Australia’s Community Sector and COVID-19: Supporting communities through the crisis

Survey Report by Natasha Cortis and Megan Blaxland. Australian Council of Social Service. September 2020.

Survey Report by Natasha Cortis and Megan Blaxland. Australian Council of Social Service.

September 2020.

A new survey finds the community service sector is approaching crisis point due to COVID-19 with more than a million people excluded from income support and expected cuts to income support for over 2 million others. The sector is also dealing with the doubling of unemployment and a rise in serious mental health issues, as well as drops in fundraising, drops in JobKeeper amounts, and future funding uncertainty.

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