Our Members

ACOSS and our members share a vision of working for a fair, inclusive and sustainable Australia.

For over five decades ACOSS membership has brought together a diverse cross section of the community sector to be a strong voice against poverty and inequality in Australia.

The ACOSS membership is comprised of:

  • Eight state and territory Councils of Social Service which represent thousands of front-line community agencies
  • National peak organisations of consumers and service providers
  • National religious and secular welfare agencies
  • Low income consumer groups and unions

54 Reasons – Save the Children Australia

ADRA Australia Limited

Adult Learning Australia

Amplify Alliance Australia

Anglicare Australia

Anti-Poverty Week

Alliance for Gambling Reform

Arise Foundation

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

Australian Alcohol and other Drugs Council

Australian Association of Social Workers

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Office for Justice, Ecology and Peace

Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN)

Australian Community Housing (ACH)

Australian Association of Adolescent Health

Australian Education Union (AEU)

Australian Health Promotion Association

Australian Neighbourhood Houses and Centres Association (ANHCA)

Australian Red Cross

Australian Services Union (ASU)

Australian Youth Affairs Coalition

BaptistCare

Barnardos Australia

Brotherhood of St Laurence

Catholic Social Services Australia

Centre for Social Impact

Centre for Women’s Economic Safety

cohealth

Community Legal Centres Australia

Community Mental Health Australia

Community Transport Organisation

Community Work Australia

Consumer Action Law Centre

Consumers Health Forum of Australia

COTA Australia

Disability Advocacy Network Australia

Djirra

Down Syndrome Australia (DSA)

Economic Justice Australia

Faith Housing Australia (FHA)

Families Australia 

Family and Relationship Services Australia

Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA)

Financial Counselling Australia

Financial Rights Legal Centre

First Nations Advocates Against Family Violence (FNAAFV) (formerly NFVPLS)

Foodbank Australia

FORE Good Ltd

Foundations for Tomorrow

Full Stop Australia

Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand

Good Things Foundation Australia

Goodstart Early Learning

Health Equity Matters

Health Justice Australia

Hepatitis Australia

Homelessness Australia

Homes for Homes

Hope Economy

Human Rights Law Centre

Indian (Sub-cont.) Crisis and Support Agency (ICSA)

Indigenous Allied Health Australia

InfoXchange

Jesuit Social Services

Justice Connect

Kinship Care Australia

Life Without Barriers

MacKillop Family Services

Mind Australia

Mission Australia

Multicultural Youth Alliance Network (MYAN)

Muscular Dystrophy Foundation Australia (MDFA)

National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners (NAATSIHWP)

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Association (NATSIHA)

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

National Association of People Living with HIV in Australia

National Association of Renters’ Organisations

National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence (NASASV)

National Disability Services

National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW)

National Older Women’s Network (NOWN)

National Shelter

No To Violence

Oxfam Australia

OzHarvest

Playgroup Australia

Public Health Association of Australia

Reconciliation Australia

Relationships Australia

SecondBite

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)

Settlement Council of Australia

Settlement Services International

Social Ventures Australia

Society of St Vincent de Paul National Council

The Benevolent Society

The Salvation Army Australia

The Smith Family

Think+DO Tank Foundation

Think Forward

UnitingCare Australia

Volunteering Australia

Women’s Legal Services Australia

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