Hunter Community Alliance
Organising for the common good of the Hunter Region
Our next public meeting:
HCA Council Meeting
Tarro (Venue TBC)
Wednesday 5th 5:30pm-8pm
RSVP & More details: Shaylie@cdah.org.au
Tarro (Venue TBC)
Wednesday 5th 5:30pm-8pm
RSVP & More details: Shaylie@cdah.org.au
HCA FOUNDING ASSEMBLY - APRIL 10
The Hunter Community Alliance brought together 863 members of diverse communities, environmental groups, unions and religious organisations to advance the common good and achieve a fair, just and sustainable future for the region and launch the HCA into the public eye on April 10th 2024.
Negotiations included the NSW Housing Minister Hon. Rose Jackson MLC and the Federal Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen MP, and a representative of the NSW Greens Abigail Boyd. The Alliance is a strictly non-partisan organisation, and will have follow up meetings with other members of the cross-bench, independents and members and leaders of the NSW Opposition in coming weeks and months.
All three elected officials, as well as over 800 people in the room, committed to attend again in 2025. We hope that assembly will feautre more representation across the political spectrum and grow the breath and depth of organisations participating in the Alliance.
To find a full review of the Founding Assembly, you can find the HCA Founding Report here.
On Wednesday 8th of November 2023 the HCA gathered together at the Delegates Assembly.
208 people attended, met in all our diversity.
Launched and endorsed the Alliance proposals:
Community: regional peak body
Housing: For-purpose real estate, more affordable & social housing, Tenant-led Hamilton South
Climate & Transition: NSW Fund for transition, local renewable solutions pitch to feds
Built support with the first of our local council allies, Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes, Mayor Jay Suvaal
Every partner organisation and some new allies made commitments to bring 1026 people to Founding. Planned for Wednesday evening April 10th University of Newcastle Great Hall. - Save the date!
Our Mission
Our Alliance brings together diverse community and environmental groups, unions and religious organisations to advance the common good and achieve fair, just and sustainable Hunter region. We do this by providing opportunities for people to have a say in decisions that affect them, their families and neighbourhoods. We are a non-party political organisation. Our membership represents over 250,000 people in the Hunter region.
WE LISTEN
Listening to one another through our 'relational' culture is at the heart of our community organising model model.
WE TRAIN
We train community leaders, and future leaders, in the craft and tools of broad-based organising for action.
WE ORGANISE FOR ACTION
Our Alliance seeks to make structural and public policy changes for the greater good of the Hunter Region.
WE STRENGTHEN ORGANISATIONS
As we listen, train, organise, and take action together, we strengthen member organisations and their communities.