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BCCM launches social care program

Care Together is a new education, training and advisory program to start and grow more co-ops and mutuals in social care. It will help improve the quality and diversity of services provided to older Australians, people living with disability, and veterans in remote and regional areas and other areas of high need.

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Care working knealing next to older woman in wheelchair in the hallway of a historic home. Open front door in background.
28 November 2024

Care Together Program progress shared on global stage

BCCM CEO Melina Morrison shared the progress on the BCCM's Care Together Program and the...

27 November 2024

Care Together e-news November 2024

Welcome to the November 2024 edition of the Care Together newsletter: Next CoP meeting, Shared...

11 November 2024

Care Together to be shared at global conference

BCCM CEO Melina Morrison will represent Australian care co-operative and mutuals at the International Cooperative...

7 November 2024

Care Together Shared Services Workshop, Canberra

The Care Together team hosted a Shared Services Workshop in Canberra this week.

Better care in the bush Leaders Dialogue Oct 2024
28 October 2024

Care Together at BCCM Leaders’ Summit

Co-op and mutual leaders participated in Better care in the bush Leaders’ Dialogue, a deep-dive...

Young nurse caring for an elderly woman in a retirement home
21 October 2024

Aged Care Bill 2024 [Provisions]

BCCM's submission to the Parliamentary committee reviewing the Aged Care Bill 2024.

Homecare provider helps elderly patient with mobility
16 September 2024

Aged care reforms announced

The Australian Government will deliver historic aged care reforms to ensure the viability and quality...

Kyloring Housing Co-operative
9 September 2024

Co-operatives offer an innovative, empowering model for aged care

Co-operation Housing has made a video about Kyloring Housing Co-operative, a co-operatively owned, innovative aged...

Murrumbidgee Workshop in Whitton - Group photo
19 August 2024

Care Together visits Whitton NSW

Care Together’s Michael Pilbrow and Clare Fountain visited Whitton NSW, to conduct a community stakeholder...

27 November 2024

Care Together e-news November 2024

Welcome to the November 2024 edition of the Care Together newsletter: Next CoP meeting, Shared...

Australian Unity Wundirra Project
12 August 2024

Care Together e-news August 2024

RSVP for our upcoming Social Care Community of Practice meeting, discover our new project profiles...

27 June 2024

Care Together e-news June 2024

The Care Together Program continues to grow, with seven of the 12 Care Together projects...

19 March 2024

Care Together e-news March 2024

The Care Together Program continues to grow, with a healthy project pipeline in place and...

Ageing society concept with Asian elderly senior adult women sisters using mobile digital smart phone application technology for social media network among friends community via internet communication
30 June 2023

Care Together e-news June 2023

Welcome to our new Care Together e-newsletter. The Care Together Program is an education, advisory...

Ageing society concept with Asian elderly senior adult women sisters using mobile digital smart phone application technology for social media network among friends community via internet communication
8 May 2023

Care Together e-news

Welcome to our new Care Together e-newsletter. The Care Together Program is an education, advisory...

28 November 2024

Care Together Program progress shared on global stage

BCCM CEO Melina Morrison shared the progress on the BCCM's Care Together Program and the...

11 November 2024

Care Together to be shared at global conference

BCCM CEO Melina Morrison will represent Australian care co-operative and mutuals at the International Cooperative...

7 November 2024

Care Together Shared Services Workshop, Canberra

The Care Together team hosted a Shared Services Workshop in Canberra this week.

Better care in the bush Leaders Dialogue Oct 2024
28 October 2024

Care Together at BCCM Leaders’ Summit

Co-op and mutual leaders participated in Better care in the bush Leaders’ Dialogue, a deep-dive...

Homecare provider helps elderly patient with mobility
16 September 2024

Aged care reforms announced

The Australian Government will deliver historic aged care reforms to ensure the viability and quality...

Kyloring Housing Co-operative
9 September 2024

Co-operatives offer an innovative, empowering model for aged care

Co-operation Housing has made a video about Kyloring Housing Co-operative, a co-operatively owned, innovative aged...

Murrumbidgee Workshop in Whitton - Group photo
19 August 2024

Care Together visits Whitton NSW

Care Together’s Michael Pilbrow and Clare Fountain visited Whitton NSW, to conduct a community stakeholder...

3 July 2024

Care Together visits Moruya NSW

Care Together’s Peter Hunt, Clive Thompson and Nick Hislop, and Australian Services Union’s Pat Bates,...

Nick had the pleasure of catching up with Haydee Bernal from the Federation of Peoples Sustainable Development Cooperative in the Philippines, and Australia's Ann Apps, a legal expert and member of the ICA Global Law Committee.
21 June 2024

Nick Hislop representing Australian co-ops in Fiji

Nick Hislop represented the BCCM and Australian co-ops and mutuals in Fiji this week at...

Care working knealing next to older woman in wheelchair in the hallway of a historic home. Open front door in background.
26 April 2024

Worker co-operatives and social care

While still a small sector in Australia, worker co-operatives are significant players in the delivery...

Group of Hands Together⁠
20 October 2023

People powered growth

People-powered growth captures the first reported findings of the EO Knowledge Programme, a collaboration of...

smiling senior woman with glasses, short hair and a striped tshirt
29 August 2023

New Care Together Program flyer

The Care Together Program digital flyer provides an at at-a-glance overview of the Care Together...

Richard Warner, man in black t-shirt, headshot
19 May 2023

Peter Westoby’s conversations with Richard Warner

Three conversations with Richard Warner. Nundah Co-op is a great example of how a community...

Homecare provider helps elderly patient with mobility
10 May 2021

Action to Empower report

Why Australia needs more co-operative and mutual enterprises in health, community, and social services

Carer holding hand of patient wearing gold wedding band
30 January 2021

Profitability, Growth, and Influence

Profitability, Growth, and Influence: Elevating the home care cooperative sector with formalized national collaboration report.

two women lauching laughing while sitting closely on park bench
30 October 2017

The Cooperative Solution to the Caregiver Crisis: A National Strategy Analysis

US report: The Cooperative Solution to the Caregiver Crisis: A National Strategy Analysis from the...

Two shapes like inverted Cs with full of photos of people receiving care
18 December 2016

Providing Care through Cooperatives

Global mapping of the provision of care through cooperatives

Dr Guy Turnbull presenting at Social Care Expert Forum in Canberra Australia about high performance in social care in the United Kingdom.
15 February 2016

High performance in social care in the UK

Dr Guy Turnbull talks at Social Care Expert Forum in Canberra Australia about high performance...

Young nurse caring for an elderly woman in a retirement home
21 October 2024

Aged Care Bill 2024 [Provisions]

BCCM's submission to the Parliamentary committee reviewing the Aged Care Bill 2024.

Inspiring young girl who deals with a disability.
29 April 2024

Design and implementation of a graduated risk-proportionate regulatory model

BCCM submission to the NDIS Provider and Worker Registration Taskforce.

11 March 2024

Submission in response to Aged Care Bill 2023 Exposure Draft

BCCM submission to the Department of Health and Aged Care in response to the Exposure...

Rearview shot of a group of seniors sitting together on a bench out in the garden
11 September 2023

A new model for regulating Aged Care: Details of the proposed new model – Consultation Paper 2

The BCCM provided additional comment in response to Consultation Paper 2 on A new model...

Young boy playing with building blocks with carer
30 August 2023

NDIS Review: Why Aren’t NDIS Markets Working?

Care Together submission to the NDIS Review, addressing the fourth challenge from the NDIS Review:...

two women lauching laughing while sitting closely on park bench
27 June 2023

National Care and Support Economy Strategy

BCCM submission to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on the National Care and...

Carer holding hand of patient wearing gold wedding band
26 June 2023

A new model for regulating aged care

BCCM submission to the Department of Health and Aged Care's consultation on a new model...

A multi-ethnic team of doctors and nurses stand in a line in a hospital corridor and smile directly at the camera.
9 May 2022

Study on Indirect Employment in Aged Care

BCCM's submission providing information on the role co-ops can play in workforce development in aged...

Senior woman portrait shoot, close up of eyes, nose
20 November 2020

Aged Care Royal Commission

BCCM's submission highlights the potential of the co-operative and mutual sector to help support investment...

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