Building practical tenancy skills, confidence and developing broader life skills is key to the tenancy education courses delivered by the Tenancy Skills Institute, especially for young people embarking on their journey as tenants. Two residents of InCommunity Connect‘s Hargreaves House, Bailey and Tori, recently graduated from the Tenancy Skills Institute, so Read more…
The Tenancy Skills Institute and inCommuity Connect teams joined a long line-up of stalls filled with fun activities for the kids and stallholders to connect with at the Ipswich NAIDOC Family and Cultural Celebration. This well-supported community event included Cultural performances, a dedicated Elders’ area, food and entertainment and children’s rides. During Read more…
Whilst it might be hard to believe, we’re almost halfway through the year. So it’s a great time to reflect on our partnership with Dignity. Via our Dignity Food Relief Program, inCommunity Connect has provided delicious Youfoodz meals to 490 people across 169 households seeking food relief in 2024 so Read more…
inCommunity Inc is proud to share that our organisation’s Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan has been officially accredited by Reconciliation Australia this week and we are now a recognised member of the Reconciliation Action Plan Network. A significant milestone for our organisation to occur in National Reconciliation Week 2024. Our organisation Read more…
From next Monday 27 May, you’ll notice people in blue shirts working alongside our program staff from Beddown and inCommunity Connect who support people sleeping rough. Who are they? We’re delighted to share that it’s the One Bridge team, a health service experienced in providing medical support to people experiencing, Read more…
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Beddown joins inCommunity We are thrilled to announce that Brisbane based homeless organisation, Beddown, has joined forces with inCommunity. Together we will be able to offer more services for people impacted by homelessness. Beddown believes everyone deserves a bed to sleep in. They provide innovative solutions to address this issue Read more…
Celebrating 20 years’ service This week we celebrated 20 years of service from our CEO Paul Tommasini. We presented Paul with a picture of the words we used to describe him. They include insightful, dedicated, inspirational, trailblazing, compassionate and collaborative to name just a few. Paul sees one of his Read more…
It was an honour to be named amongst Ipswich power players keeping the region afloat during time of turmoil. Our CEO, Paul Tommasini and Chair, Lynn Mount spoke to Peta McEachern from QT – The Queensland Times. InCommunity CEO Paul Tommasini said the non-for-profit works with the communities most vulnerable Read more…
Women’s Club – A welcome place for senior Ipswich Women Women over the age of 55 are the fastest growing cohort of homeless Australians. This is due to the ongoing shortage of affordable housing, the ageing population and the significant gap in wealth accumulation between men and women across their Read more…