Category: Whitsunday, Isaac and Mackay Region

  • Welcome Eunice!

    euniceWe are very excited to welcome Eunice Donovan as official project worker for the Whitsunday, Isaac, Mackay Coalition of Community Boards.

    Taking a sabbatical from her role at Mackay Regional Council for the next four months, Eunice will support Boards and Committees of locally-managed not-for-profit organisations in the Whitsunday Isaac Mackay (WIM) region to withstand the trend in government funding policy towards funding large State-based, national, and international NGO’s to deliver services into regional communities.

    The focus will be on exploring workable approaches for collaboration among small organisations.

    It is not just our networks that think Eunice is extraordinary community development practitioner.  She has recently been asked to share her knowledge and expertise at the upcoming Community Work Conference in Melbourne where delegates will be in for a real treat!

    Eunice has been key in the development of the Coalition of Community Boards in the Whitsunday, Isaac, Mackay region along with Carmel Daveson for a number of years.  We look forward to unleashing the power of Eunice into the community as we see the boards of local organisations in the communities of the Whitsunday, Isaac, and Mackay regions come together.

    You can find out more about the Community Commons Project in our 2014 wrap up here >>

    Eunice can be contacted via email eunice(at)cocb.org.au

    Welcome and good luck!

     

  • Whitsunday, Isaac, Mackay – 2014 end of year wrap up

    Whitsunday, Isaac, Mackay – 2014 end of year wrap up

    What a year it has been for the Whitsunday, Isaac and Mackay Coalition of Community Boards! As part of the RSDC, and in collaboration with Volunteering QLD, the group have been busy moving forward their recent grant from the Queensland Community Foundation. (more…)

  • Revitalising Community Governance Project: COCB Grant Award!

    Revitalising Community Governance Project: COCB Grant Award!

    We are pleased to announce that the Coalition of Community Boards and Volunteering QLD have been successful in receiving funding from the Queensland Community Foundation for the Revitalising Community Governance Project.

    This is such a wonderful step that philanthropic bodies are recognising both the benefits of collaboration, and the benefits of community led governance.

    The project will bring together the skills and expertise of Volunteering Queensland, the Coalition of Community Boards and local organisations such as the Regional Social Development Centre to enable community service organisations in Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday regions to build the foundations necessary to govern themselves effectively, and work together to build stronger community outcomes.

    Video: Carmel Daveson – Convenor: Whitsundays, Isaac, Mackay Coalition of Community Boards

    If you are in the area and interested in finding out more about Revitalising Community Governance project please email admin@cocb.org.au

    Thank you to Queensland Community Fund, and to Volunteering QLD who we look forward to our ongoing working partnership

  • Update: Whitsundays, Isaac, Mackay Regional Planning Group

    The Whitsundays, Isaac, Mackay Regional Planning Group has developed over time to include many other stakeholders other than board members.

    With many thanks to the  group, and especially Carmel Daveson and Eunice Donovan, they have compiled a document outlining the processes used from initiation to early formation employing community development frameworks and defined memorandums of understandings between these stakeholders. (more…)

  • Sharing the journey – questions to think about

    When collaborations develop, it is hard to think about recording the process.  With a big thanks to Lyndall and the Sunshine Coast Coalition of Community Boards  the following template questions have been developed to help in this process.   (more…)