Cliff Barclay
Board Member
Cliff has been involved in the community services sector for 40 years. He has served as CEO at three organisations for 20 years and in senior leadership for a further seven years.
His expertise is in youth services, drug and alcohol and housing and homelessness services. He has worked in early childhood services, an Australian Disability Enterprise, a Lifeline service, drug and alcohol, mental health, youth, welfare and care services. Cliff is known for his entrepreneurial approach. He established three youth residential specialist services, including Australia’s first funded youth foyer. He was also the founder of Uniting Housing Vic TAS and across three different agencies and was responsible for the acquisition and delivery of more than 400 social and affordable housing units.
Cliff is the recipient of three state or national awards. In 2014, the Australian Institute of Management named him Not for Profit Manager of the Year for Victoria.