Understanding charities and supporting them to become familiar with and meet their obligations to the ACNC in an accessible way is fundamental to the way the ACNC operates.
We aim to demonstrate best practice in our stakeholder engagement as well as innovation in the way we communicate with and seek feedback from charities.
Our Stakeholder Engagement Framework sets out:
- our reasons for stakeholder engagement
- the values and principles that underpin our approach
- the scope of this work, and
- our approach to undertaking consultation with stakeholders.
Engagement Forums
We value engaging with and listening to the views of stakeholders, and we do so through the following channels.
Charity Forum
The Charity Forum is convened twice a year to provide:
- representative views from the charity sector
- feedback on key policy, guidance and tools we develop for the sector
- feedback on our self-assessment under the Federal Government's Regulatory Performance Framework.
We publish the charter and minutes of the Charity Forum.
Charity Subsector engagement
We also meet with specific groups within the broader charities sector. These forums are held at least twice a year to discuss issues and topics that relate to certain groups of charities.
In May 2025, the ACNC met with non-government school peak bodies.