Skills and services in New South Wales

An award winning demonstration site where you can learn with other community members on all things sustainability. There is a community garden where they run weekly workshops and working bees. As an active community there are many projects running at the same time. Check out their events calendar on Reduce Read more [...]

Gadigal Gunya – located at 107 Redfern Projects is the Artist home of Gadigal, Yuin, Wiradjuri Master Weaver, Aboriginal Educator & Multi Disciplinary Redfern-based Artist Nadeena Dixon. Nadeena is a direct descendant of Sydneys Traditional Owners The Gadigal People of the Eora Nation . Gunya is the Gadigal word for Read more [...]

ShareCity is an ongoing research project into sustainable food economies in cities globally. Their website acts as a great educational resource on the subject of food sharing and also contains a global database of food sharing initiatives. The city of Sydney has at least 100 food sharing initiatives listed on Read more [...]

An organisation that provides legal services for disabled persons and representative organisations through community legal education and representation The goal of the Australian Centre for Disability Law offers legal advice, legal representation and referrals to other resources.

A consultancy group that assists people in identifying assets and skills that they may have that can provide income and work in the sharing economy. The process begins with a free 15 minute phone call to work out whether the service will be useful to you. If so then you Read more [...]

The Asylum Seekers Centre in Newtown is a NGO which provides support for asylum seekers and refugees who have arrived in Sydney. The services they provided include but are not limited to; financial aid, counselling, accomodation and employment assistance.

Mad Paws is an Australian wide online pet sitting community. The aim of Mad Paws is to help pet owners to find sitters and other pet related service within their local community. Mad Paws promises that is strictly vets all of its registered sitters and all booking are covered by Read more [...]

Ability Links is a government supported initiative in NSW that aim to provide short term support for people with disabilities in the state. ‘Linkers’ work by connecting you with resources in the community to help you find community engagement, achieve goals and feel a greater sense of self worth. To Read more [...]

The Canterbury Bike Shed is a community based program, where we breathe life back into donated and discarded bikes and get them back on the road. By getting involved in the Canterbury Bike Shed you can: learn to repair and maintain bikes reduce the amount of bikes going into landfill Read more [...]

The Ultimo Community Centre is a popular local venue for sports, recreation, learning and arts and craft. We cater to the needs of older persons, people with a disability, children and other members of the local community. Our services and programs include: •after-school and holiday care •aged and disability services Read more [...]