At its annual conference in Sydney, Connecting Up Australia has awarded its third annual Australian Community Technology Awards, which acknowledge significant accomplishments of charities, businesses and governments who use telecommunications and the internet to benefit and connect Australian communities.
Oxfam Australia has been announced as the winner and World Vision Australia the runner-up of the PricewaterhouseCoopers second annual Transparency Awards – co-sponsored by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Centre for Social Impact – which acknowledge the quality and transparency of reporting within the not-for-profit sector.
More than 220 clubs, societies and other not-for-profit organisations will share in $150,000 of the Telstra Foundation’s recently announced Community Connection grants, which honour Telstra employees’ involvement and leadership in community organisations by supporting the groups where they volunteer.
A new national research project will map the range and scope of social enterprises in Australia.
In co-ordination with the beginning of Volunteering Australia’s National Volunteer Week (11-17 May) this week – which is the largest celebration of the more than 5 million Australians who volunteer – SEEK has launched its Volunteering Unplugged initiative, aiming to spread awareness about the broad diversity of volunteers and volunteering opportunities.
Two full funded scholarships are available to attend FIA’s intensive residential education program Madison Down Under 2009.
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has welcomed the Federal Government’s recently announced Compact with Young Australians, under which all unemployed Australians under the age of 25 will have a guaranteed education or training place.
Volunteering Australia has launched an online survey as part of Phase 1 of the review process of its National Standards for Involving Volunteers in Not for Profit Organisations, through which it is inviting feedback.
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