Category: Sunshine Coast Coalition of Community Boards

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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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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“Igniting the Fire of Collaboration Between Small Community Organisations”
By Natalie Alexander as told by Tracy Sharp 02/10/14

Equity Works is a small but rapidly growing community service organisation based on the Sunshine Coast.  The organisation commenced when parents from a local special school banded together and lobbied the local government for funding for a Respite house to support children with disability. (more…)

“Why hadn’t we thought of this before?”- The Gift of Collaboration Springs up in the Heart of a Small Community Town. Written by Natalie Alexander as told by a member of the community 14/11/14

Helen Keller once said: “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”  Her words have rung true in the heart of a small regional town in Queensland where small efforts at community collaboration have brought a diverse group of people together to invest in the lives of local families.

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by Kay Mclean

It’s been a busy year for the Sunshine Coast group.  As we close the year, we  are please to have developed a strategy and action plan which will facilitate a number of opportunities for groups to collaborate, share and review how they can strengthen their position. (more…)