Tomas Passeggi

Tomas Passeggi is the Manager of Caloundra Community Centre Inc. More than a manager, Tomas sees himself as a grassroots community development worker, passionate about community connections and the power of small locality based organisations to harness people’s engagement in civic society and participatory democracy.
Born and raised in South America, Tomas understands the complexities of working with disenfranchised communities and people affected by poverty, disadvantage, oppression of indigenous people and those with low or no political agency. Tomas graduated with a bachelor of Social Sciences (Community Work ) from the University of the Sunshine Coast in 2007.

He has worked across the community sector from ageing to youth homelessness and for the past 15 year has been the Community Development Coordinator at the Caloundra Community Centre and Coordinator of Baringa Community Centre for the past 2 years. Tomas is an Honorary Senior Fellow of the University of the Sunshine Coast and besides his committee work with Neighbourhood Centres Queensland he also sits as a Queensland representative on the board of ANHCA (Australian Neighbourhood Houses and Centres Associations), committee member of The Coalition of Community Boards and on the Community Development Institute Initiative.

Sharyn Innes

Sharyn Innes has been serving on Committees and Boards for the last 48 years and has been involved with diverse range of community organisation and assisted in a wide range of capacities.

Sharyn, has learnt to understand and navigate the governance landscape and is always interested in the various ways other groups  work their way through their various situations.  She has encountered, over the years,  a wide variety of experiences and several quite unique situations.  Her forte includes general organisational governance, Constitutions and Rule Books, Risk Management, and strategic planning.

Sharyn enjoys learning about other peoples’ experiences and challenges. She welcomes the opportunity to work with individuals and groups to develop appropriate organisation centred solutions.  She believes all organisations have commonalities and each is also unique in how they serve their community and its members.

Carolyn Nolan

I joined the Caloundra Community Centre Management Committee after I retired from the position of CCC Manager because I wanted to reconnect with the place where I had invested so much of my life and that I loved so much.  

Because of my interest in community development and the important role unfunded Neighbourhood Centres and Volunteer Committee’s play in encouraging,  maintaining and building local citizen participation I joined the Sunshine Coast Coalition of Community Boards around 2017. 

I see the role that the Coalition plays in offering training and supports as vital in the building of local community infrastructure.   I love the idea that small community groups are consulted on their training needs and that the training is built from the voices of local people.  This gives them opportunity to identify and shape the delivery they expect and provide the critique and evaluation of the training they receive. 

Nike Adityarini (Nika)

Nika is a former Lifestyle Editor at a fashion magazine. Specialising in developing lifestyle, fashion, and educational content, she worked on articles and photo shoots. After relocating to the Sunshine Coast, she founded Marble+Blossoms, achieving a milestone by collaborating with an international wedding dress designer for New York Fashion Week in the early year. Currently, she is with the Caloundra/Baringa Community Centre, where she manages social media, website design and content, as well as newsletters. Additionally, she contributes to the Diverse Queensland Workforce program, helping migrants find employment opportunities on the Sunshine Coast. As a recent addition to the COCB team, Nika has taken on flyer design duties.

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