Community organization
ALTERNATIVE LABELS
Community organisations
Community-based organizations
NARROWER TERMS
Report
Handbook for grassroots organisations helping people experiencing homelessness
This handbook is a framework for grassroots organisations to implement best practice approaches on standards, mandatory reporting, emergency and risk management planning and referral pathways to homelessness support agencies.
Thesis
Valuing volunteers: better understanding the primary motives for volunteering in Australian emergency services
This thesis, the Valuing Volunteers Study, aims to provide a better understanding of the primary motives for formal volunteering in Australian emergency services, through the empirical examination of the shared and contrasting values of a sample of emergency service volunteers.
Report
Beyond tools: building learning organisations to adapt to a changing climate
This project aimed to improve understanding of the adaptation capabilities and needs of three types of government service providers and funded agencies (catchment management authorities, community sector organisations and primary care partnerships).
Briefing paper
Adaptation planning for community service organisations and primary care partnerships
This policy brief is for Victorian State Government departments. It aims to inform state-level policy and programs that could support climate change adaptation (CCA) planning by community service organisations (CSOs) and primary care partnerships (PCPs).
Report
'We know our lives are in danger': environment of fear in South Africa’s mining-affected communities
This report documents attacks and other forms of intimidation experienced by activists campaigning against mining activities in their communities. It covers activities in four provinces between 2013 and 2018.
Guide
Oxfam’s guide to feminist influencing
This guide was written for Oxfam staff. However, it is useful for anyone interested in learning more about how to apply feminist principles and practices to campaigning, policy, advocacy and influencing.
Working paper
From locally managed marine areas to Indigenous and community conserved oceans
The importance of the work carried out by local communities across the globe in coastal resources and fisheries management cannot be underestimated - and communities in the Pacific islands are no exception.
Video
Community solar coming soon to a rooftop near you
Speakers: Chris Benedict, Gina Bocra - LEED AP, Priscilla Richards The Energy Code is an increasingly robust tool for improving energy efficiency in our buildings. This session will examine how far the existing code has come and identify the remaining barriers and limits. Speakers will...
Journal article
Direct impacts of an urban living lab from the participants’ perspective: Livewell Yarra
Urban living labs have emerged as transition arenas for undertaking process-oriented and reflexive experiments in the multi-stakeholder governance of sustainability. This paper evaluates Livewell Yarra, an urban living lab in Melbourne, Australia, that brought together academic researchers and community actors to engage in experiments for...
Guide
Funding opportunities for community groups
Members of Parliament regularly receive requests directly or through their electorate offices about funding opportunities for community groups. This Issues Backgrounder is designed to assist in responding to these requests.