We are a Not-for-Profit leader and member based organisation in local, place based community development. It is our mission to find the strength, uniqueness and possibilities in our communities and to speak of them, magnify them and bat for them by nurturing the local community spaces and people that support community connectedness. Because local responses, that tell the local story and deeply know and value a community’s own strengths and assets, will always lead to better outcomes. Meaningful community connectedness helps to solve tough problems like loneliness, anxiety, racism, unemployment, illiteracy, and family breakdown. We enhance community connectedness through advocacy, research, capacity building and training. We support and walk alongside our 170+ member Community Centres and Neighbourhood Houses and other community organisations. These are organisations who share our ethos and who have the skills and deep local community insights to support the most hard-to-reach people.