All the staff at CommunityWest wish you and your family and friends best wishes for the festive season. Our office hours are shown here:

You may have noticed a 'red door' icon at the bottom of CommunityWest’s website homepage. The ‘Improvement Portal’ is now open for business. As part of our commitment to Continuous Improvement processes clicking this ‘red door’ is your gateway to providing valuable feedback to CommunityWest.

After 14 years of commitment to the Board between them, CommunityWest farewells Deborah Costello and Hilary Gill.Over ten and four years respectively, they have willingly given their time, skills and expertise to help guide our organisation forward – a contribution for which we are all very grateful. We wish Deborah and Hilary all the best in their future endeavours and new projects of life-long learning, a philosophy that these two members advocated consistently during their time with the Board. Thank you for your generous contributions.

Do you know someone remarkable working in the community sector? The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has joined forces with HESTA to launch the inaugural Community Sector awards, acknowledging excellence in service provision, advocacy and leadership in the sector.

Topics ranging from elder abuse through to robotic technology featured at the 45th Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) National Conference held recently in Brisbane. The ‘Ageing: Challenging the Boundaries’ three day conference covered a multitude of topics delivered by a selection of international and national speakers.