VCOSS strongly supports getting fossil gas out of homes. Efficient electric appliances are cheaper to run, healthier, and create fewer emissions.

VCOSS serves as the peak body of Victoria’s social and community sector. Our members share our goal to eliminate poverty and disadvantage in Victoria, and include frontline service bodies, grassroots material support organisations and advocacy groups.

VCOSS’s pre-Budget submission called on the Victorian Government to recognise community sector workers as key workers and establish a dedicated affordable housing program. This would help organisations to attract, recruit and retain staff, particularly in regional and rural areas.

Dec 24, 2024 · VCOSS is the peak body for Victoria’s social and community sector, and the state’s premier social advocacy body. We work towards a Victoria free from poverty and disadvantage, where every person and community experiences genuine wellbeing.

VCOSS raises awareness of the existence, causes and effects of poverty in Victoria, and develops solutions. Our role includes: Researching new and existing approaches, Responding to current and proposed government policies, Advocating for change, both publicly and privately, and; Coordinating community sector responses to emerging issues and ...

VCOSS works with communities and like-minded organisations to build resilience, promote inclusive growth and foster a strong social services sector. This is in addition to our traditional policy development work.

May 30, 2024 · VCOSS is the peak body for Victoria’s social and community sector, and the state’s premier social advocacy body. We work towards a Victoria free from poverty and disadvantage, where every person and community experiences genuine wellbeing. Read more.

VCOSS develops formal submissions and provides feedback to dozens of various policymaking processes each year. These include Parliamentary inquiries, government consultation exercises, regulatory reviews, Royal Commissions and more.

Juanita Pope was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) in November 2023. A lawyer and consultant specialising in the not-for-profit sector, Juanita has 20 years’ experience in not-for-profit governance and leadership.

This flagship event is a key component of an ongoing partnership between VCOSS and the Department of Education, in recognition of the community sector’s critical role in the development of policy, the delivery of services and the improvement of …