Homelessness Prevention and Early Intervention

Homelessness prevention and early intervention – the theme of this week’s Queensland Homelessness Conference in Cairns. Yesterday, our CEO Paul, as a Board Member of Homelessness Queensland, joined Mafa from Youth Link to chat with Charlie McKillop on the ABC Radio Far North Breakfast Show about why this year’s conference theme is so important for Queensland. Sharing insights from a local Cairns-based perspective plus Queensland-wide insights, Paul and Mafa detailed how services within the sector Read more

National Reconciliation Week

Every day, inCommunity Inc. and our brands, inCommunity Connect, Tenancy Skills Institute, and Beddown, seek to work as an organisation not only to support First Nations Peoples to thrive, but also to recognise the important space that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ histories and cultures have within our community. As part of our team’s whole-of-organisation team activity this week, we are reflecting on the importance of National Reconciliation Week, including how we can continue Read more

Queensland Homelessness Conference

This week, the Queensland Homelessness Conference is happening in Gimuy/Cairns, and our CEO Paul and Deputy CEO Nerissa are contributing to this important event. Gleaning insights into homelessness responses from a diverse and deep pool of expertise across the state, whilst contemplating how we move forward to deliver an informed and tangible pathway to end the experience of homelessness for Queenslanders. A key focus of the PIVOT Movement launching at the conference, for which inCommunity Read more

National Sorry Day

Today is National Sorry Day, a day where inCommunity Inc., and our brands of inCommunity Connect, Tenancy Skills Institute and Beddown, respectfully recognise the sorrow and trauma experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People from the forcible removal of children from their families. In 2026, it has been almost thirty years since the first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998, one year after the Bringing Them Home report was tabled in Read more

“This is our place now.” – Judy

Now settled into a new home, Judy shares here how she met inCommunity Connect when she and her young son were experiencing housing insecurity. Moving through our Assertive Outreach Program to our Immediate Housing Response programs, in partnership with the Department of Housing, Judy reflects on the courage it took to ask for help and the boost she felt after connecting with her case manager on her family’s pathway to stable housing. Listen to Judy’s Read more

Youth Homelessness Matters Day

Today is Youth Homelessness Matters Day, a national day that asks the Australian community to pause and reflect on youth homelessness. Sadly, across Australia in 2024-2025, 42,763 children and young people (under 25 years) presented on their own to a specialist homelessness service seeking support. As an organisation originally founded in 1982 to support young people in Ipswich experiencing homelessness, inCommunity Inc., and our brands inCommunity Connect and Tenancy Skills Institute, remain committed to doing Read more

A Return to the Cairns Community: inCommunity Connect’s Third Annual Study Tour

Affirming our organisation’s commitment to inspiring our case managers to gain broader perspectives as practitioners from other specialist housing and homelessness services, our inCommunity Connect Study Tour recently took place in Cairns for the third consecutive year! Five members of the inCommunity Connect Team, including our two case manager interns, flew to Far North Queensland to gather insights from respected community organisations delivering services to people at risk of or experiencing homelessness. A Breadth of Read more

Skills building with The Busy School – Shailer Park Campus

Another fantastic skill-building session for the senior students at The Busy School – Shailer Park Campus last Friday, with the inCommunity Connect joining our sister brand the Tenancy Skills Institute for their mock interviews with real-world professionals. An opportunity to support these senior students develop effective communication skills. It was fantastic to contribute to this important session, preparing soon-to-be school leavers for future professional conversations. Thanks to their Employment Pathways Officer Jaime, pictured here with Read more

National Close the Gap Day

Today is National Close the Gap Day. A day when we can reflect on the progress we have made as a community to reduce disparities in health, education, employment, housing, and justice outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Here at inCommunity Inc., we remain committed to doing our part in creating positive change in the lived experience of First Nations Peoples. As a specialist housing and homelessness service, we note there is a Read more