An inaugural meeting of welfare sector workers interested in forming an organisation for welfare workers was held on 16 April 1969 in Sydney. The attendees represented various welfare organisations and included individuals from the Prisoners’ Aid Association, the Civilian Maimed and Limbless Association, Salvation Army, the North Ryde Psychiatric Centre, Smith Family and Aborigines Welfare Board… Following wide-ranging discussion, it was moved and carried unanimously: ‘That an Institute be formed.’
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What's keeping you awake at night?
ACWA Inc - Wednesday, September 04, 2013
With the election only days away we are wondering what issues are keeping you awake at night? Are they the big issues of poverty and homelessness or is it the stress created in your organisation by not being able to meet demand for services. Many third sector or civil society organisations are locked out of the public policy debate and feel they have little or no influence on government policy yet, paradoxically, have much of the information needed to shape public policy or program development. Read More...
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