Neighbourhood and Community Centres Strategic Repositioning Committee
The role of the Neighbourhood and Community Centres (NCCs) Strategic Repositioning Committee is to create and facilitate a contemporary NCC strategic framework to support the work of over 125 department-funded NCCs in Queensland and the broader NCC system.
The refreshed strategic framework will guide financial investment, strengthen best practices, and build a contemporary and networked service model that responds to a wide range of community needs.
Committee membership
The committee consists of a cross-section of stakeholders with experience and knowledge of NCCs and their key stakeholders and client groups. It includes the following representatives:
| Name | Position, Organisation |
|---|---|
Mr Gary Adsett | Group Manager, Social Impact, YMCA |
Ms Mara Basanovic | CEO, Volunteering Queensland |
Mr Matthew Cox | Director, Cox & Collaborators Former Executive Director, Logan Together |
Ms Jody Currie | CEO, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service, Brisbane |
Ms Karen Dare | CEO, Communify |
Ms Belinda Drew | CEO, Community Services Industry Alliance |
Ms Sandra Elton | Manager, North Townsville Community Hub/ Queensland Community Alliance representative |
Ms Nyoka Fetoa’i | CEO, Darumbal Community Youth Service |
Ms Louise Judge | Manager, Chinchilla Community Centre |
Mr Tomas Passeggi | President, Queensland Families and Communities Association |
Dr Nancy Spencer | Executive in Residence, Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith University |
Ms Lauren Stephenson | Committee Member, Kingston East Neighbourhood Group |
Ms Tanya Stevenson | CEO, Harvey Bay NCC |
Ms Regina Turner | President, Mura Kosker Sorority Inc |
Ms Irene Violet, Assistant Director-General Community Services is the Chair of the Committee, and secretariat for the committee is provided by the department.
Committee tenure and deliverables
The strategic framework being developed by the committee will include three core components:
- An Agreed Purpose Framework, to provide a clear strategy for NCCs and to underpin place-based operational service models and principles, with explicit focus on community diversity, including First Nations peoples, diverse cultural and linguistic communities, people with disability; and agility to adjust services to changing local community needs and strengths based on data and evidence. The Agreed Purpose framework will capture the evolving role of NCCs, including in-reach service planning and the move towards planning at the network level with key local service partners.
- An Investment Framework for both recurrent and capital funding, which is robust, fair, and equitable.
- A Performance and Reporting Framework to underpin measurement of NCC’s role in improving social, economic, digital and cultural outcomes for Queenslanders.
The Committee will provide advice and expertise regarding the directions and content of the strategic framework, as well as advise the department on:
- an Engagement and Communications Strategy to ensure the voices of the sector and other key stakeholders are heard in the project
- a Strategic Implementation Plan to guide effective and efficient implementation of agreed directions.
Committee meeting communiques
- Committee meeting communique—21 July 2021 (PDF, 110.5 KB)
- Committee meeting communique—9 June 2021 (PDF, 111.05 KB)
- Committee meeting communique—20 October 2021 (PDF, 103.33 KB)
- Last updated:
- 18 November 2021