Community Matters
Community Matters is the new podcast hosted by Community Industry Group’s CEO Nicky Sloan that dives into community-driven solutions for pressing issues. Join Nicky as she catches up with community leaders to hear inspiring stories, expert insights, and actionable ideas to create positive change.
Podcasting since 2024 • 28 episodes
Community Matters
Latest Episodes
HOMELESSNESS: With Kelly McGarrity – Creating pathways to housing
When demand for homelessness services hits record levels, what does innovation look like to respond to the challenge?With 68,700 people on social housing waitlists across the state and over 3,000 waiting in the Wollongong-Shellharbour ar...
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ASTHMA AWARENESS: With Alexander Brown – Building an Asthma Smart Community in the Illawarra
More than 1 in 10 Australians live with asthma—that's 2.8 million people. In the Illawarra alone, over 250 people are hospitalized each year, impacting not just those with the condition but their families and communities. In this in...
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CULTURAL SAFETY: With Becky Garrett – Why Getting This Right Is Non-Negotiable
The 2024 Closing the Gap report revealed a stark truth: 47% of the health gap for Aboriginal people, including life expectancy rates, is related to institutional racism, interpersonal racism, and intergenerational trauma. These findings make on...
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DISABILITY INCLUSION: With Krystal Tritton – Why Australia's Boardrooms have a disability problem
In a terrible indictment on disability inclusion in leadership and governance roles, across Australia's 300 largest companies, not a single director openly identifies as living with disability. Zero. And it's been that way for years. In ...
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING: With Graham Lancaster AM – Squeezing the juice out of life
What does it mean to truly live, even when facing a life-altering diagnosis?This life affirming conversation with Wollongong lawyer, board director, mentor and well-known community connector Graham Lancaster cuts to the heart of t...
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