Join Inner Sydney Voice next Tuesday in Little Bay as they host an event to recognise and celebrate social & community service workers. Special guests include Kate Washington MP, Jenny Leong MP 梁珍妮 and Dylan Parker. Click below to register your attendance: eventbrite.com.au/e/celebrate-in…

The National Reconciliation Week theme for 2024, Now More Than Ever, is a reminder that the fight for justice and the rights of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people must continue. We need connection, respect, action and change. Now more than ever, we need reconciliation.

Early Bird tickets now on sale: LCSA members and those working in the community sector are invited to join us on 19 & 20 August 2024 in Sydney for the Connecting Communities Conference. Take advantage of this discount price until 5 July 2024. events.humanitix.com/lcsa-conferenc…

Huge discount available to LCSA members to attend #EACH24 International Social Prescribing Conference in Sydney (25-27 June). Contact us for details.

LCSA and 7 of our member organisations met with Kate Washington MP - NSW Minister for Families & Communities, and Minister for Disability Inclusion - for roundtable discussions. A great opportunity to share about the essential work of neighbourhood & community centres in NSW.

Early Bird Tickets Ending Today: Book your spot at this year's LCSA Conference 2024 before COB 5 July and save up to 10% on registration fees. Visit the Connecting Communities Conference website for event information and booking - connectingcommunities.org.au

Looking forward to seeing local communities all around the country come together and connect during #NAIDOCWeek (7-14 July 2024). as we celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The Hon. Kate Washington MP (Minister for Families and Communities, Minister for Disability Inclusion and), will give the Opening Keynote Address at this year's LCSA Conference 2024. Visit the event website for more details and to register - connectingcommunities.org.au

Age Discrimination Commissioner, Robert Fitzgerald AM, is one of our Keynote Speakers at the upcoming Connecting Communities Conference 2024. Visit the event website for more details and to register - connectingcommunities.org.au

Nevo Zisin (they/them) will provide our closing keynote presentation at the Connecting Communities Conference 2024. Nevo is a storyteller, esteemed educator on transgender topics, TEDx speaker, poet and workshop facilitator. For more info - connectingcommunities.org.au

This year LCSA celebrates our 50-year anniversary (1974-2024). Join us at the Connecting Communities Conference in Sydney on 19 & 20 August to mark this significant milestone, or book a ticket to the celebration dinner. Find out more - bit.ly/LCSA-50yrs

LCSA is hosting a 2-day online training in Trauma-Informed Community Development. Don't miss out on this professional development opportunity for those who provide support and capacity building activities with communities affected by trauma. To Register - events.humanitix.com/ticd-training-…

LCSA is hosting an Accidental Counsellor online training session designed for staff and volunteers who are non-counsellors working in the community sector. Thursday, 14 November 2024 (9.30am - 1:30pm). To register: events.humanitix.com/accidental-cou…

The 2024 Regional Wellbeing Survey (conducted by the University of Canberra) is now open! Input from the survey will be used to enhance and improve quality of life in regional and rural Australia. You can complete the survey at regionalwellbeing.org.au

Today, LCSA and some of our member organisations are giving evidence to the 'Inquiry into the prevalence, causes and impacts of loneliness in NSW'. You can watch along throughout the day or tune in between 1:45-2:30pm when we'll be appearing - parliament.nsw.gov.au/Pages/jubileer…

LCSA was joined by Joel from Wardell CORE and Nat from Nimbin Neighbourhood & Information Centre in giving evidence at the Upper House Inquiry Hearing into the prevalence, causes and impacts of loneliness in NSW.

Only 1 week to go as we countdown to #NeighbourhoodCentreWeek2025. Join in this national celebration of neighbourhood & community centres. Find out more at lcsansw.org.au/NCW

Today is the start of #NeighbourhoodCentreWeek2025. 175 neighbourhood & community centres in NSW provide a vital social infrastructure network focussed on the needs and aspirations of their communities, empowering local residents to address local issues. #RipplesOfChange

This Loneliness Awareness Week (4-10 August 2025), Ending Loneliness Together is calling on all Australians to make #MomentsMatter by creating opportunities for young people to connect at home, work, school, online and in the community: lonelinessawarenessweek.com.au Youth Action NSW

The Parliamentary Inquiry into loneliness in NSW tabled its report. LCSA was pleased to see Recommendation 6, which would enable neighbourhood centres to increase their valuable work of community connection, decreasing loneliness & social isolation. bit.ly/4lbLQs5