Making your P&C attractive to volunteers is all about being consistent with the little things, writes Council Communications Officer, Janelle Kennard.

Council’s auditors, Tailored Accounts, outline the new Single Touch Payroll system, required by the tax office, and how it will affect P&Cs which employ staff.

The ACT Council of Parents and Citizen Associations - the peak body for public school parent associations - has partnered with the ACT Education Directorate in a project which aims to address violence in schools.

The ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, which represents ACT public school parents, believes that student safety is being jeopardised at some schools by inadequacies in the new bus network.

Liz Moyle from Maribyrnong Primary P&C shares how one fun event got people together, strengthened the school’s sustainability focus and raised funds, all while revitalising parents’ wardrobes!

Fundraising is a massive topic, but we've compiled some resources to get you started and good articles to help.

Running a big school event — a fete or fair? Want to reduce the waste? We’ve compiled some things for your event-organising committee to consider.

Following last year’s ABC TV series ‘War On Waste’ there is renewed community focus on waste reduction. Council Communications Officer, Janelle Kennard, looks at what resources are available to help schools reduce their waste and ways that P&Cs can help.

The ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations (Council) welcomes the move away from religious chaplains in ACT public schools. The Council, which represents parents at the Territory’s public schools, recognises that ACT schools must be secular and that the real need is for qualified mental health professionals in our schools.

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