QLD Conference is on again, and we are pleased to be running our own day of knowledge sharing and development for boards. Co-Creating Community Structures is a workshop for management committee/board members, staff,concerned volunteers and community members to explore how things are already changing and to discuss what we – collectively- want […]
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Government response to CoCB Volunteer QLD Position Paper
Click to read more >>We are pleased to share with our networks, the Premier’s response to the CoCB/Volunteering QLD joint position paper, released in April. A brief snippet:
