Compassionate Communities Australia National Forum

Come and join us for CCAus 2025 National Forum!

Were we will share, learn, collaborate, and advocate. By the end of the day, we will have developed an advocacy statement outlining the actions needed to strengthen and sustain Compassionate Communities in Australia.

We aim to reorient systems so they better support community-led approaches to caring, dying and grieving. 

Forum Guest Speakers 

Professor Allan Kellehear: Northumbria University

'Compassionate Communities: Traps and Pitfalls'

Professor Luc Deliens: Public Health Palliative Care International President

'Activated Citizens: The Treasures in Compassionate Communities''

Professor Ben White: Australian Centre for Health Law Research, QUT

Rethinking regulation and compliance in Community-led initiatives

Morning Session Short Talks                                                                                                                   

Listening to the Landscape: Stories, Settings and Seeds of Change 

Practice learnings from Compassionate Communities across Australia on successes and challenges in efforts to activate social and systems change in settings such as local government, workplaces, palliative care, aged care…. 

Afternoon Session Round Table Workshops                                                                                           

Shaping What’s Next: Collaboration, Co-Creation and Collective Voice                                            

Where do we need to take action to reorient systems to better support communities, what is needed to support change and the collective development of the advocacy statement. 

Networking

A chance to meet face-to-face with others who are passionate about community-led approaches to share, reflect, and co-create pathways forward grounded in lived experience and shared wisdom.