Shared and Collaborative Arrangements
The aim of the Shared and Collaborative Arrangements initiative is to create opportunities for NGOs to form partnerships and share resources so that, together, they can build their capacity to provide community and disability services. For example, a group of NGOs could share office space, staff, vehicles, payroll and purchasing services; workplace health and safety programs; or a common client assessment process.
The initiative has two components:
- the Multi-Tenant Service Centres pilot
- the Building Links program.
Multi-Tenant Service Centres pilot
Multi-tenant service centres are being established in Mackay, Toowoomba and Caboolture to evaluate the benefits of organisations co-locating to share administration and infrastructure and integrate their service delivery.
Rural Multi-Tenant Service Centres are being established as part of the Queensland Government's Blueprint for the Bush in Charters Towers, Burdekin, Dalby and Lockhart River.
Building Links program
The Building Links program provides grants for NGOs to help them establish or expand collaborative partnerships aimed at improving:
- the integration of their service delivery
- their ongoing viability.
More than $1.5 million has been distributed to groups of organisations for developing business cases and for implementing planned activities.
A Building Rural Links program has also been established as part of the Queensland Government's Blueprint for the Bush. This program targets groups of organisations providing services in rural and remote areas of Queensland. More than $1 million has been distributed to groups of organisations in the two rounds completed so far. The final round of Building Rural Links funding closed on 4 August 2008.
Who does the Shared and Collaborative Arrangements initiative apply to?
Currently, the Multi-Tenant Service Centres pilot applies to the NGOs involved in the pilot in each centre. Each group is being led by an NGO receiving recurrent funding from the Department of Communities or Disability Services Queensland.
Building Links grants are available to groups or service clusters formed around a lead organisation which is funded by either the Department of Communities or Disability Services Queensland.
Last updated: 27 August 2008.