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Community Matters

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About this Podcast:

Community Matters is the new podcast hosted by Community Industry Group’s CEO Nicky Sloan that dives into community-driven solutions for pressing issues. Join Nicky as she catches up with community leaders to hear inspiring stories, expert insights, and actionable ideas to create positive change.

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32%

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Selective

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What is Community Matters about?

Community Matters is the new podcast hosted by Community Industry Group’s CEO Nicky Sloan that dives into community-driven solutions for pressing issues. Join Nicky as she catches up with community leaders to hear inspiring stories, expert insights, and actionable ideas to create positive change.

What has Community Matters covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Surplus Food, Hungry Families - The Plan to Fix Food Waste with Melinda Lawton" (6 October 2026, 27 minutes), "Business Meets Charity - The Rise of Social Enterprise with Kylie Flament" (22 September 2026, 28 minutes), and "Supporting the Strength of Women, Navigating Menopause with Georgia Watson" (8 September 2026, 25 minutes).

How often does Community Matters publish?

Community Matters publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 25 minutes across 46 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Community Matters?

Booking probability for Community Matters is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Community Matters requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Community Matters's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Community Matters?

The strongest fits for Community Matters are Associations, Unions & Political Groups and Family & Social Services. Community Matters has a business audience.

About the host

Community Matters is a business podcast with 46 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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    Surplus Food, Hungry Families - The Plan to Fix Food Waste with Melinda Lawton

    Oct 6, 202627 min

    Every year, 1.7 million tonnes of food are wasted in NSW, the equivalent of 68 Olympic-size swimming pools. Meanwhile, 38% of households in the Illawarra Shoalhaven region are struggling to get enough to eat, with...

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    Business Meets Charity - The Rise of Social Enterprise with Kylie Flament

    Sep 22, 202628 min

    In this episode, Nicky sits down with Kylie Flament, the CEO of SECNA (Social Enterprises Coordinating Council of NSW & ACT), the peak body supporting social enterprises across NSW and the ACT. Kylie has a memorable way...

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    Supporting the Strength of Women – Navigating Menopause with Georgia Watson

    Sep 8, 202625 min

    Menopause affects 51% of the population directly (and 100% of us indirectly) so it’s a topic we really need to get better at talking about. In this episode, Nicky does just that as she sits down with Georgia Watson...

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    Carrying Hope to Achieve a Home – Women’s Homelessness with Sabrina Hissey

    Aug 25, 202625 min

    Older women are now the fastest-growing group experiencing homelessness in Australia, and record numbers are being pushed into crisis by eviction from long term rentals and then being unable to afford rapidly rising...

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    Building a Workplace People Love - The Ripple Effect of Great Leadership with Jenni Hutchins

    Aug 4, 202624 min

    In this episode of Community Matters , CEO of Warrigal, Jenni Hutchins, joins Nicky Sloan for a powerful conversation about leadership, workplace culture and how the way we treat our employees has a direct impact on the...

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    FOSTER CARE: With Christine Wilde - It takes a village to raise a child

    Jul 7, 202626 min

    In this heartfelt episode of Community Matters , Nicky Sloan is joined by Christine Wilde, an experienced Foster Carer with CareSouth, a community-based organisation that provides a range of services including Aunties &...

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    ADVOCACY FOR INCLUSION: With Rebecca Schmidt Lachlan – Helping others is helping ourselves

    Jun 23, 202627 min

    At just 26 years old, Rebecca Schmidt Lachlan woke up from a stroke able to do only one thing: blink her eyes. What followed was a remarkable journey of reinvention, resilience, and purpose. In this episode, Nicky sits...

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    INNOVATION EQUITY: With Tamantha Stutchbury - Why Diversity in Startups Is Everyone's Problem

    Jun 9, 202625 minS0

    <p>What if the solutions being built for tomorrow's world are only designed for half the people in it? That's the provocative question at the heart of this week's Community Matters, featuring Tamantha Stutchbury the...

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    PHILANTHROPY: With Susan Wallis – A Commitment to Kindness

    May 26, 202638 minS0

    <p>On this inspiring episode of Community Matters, Nicky sits down with local legend <b>Susan Wallis, Head of Government and Philanthropy at Good360</b>, a remarkable charity tackling one of Australia's most overlooked...

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    LIVED EXPERTISE: With Dr Shane Clifton – Nothing about us without us!

    May 12, 202630 minS0

    <p>The community sector talks a lot about lived experience but what does it really mean, and how can a lived reality of disability become a form of expertise every bit as hard earned, powerful and valuable as any...

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    INCLUSIVE ARTS: With Ethan Arnold – Neurodiverse Actors Can Do Anything!

    Apr 28, 202618 minS0

    <p>Getting a regular paid gig in the performing arts is no easy feat, but Ethan Arnold has done exactly that. In this enjoyable and thought-provoking episode of Community Matters, Nicky sits down with Ethan to hear his...

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    CHILD POVERTY: With Melissa Andrews – Levelling the Playing Field with Communities for Children

    Apr 14, 202625 minS0

    <p>What does it mean to be one of the wealthiest nations on earth, yet leave one in six children living in poverty? In Australia, that contradiction is stark — and for nearly 40% of sole parent families, poverty isn't a...

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    POLITICS: With Katelin McInerney MP – From Community Advocate to Member of Parliament

    Mar 31, 202632 minS0

    <p>What does it look like when someone who has spent their career fighting for communities steps into parliament where decisions actually get made? On this episode of Community Matters, host Nicky Sloan sits down with...

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    FIRST NATIONS: With Aunty Barb Nicholson – Dreaming Inside: Justice, Dignity and First Nations Voices

    Mar 17, 202618 minS0

    <p>Aboriginal Australians make up just 4% of the population — yet account for 36% of the prison population. And that number is still rising. This week, Nicky sits down with Aunty Barb Nicholson to ask the question Aunty...

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    SOCIAL JUSTICE: With Matt Grudnoff – Taxation Reform for a Fairer Australia

    Mar 3, 202624 minS0

    <p>This special episode of Community Matters comprises a keynote presentation from <b>Matt Grudnoff, Senior Economist at The Australia Institute</b>, who makes the case as to why everyone in the community sector needs...

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    NDIS ACCESS: With Melissa Antoun – Bridging the Gap: NDIS Access for Multicultural Communities

    Feb 17, 202623 minS0

    <p>Accessing and navigating the NDIS is challenging for anyone—but for people whose first language isn't English, it's even more daunting. A 28-page application is just the start. Applicants also need multiple...

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    HOMELESSNESS: With Kelly McGarrity – Creating pathways to housing

    Feb 3, 202616 minS0

    <p>When demand for homelessness services hits record levels, what does innovation look like to respond to the challenge?</p><p>With 68,700 people on social housing waitlists across the state and over 3,000 waiting in...

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    ASTHMA AWARENESS: With Alexander Brown – Building an Asthma Smart Community in the Illawarra

    Jan 20, 202620 minS0

    <p>More than 1 in 10 Australians live with asthma—that's 2.8 million people. In the Illawarra alone, over 250 people are hospitalized each year, impacting not just those with the condition but their families and...

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    CULTURAL SAFETY: With Becky Garrett – Why Getting This Right Is Non-Negotiable

    Jan 6, 202625 minS0

    <p>The 2024 Closing the Gap report revealed a stark truth: 47% of the health gap for Aboriginal people, including life expectancy rates, is related to institutional racism, interpersonal racism, and intergenerational...

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    DISABILITY INCLUSION: With Krystal Tritton – Why Australia's Boardrooms have a disability problem

    Dec 16, 202526 minS0

    <p>In a terrible indictment on disability inclusion in leadership and governance roles, across Australia's 300 largest companies, <b>not a single director openly identifies as living with disability</b>. Zero. And it's...

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