Local Community Services Association records, ca. 1975-1990

MLMSS 9042/Boxes 1-27
MLMSS 9042/Box 28X

fonds

ca. 1975-1990

401931

50.9 metres of textual material (27 boxes and 1 outsize box)

The Local Community Services Association (LCSA) also known as Council of Social Service of New South Wales. Local Community Services Association, was founded in 1974 to act as the representative coordinating body for neighbourhood centres.

Member centres formed regional networks or forums which select a representative to the LCSA Management Committee. Regional Representatives maintain a direct information exchange between neighbourhood centres and LCSA, and amongst neighbourhood centres in their region. The Department of Youth and Community Services funded 32 centres in 1977. In 1978, this rose to 59, increasing to 143 Neighbourhood Centres by 1984 85.

From 1976, the Department operated a Neighbourhood Centre Programme specifically orientated to Neighbourhood Centres. This was amalgamated with the Community Information Centres Programme in 1980. In conjunction with LCSA and Neighbourhood Centres, the Department developed its own Neighbourhood Centre Policy in 1985. This policy has developed through a number of versions, the last being in 2003.

References
http://www.lcsansw.org.au/

BOXES 1-2
Correspondence and mainly with NSW Health department, 1978-1980, and minutes of meetings and correspondence relating to Community Health Centers, ca. 1975-1983, including printed newsletters, reports and surveys

Printed newsletters and publications and reports of Neighborhood and Information Centre in the Hunter region, and inner city housing and family support programs, ca. 1980-1985

BOX 3
Minutes of meetings, reports and correspondence relating to Welfare Accountancy Consultancy, 1980-1983

Conference and seminar papers and minutes of Annual General Meetings, ca. 1975-1983

Guides on submission writing, ca. 1981-1985

Records relating to membership and funding allocation figures, 1981-1985

Draft reports relating to Local Development Policy, ca. 1982-1983

BOX 4
Minutes of Management Committee meetings and Information Committee policy, ca. 1979-1987, including reports and records relating to Community Information Sharing Service (CISS)

Records relating to Public Accounts Committee review of funding for community organisations, ca. 1983-1986, including campaign material and submissions relating to welfare cuts and funding of community services

Records and correspondence relating to the Associations Incorporation Bill, ca. 1981-1985

Research papers, records and correspondence relating to Community Employment Program (CEP), ca. 1983-1986, including surveys, reports and submissions

Records and correspondence with housing department, commission and ministers relating to community based housing and tenant participation initiatives, 1984-1986

Reports and submissions relating to the McKinsey report on Department of Youth and Community Services, ca. 1980-1983

Annual reports, ca. 1982-1988

BOXES 5-6
Records, minutes and correspondence relating to Community Management Training Scheme, National Community Services Training Committee, Training Committee and Information Sub-Committee and requests for funding for management training for members and staff of community organisations, ca. 1976-1986. Includes papers from training workshops

Workshop and training program papers, information kits, submissions and reports, ca. 1980-1982

Research reports and records relating to the history of Neighborhood Community Centers program, ca. 1977-1986

Minutes, reports, guidelines and records relating to Home and Community Care (HACC) Forum, ca. 1984-1986

Correspondence and reports relating to Community Employment Program and Community Facilities Project, ca. 1983

Media releases, letters and printed newsletters relating to campaign against funding cuts, ca. 1983-1984

BOX 7
Records relating to membership rates and wages and printed newsletters of NSW Social Welfare Workers Union (SWWU), salaries and conditions of employment applications, ca. 1983-1985

Legal reports and records of Industrial Committee with copies of Industrial Commission proceedings relating to award application by the Library and Information Staff Union, ca. 1981-1985. Includes copies of Social and Community Services Awards and NSW Social Welfare Workers Union and Tenants Union NSW co-operative industrial agreement

Folder containing copies of employment policies, contracts and guides for Neighbourhood Centres, ca. 1984 (folder contains some personal information)

Copies of Occupational Health and Safety policies, research papers, printed publications and reports, ca. 1980-1984

Printed newsletters, ca. 1980-1982 and financial and budget records of LCSA, 1984-1986

Records relating to Australian Association of Community Information and Service Centres, 1984-1985

Research papers, record and minutes of Australian Bureau of Statistics relating to employment statistics and population survey program and Non-Government Consultative Committee Meeting, ca. 1984-1988

BOX 8
Minutes of National Council of Social Service NSW tenants meetings, ca. 1980-1984

Research papers and printed material relating to women’s employment issues, ca. 1985-1987

Records and correspondence relating to industrial matters relating to the Social and Community Welfare Services Award and funding submissions for community and social services, ca. 1981-1985

Completed questionnaires and surveys relating to staffing levels and employment conditions, ca. 1984

Printed material, newsletters and records of Hunter Region Information Network, ca. 1980-1984

BOX 9
Records, correspondence and training material relating to Management Skills For Women in Community Sector programs and workshops, ca. 1986 1988

Correspondence with NSW government ministers relating to funding for Area Assistance Schemes in Hunter, Illawarra, Macarthur, Central Coast and Western Sydney, ca. 1982-1986. Includes application forms for recruitment

Records, correspondence and submissions relating to Funding Committees and Community Funding Programs for Community Services, ca. 1979-1986

Records and minutes of regional meetings job contracts, industrial agreements and working conditions for social and community service, ca. 1983-1985

BOXES 9-10
Records and correspondence relating to Neighbourhood Centre Funding and Evaluation and Distribution Scheme, ca. 1979-1986

Records relating to various social and community service programs to assist with cost of living i.e. energy, disaster and emergency relief and welfare services and mobile community education services, ca. 1978-1986

Printed newsletters and correspondence relating to Council of Social Service of NSW (NCOSS), ca. 1980-1985. Includes community service newsbrief ‘Linkage’

Research material relating to members of parliament, ca. 1984-1986

Records and list of members of Management Committee and Community Service Committee, ca. 1977-1987

Correspondence relating to grant applications of NSW Board of Adult Education, ca. 1984-1988

Records relating to state and federal budgets, ca. 1982-1985

BOXES 11-12
Minutes of meetings, correspondence, training material and notes, proposals and policies relating to sponsors, funding, planning and evaluation for Management Skills in Community Sector Program, ca. 198-1988, including TAFE Course run at Sydney Technical College and other community and social services programs like Home Care

Meeting minutes, budgets and financial reports of LCSA, ca. 1987

Records relating to legal services in the Community Sector, ca. 1982-1986

BOXES 13-18
Records, minutes, reports and correspondence relating to ethnic services, neighbourhood and resource centres, welfare, seminars and other programs for migrants and in south western Sydney, ca. 1982-1987. Includes records of Ethnic Community Council and Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Anti-Discrimination Board, printed newsletters and flyers and needs surveys of migrant groups

Correspondence, records and minutes of meetings of the Local Community Services Association (LCSA), ca. 1974-1988, relating to Community Employment Program, Kirby Inquiry and Report findings, Training programs, Community Centres and Management Skills in the Community Sector Program and Volunteer Program, Community Information Centres and Government Information Services

Records, correspondence and printed newsletters relating to Youth and Community Services, Health Services, Charity, Community and Neighbourhood House and Centres, ca. 1981-1986

Photographs Presentation Day 1986

BOXES 19-20
Business and financial records of LCSA relating to employment, ca. 1982-1989, including tax returns, bank statements, industrial acts and awards, staff timesheets, budget and financial reports and statements, minutes of budget and finance meetings

Records, minutes of meetings and correspondence relating to Community Information Sharing Services, ca. 1978-1986

BOXES 20-21
Printed material relating to social and community services like housing, employment, multiculturalism and women, ca. 1985-1988, including publication and resource catalogue, newsletters and training program guides

Records relating to Management Skills in the Community Sector Program, ca. 1987

BOXES 21-24
Account books, ledgers and salary records of LCSA, ca. 1980-1988

Minute books of LCSA including minutes of Training Committee and Executive, ca. 1974-1990

Membership forms of LCSA, ca. 1987-1988

Office calendar diary recording daily inquiries, messages and urgent matters, 1988

BOXES 25-27
Receipt and cheque books, ca. 1981-1988

Records relating to funding, grants and submissions for youth, community and social services like training and neighbourhood centres , ca. 1979-1988, including the Community Welfare Funding Program

Printed material related to workers compensation and industrial law, ca. 1981-1987

BOX 28X
Account books and ledger of cash payments, ca. 1980-1988

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