Momentum Collective, a local organisation that supports people with mental health issues, social housing, domestic and family violence, aged care, and disability care has gone into voluntary administration.
FTI Consulting were appointed as voluntary administrators (VA) effective 16 October, 2025.
‘Momentum Collective provides critical services in the communities in which it operates, in particular the regional communities of Northern NSW where there are not a lot of options for these types of services,’ said VA John Park.
A range of service providers
Momentum Collective brought together a range of service providers from Casino, Ballina, and Tweed Shires in 2016 to service the Northern Rivers community.
‘This is terrible news for our community. When a not-for-profit social organisation, that has been providing much needed front-line support to those who are most vulnerable in our community, can’t sustain operation you know the system is broken,’ Ballina MP Tamara Smith told The Echo.
‘The Minns Labor government committed to provide recurrent funding to organisations like Momentum at the last election and talked a lot about supporting community-based social services, so this is an opportunity for them to step in and walk the walk.
‘Organisations like Momentum are literally filling the void and providing essential social services that successive governments have failed to deliver.’
Care continues
Jillian Paull, Chief Executive Officer, Momentum Collective said that services will continue as the administrators look at future options for the organisation.
‘We will continue operations on a “business as usual” basis while the voluntary administrators undertake an urgent assessment of options,’ said Ms Paull.
‘We are also engaging with key stakeholders including the relevant government departments to understand what support is available and the options available.’
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