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We bring people together in each federal electorate (150 electorates around Australia) to work locally in engaging our communities and our  representatives in an agenda of empowerment of ordinary people and strengthening of civil society.
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SELF-DIRECTED
SERVICES AND PERSONAL BUDGETS


You can take charge of your social support, education and health care through a personal budget.
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for further information.
AGM SEASON

Making a difference in our not-for-profits.
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for further information.
STREET BY STREET

Linking
up people who live in the same street or nearby to build community through practical helping tasks - on a national scale.
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COMMUNITY BUILDING
NATIONAL NETWORK
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  to participate in the Network.

LEFT AND RIGHT?

"The Left and Right have been as bad as each other. The Left has allowed its distrust of markets and endless faith in government to obscure the importance of civil society. The Right has been so focused on replacing the state with markets that it has forgotten how to cultivate a trusting society.

This is the politics of the absurd. The Left identifies with the good society but rarely talks about the mutualism and trust between people. The Right recognises the importance of moral obligation but gives the impression of trusting market transactions more than civil society.

Few things seem to happen anymore without a government law or market transaction to guide them. This is how record levels of GDP in Australia now sit alongside record levels of crime, social stress and family  breakdown. The political balance needs to swing back towards civil society.

This task, in fact, requires a new type of politics."

Mark Latham, Mutualism: A Third Way for Australia," 1999.

CLICK HERE to read more. 

SURVEYS

If you are the proprietor of a small business, please send us your thoughts on how we can support small businesses through our
SMALL BUSINESS SURVEY

If you are caring for an ill or disabled family member at home, please click here to participate in our

Family CarERS  SURVEY 


 
 
 
         


We hope you will join us and become involved in empowering Australian consumers, families and communities. Fill in the online form on this page to register your participation in the Centre's work.

The focus of our work is the federal electorate, of which there are 150 around Australia. Each has about 150,000 people, and 100,000 voters. We bring people together in each federal electorate to work locally to influence policy and opinion through local initiatives, events, campaigns and local media activities.

The Centre has five major projects.

Self-Directed Services and Personal Budgets

You can become involved in the development of self-directed services and personal budgets in aged care, chronic and mental illness, disability, special education and vocational training, and other areas of intensive personal and social support for individuals and families.

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Community Building National Network

You can participate in the Community Building National Network. It's focus is on a wide range of community building efforts, including both practical initiatives and campaigns to influence policy.

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National Federation of Parents, Families and Carers

You can participate in the Federation, which aims to develop the organisational voice and capacity of parents and families, with a focus on empowerment through practical innovations and through campaigns to influence policy.

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Transforming Our Schools

You can become involved in Transforming Our Schools, which aims to break the stalemate in education reform in Australia. It begins with parents and teachers, and seeks political and policy support for measures which empower grassroots people and drive innovation towards a real education revolution.

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National Campaign for Consumer-Centred Health Care

You can participate in reform of our health system. The National Campaign for Consumer-Centred Health Care aims to generate a broad movement for transformational change in health policy towards consumer-centred health care. The Campaign has a focus on the funding and structuring of consumer decision-making, empowerment, self-care and self-management.

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There is no cost to participate

There is no cost to register your participation. We welcome people from all backgrounds and political parties, and those who are not members of any, who support the objectives of the Centre.

When you fill in the form below, select the name of your electorate from the drop-down menu.

In each electorate we appoint Convenors. When you fill in the form, consider offering to act as a Convenor in your electorate. This will involve working with others in your electorate to communicate to your community and your MPs that empowering ordinary people in local communities is good news, good policy, and good politics.

Volunteer with the Centre

When you fill in the form below to register your participation with the Centre, consider volunteering through one of the three volunteer positions available. It doesn't matter where you live, so long as you have internet access.

 


CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY

Registration of Participation

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I would like to participate in:

  Self-Directed Services and Personal Budgets

  Community Building National Network

  National Federation of Parents, Families and Carers

  Transforming Our Schools

  National Campaign for Consumer-Centred Health Care
 

My federal electorate is: 

(CLICK HERE to find out which electorate you are in.)

  I would like to offer to act as a Convenor in my electorate


I would like to volunteer in the following role:

  Events Organiser - assisting in the organisation of forums and conferences

  Writer - mentoring and support is available in writing news and opinion pieces
 on various topics which fit the Centre's agenda

  Administrative Assistant
- assisting in various administrative, financial
 and database management tasks



Tell us about yourself and your interests (optional)



  I would like to make a donation of  $  

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TRANSFORMING OUR SCHOOLS

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for details of our campaign for a Real Education Revolution.

PARENTS FAMILIES AND CARERS

CLICK HERE for info on the National Federation of Parents, Families and Carers.

MAKING IT PERSONAL

Charlie Leadbeater, Jamie Bartlett and Niamh Gallagher have authored this highly influential Demos Report on Self-Directed Services and Personal Budgets.
CLICK HERE
to read Making It Personal.
THIRD WAY FORUM
Communitarianism,
Mutualism, Third Way Thinking

CLICK HERE to find out more.

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