Tasmanian Coalition of Community Service Peaks

The Tasmanian Coalition of Community Service Peaks ‘(the Peaks Coalition)’ brings together peak bodies from across Tasmania’s community services industry to strengthen the industry’s collective voice, share intelligence and act on industry-wide issues.

The Peaks Coalition is grounded in a shared belief that Tasmania’s community services industry is stronger when peak bodies work together. It provides a trusted structure for collaboration, while recognising that each member organisation retains its own governance, mandate and independent advocacy role.

Purpose

The Peaks Coalition exists to strengthen the Tasmanian community services industry’s collective influence, sustainability and capacity to act on shared issues.

Its shared functions are:

• Collective advocacy on industry-wide and state-level sustainability issues;
• Shared intelligence between peak bodies;
• Stronger relationships across the industry;
• A coherent and credible interface with government; and
• Increased visibility of the community services industry and the peak bodies that represent it.

How the Peaks Coalition Works

The Peaks Coalition operates across three tiers:

• Peaks Coalition — An open platform for all member peaks to share information, build relationships, provide peer support and develop industry-wide intelligence.
• Strategy Circle — An opt-in group of peaks working more closely on collective advocacy, joint messaging, campaign planning, resource coordination where appropriate, industry sustainability and a Partnership Agreement with the Tasmanian Government.
• Communities of Practice — Opt-in functional groups for staff across peaks working in similar areas, such as policy, communications and industry development.

TasCOSS serves as the Coalition’s convening and backbone organisation, coordinating meetings, records, communication and onboarding.

Principles

Peaks Coalition members are guided by:

• Clarity of purpose;
• Transparency;
• Equity;
• Respect for difference;
• Shared benefit; and
• Active participation.

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You can show your support for our industry by downloading and displaying the campaign branding elements on your social media and other digital platforms. We encourage you to share the Peaks Coalition’s social media posts on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. 

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The Tasmanian Coalition of Community Service Peaks represents the following organisations: