Establish a community service organisation - multilingual content

The Department of Communities and the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland have developed some resources for establishing a community organisations. They have been tailored to assist people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and have been translated into Arabic, Dinka, Pashto and Persian. However they are equally useful to the broader community. The chapters include:

• Starting a community organisation
• Becoming incorporated
• Understanding the management committee
• Getting started after incorporation
• Making your organisation accountable
• Keeping records
• Applying for funding
• Working with volunteers
• Translation and community services