Dear Members, Friends and Neighbours,
Thank you for your participation and support throughout this year. We live, work and play in a changing world and with that change comes the responsibility of ensuring equity and fairness across our neighbourhoods.
It is that responsibility that drives the Inner Sydney Board and guides our decision making, engagement activities and advocacy across the communities we exist to serve. It has been an important year for Inner Sydney Voice. We celebrated 50 years of community action and invested in
our relationships with local communities.
We met all our obligations to staff, funders and regulators and more importantly, created real, lasting opportunities for people to lead in their communities on their terms. Through our work and our relationships we consistently confirmed our commitment to, and action with people experiencing poverty, disadvantage and other forms of marginalisation.
Governing and leading a small, placed based organisation with a big social justice agenda can be complex and challenging. Attracting and keeping funding, engaging members, sustaining an enthusiastic and skilled team (peers, staff, volunteers) whilst ensuring regulatory and funding compliance isn’t always easy. The rewards however, are significant. As we reflected on our 50-year legacy, paid tribute to past leaders we were reminded of the critical role we can all play in building social infrastructure, delivering social justice, now and for the future.
We take this opportunity to thank our funders, NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Commonwealth Department of Health, Reconstruction NSW in association with the National Emergency Management Agency, and the City of Sydney. Funding to drive social development isn’t always a priority for governments so we thank our funders for the trust they put in us to drive a better and fairer Sydney.
To the ISV Board members and the growing team of Peers, Volunteers and staff we are very grateful for your time, energy, skill and dedication.
Finally, to members and supporters, this is your organisation and your participation and leadership shapes what we do next.
Here’s to the next 50 years,
John and Marika
Download the report here: ISV Annual Report 24-25_FINAL
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