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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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AGM SEASON

Making a difference in our not-for-profits.
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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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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 

 
 
 

Social Leadership Development Program
2011-2012

Complete this form to apply for participation in the Program.

Application Form

Name  

Email  

Phone  (bh)     Phone (ah) 


Address  
 

  I would like to participate in the Social Leadership Development
Program 2011-2012


Tell us how you meet the four criteria for participating in this Program:

    1. face challenges in their personal, family, community or social circumstances for which innovative social solutions are required (participants must nominate two such challenges)


 

    2. are working with peers and colleagues in a voluntary capacity in seeking solutions




    3. have an interest in acquiring new ideas, approaches, insights and skills, and learning from others

   
4. want to exercise leadership in assisting others in developing solutions.


Tell us how you think you would benefit from participating in this Program:

 

  I understand that the Registration Fee is $440.
Payment is required with this registration.

I will
   pay by EFT
  forward a cheque by mail
  Please send a tax invoice for payment to Social Enterprise Partnerships Ltd. ABN: 47 108 742 098

Payment Options:
EFT
(Commonwealth Bank of Australia  Account name: Social Enterprise Partnerships Ltd
BSB: 062 218  Account number: 1007 2945)
Cheque
(payable to Social Enterprise Partnerships Ltd, mail to PO Box 159 Yarraville Vic 3013)
 

Please tell us the names and contact details of two referees who will be able to tell us how you would benefit from participating in this Program:

 


mailto:federation@civilsociety.org.au
Enquiries:

vern@civilsociety.org.au
0425 722 890
PO Box 159 Yarraville Vic 3013
 

 

TRANSFORMING OUR SCHOOLS

CLICK HERE 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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Family Carers
There are 2.7million family carers of people with a disability, a chronic or mental illness, or aged frailty in Australia. They are invisible to politicians and policy makers. Read more...
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