Term 1 Council Meeting
The first CCSP Council meeting for 2021 took place in Sydney on 5 March. A significant part of the meeting was allocated to diocesan sharing. Parent representatives from each of the 11 NSW/ACT dioceses discussed opportunities and challenges facing parent representative bodies. Representatives from the dioceses without a Diocesan Parent Body (DPO) were able to gain significant insights about the function of a DPO.
Being the first year of CCSP's 2021-2023 Strategic Plan, the Council considered which projects to prioritise for 2021. We will be providing you with updates on these throughout the year.
2021 CCSP Chair, Wayne Davie, formally thanked Narelle Burke, CCSP Chair 2018-2020, for her leadership of and commitment to CCSP. Narelle will continue to be CCSP's representative on the national peak body, Catholic School Parents Australia (CSPA), for the remainder of the year.


It was wonderful to be able to welcome several new parent representatives into the CCSP Council. An induction session was held for the new Councillors the day before the meeting.
Most dioceses in NSW/ACT employ a professional officer to facilitate local parent engagement initiatives and to provide support for their parent representatives on the CCSP Council. We thank these officers for attending our meetings and thank the dicoese for their ongoing committment to the work of CCSP.









