QCOSS office closure during the 2024 festive season
From all of us here in the QCOSS Team we would like to wish you a safe and happy festive season. We are looking forward to 2024 and what we can achieve together.
Inspirational Queenslanders changing lives recognised at state awards
A North Queensland youth support organisation committed to protecting the human rights of young people achieved high recognition among peers at the QCOSS Queensland Community Impact Awards last night.
COSS Network calls for Queensland Government to engage respectfully with First Nations Queenslanders
The National Network of Councils of Social Service (‘the COSS Network’) are urging the Queensland Government to consult carefully and respectfully with First Nations Queenslanders and the Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry.
QCOSS congratulates new Queensland Government
Queensland’s community services Peak body, the Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS), congratulates the Honourable David Crisafulli on becoming the State’s 41st Premier and the Liberal National Party on their election victory.
Safety, Risk and Insurance – Five Key Takeaways
Focusing on safety will help your not-for-profit protect (both its staff and the people it serves), comply with its legal obligations, and attract and retain funding, volunteers, staff and members. Here are five things you should know about safety, risk and insurance in your not-for-profit.
Risky business: Effectively managing risks involves both governance and operational perspectives and actions
Risk management is a core responsibility of directors and management committees. Failing in this not only has impacts on the organisation, but potentially personal liability for those involved.
Social Housing Register wait list blowout
New data has revealed Queenslanders are currently waiting almost two-and-a-half years on the social housing register.
Horrifying vision of child in Cairns police watch house
Queensland’s leading social service representatives are sickened and appalled by horrific vision of a handcuffed 14-year-old girl in a Queensland police watch house.
Reframing governance – an effective enabler for quality service delivery
Organisations are complex enterprises, and how they are run is equally so. It can help to think of governance as a bundle of components, including the organisation’s leadership, decision making and responsibility frameworks, risk identification and management, and relationships both within the organisation and between the organisation and its stakeholders.