Hunter Community Alliance is a broad based collaboration and is inclusive of community, environmental, ethnic and cultural groups, unions, and religious organisations. Its purpose is to build the power and influence of community organisations that share similar values and motivations. 

The Alliance strengthens organisations, and the connectivity between them, through story, training and advocacy – for social and economic progress in the Hunter Region.

The Alliance was born out of a need identified by several local, experienced  community leaders and organisers who had seen the model work for Sydney Alliance and Queensland Community Alliance. Many conversations happened over 18 months during 2018-2019 with community leaders throughout the region to tap the enthusiasm for starting the Alliance.

A core group of diverse local organisations then raised funds to employ an organiser. Those organisations were: Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, Community Disability Alliance Hunter, Hunter Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia and The Wilderness Society Newcastle. 

The Hunter Region has a tradition of action. Many gains have been made to improve the social, economic and natural environment. The challenge remains to transform activism that rises and falls around particular issues to a long-term broad-based community organising structure that continues beyond passing issues for the long-term pursuit of justice.

That is the role of Hunter Community Alliance.