b'01INTRODUCTIONWe are a nationalnot-for-profit and registered charity with a clear vision to make a stronger, fairer Australia. Our story began on Worimi land on the contentscommunity resourcesNSW Mid-North Coast in 1987. We were set up as a community development organisation, Great Lakes03Our ImpactCommunity Resources, to provide04Co-Chair Messagetraining and employment opportunities05Our Boardfor local Aboriginal people experiencing06CEO Message disadvantage. Over the subsequent years our impact has widened, and our08Event Highlightscommunities have thrived. 11Strategic Plan We now run some of the largest social12Achieving our Goals enterprises in the country and deliver a range of community services. In FY24,17Our Organisationwe gave employment opportunities to18Working on Country786 people across NSW, Queensland,19Where we WorkVictoria, Western Australia and the ACT. Since 2017 we have operated as20 Our Community ServicesCommunity Resources. We create jobs26Green Connectthat care for people and planet, we32Resource Recovery Australia keep waste out of landfill, we grow and distribute fair food, and we provide40Soft Landing community services to those who need48Community Engagement &them most. Thank you for supporting us. Our Advocacy 52Financial Report54Thank you55Our Funders & Partners Inside cover: A Vision to Create Change artwork commissioned for Community Resources by Dharawal artists Lorraine Brown andNarelle Thomas from The Coomaditchie United Aboriginal Corporation. The artwork is based on an encompassed place dealing with life and its many forms of growth and expansion. It shows society with its cultures living in touch with what is around them. Societys life is a part of culture, nature, expansion of living spaces, people, clean waterways, animals and bird life, trees, plants all being part of our life. Survival and special places being kept as part of history.Front cover: Mackey Murupaenga-Falwasser Soft Landing Perth.Back cover: Homebase Youth Services, After School Program. www.communityresources.org.au'