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The Importance Of Place-Based Community Organisations In Disasters: Reflections From The Wellbeing Project – February 2024
In August 2023, North West Community Services Inc. (NCWS) initiated The Wellbeing Project - My Liveable Neighbourhood, targeting communities in Bla...Read more -
2023 Listening@Lakemba Report – April 2024
Listening@Lakemba is a community program that has been undertaken with the community in Lakemba in 2011, 2017 and most recently in 2023. It is a pa...Read more -
WESTIR DSS Issues Paper Response – November 2023
As part of the Australian Government’s election commitment for a stronger, more diverse and independent community sector, the Department of Socia...Read more -
International Students In Greater Western Sydney – July 2022
The international education sector plays a vital role in Australia's economy, contributing $37.6 billion and supporting 240,000 jobs in 2019. The c...Read more -
Beating The Heat: Mapping Public Swimming Access In GWS – July 2022
As summer temperatures continue to soar in Greater Western Sydney – a trend expected to worsen with climate change – residents are navigating i...Read more -
The Role Of Community And Legal Services Covering Greater Western Sydney In Addressing Institutional Child Sexual Abuse: Post-Royal Commission To Present – December 2021
Child sexual abuse is a complex social problem. In Australia, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (the Royal Co...Read more -
Penrith Disability Snapshot – October 2021
In early 2021, WESTIR was engaged by Penrith City Council to provide a detailed demographic overview of people living with disability in the Penrit...Read more -
Parity Article October 2021: Recognising The Abuse And Trauma Histories Of Clients In Early Intervention Homeless Initiatives — Insights From Greater Western Sydney And Beyond
In 2021, WESTIR Ltd conducted an extensive research project exploring the role of community and not-for-profit legal services covering Greater West...Read more -
COVID-19 Pandemic 2020: Ramifications For The 2021 ABS Census – December 2020
It is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic will leave a dark stain across the entire world for quite a while. It is still early days, but data is alrea...Read more -
A Guide To Ethics In Not-For-Profit Research And Evaluation – November 2020
Research and evaluation has increasingly been undertaken in the not-for-profit (NFP) sector in recent decades. This is mainly due to funding bodies...Read more
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