Problems Facing Not-for-Profit Company

1. Summary

Focus groups and other consultations conducted by Families Australia highlighted a range of issues for not-for-profit community organisations, such as funding, relations with governments, workforce recruitment, training and retention, accountability and reporting. Several suggestions were made about ways ahead, for governments and for community organisations themselves, including: understanding of, and allowance for, costs of regulatory and compliance practices; earlier evaluations and improved notice about the continuation of projects; a coherent national approach to staff recruitment, training and retention; longer funding cycles to reflect long term need; indexation of government project funding; more use of small-scale seed funding;...