Join ACOSS

For more information contact the ACOSS office on 02 9310 6200 or email [email protected].


Member Benefits

Associate MembersNational Members
and Councils of Social Service
Voting rights and governance opportunities
Free advertising of jobs and events on ACOSS website
Access to McKinsey leadership development scholarships
Member-Only Communication Lists
ACOSS Daily Bulletin
ACOSS CEO End of Week Update
ACOSS Member Update
ACOSS National and COSS Member Update
National Policy and Advocacy Networks
ACOSS National CEO Network
ACOSS Climate and Energy Policy Network
ACOSS Community Services Policy Network
ACOSS Health Policy Network
ACOSS Housing and Homelessness Policy Network
ACOSS Income Support and Employment Policy Network
ACOSS Media and Communications Network
ACOSS Tax Policy Network
Events
National CEO networking lunches
National Member strategy days
30% discount on all paid events
Federal Budget advocacy
Budget literacy training session
Pre-Budget caucus
Budget night briefing
Post-Budget press conference
Post-Budget event

 

Voting rights and governance opportunities

National Members can:

  • Nominate individuals for election to the ACOSS Board
  • Directly elect 3 of 9 ACOSS Board members
  • Vote in General Meetings and Board Elections

Councils of Social Service can:

  • Nominate individuals for election to the ACOSS Board
  • Directly elect 3 of 9 ACOSS Board members
  • Vote in General Meetings and Board Elections

Upcoming voting rights and governance opportunities will be communicated to eligible members via the ACOSS National and COSS Member Update list. To confirm or update your organisation’s key contacts, email the ACOSS membership team.

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Free advertising of jobs and events on the ACOSS website

Associate Members, National Members and Councils of Social Service can:

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Access to McKinsey leadership development scholarships

Over recent years ACOSS has been able to offer organisation staff of National Members and Councils of Social Service access to a number of McKinsey & Company training scholarships for courses through the McKinsey Academy.

These have included both the Executive Leadership Program ($10,000) and the Young Leaders Forum ($4,000).

Key contacts of eligible members will receive an invitation to submit applications via the ACOSS National and COSS Member Update list. To confirm or update your organisation’s key contacts, email the ACOSS membership team.

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Member-only communications

ACOSS has a number of member-only communication lists, in addition to our public communication lists.

 

National policy and advocacy networks

ACOSS national policy and advocacy networks are the key mechanism for eligible members to feed valuable insight into our policy development processes. The networks provide a forum for sharing information, developing evidence and experience-based policy as well as discussing collective advocacy strategy.

 

Events

See the Events Bulletin for upcoming ACOSS events as they are scheduled.

 

Federal Budget advocacy

ACOSS runs a detailed program of events and engagement opportunities in the lead up to and during the Federal Budget.