Mission Australia announces winner of Anti-Poverty Week competition
The Rotary Club of Revesby-Wirrimbirra is the winner of Mission Australia’s Anti-Poverty Week competition to raise awareness of poverty and engage people in what they could do to help.
Philanthropy Australia launches Private Ancillary Funds Trustee Handbook
Philanthropy Australia, the peak national body for the philanthropic sector, has developed a comprehensive Private Ancillary Funds Trustee Handbook to assist current and future fund trustees to operate successfully.
Advertising in Third Sector
Time is running out to book your advertisement in the January edition of Third Sector. The deadline is this Friday 13 November!
Workplace giving unlocks community funds
Over 75 per cent of people who join workplace giving programs increase the total amount they donate to charity, and nearly 30 per cent are thinking about further increasing the amount they give, according to a study of over 4,500 employees released today by the Australian Charities Fund (ACF).
How to become a Certified Association Executive
Members of the Australian Society of Association Executives who are interested in finding out more about the CAE program and the dates for the next semester are invited to a teleconference information session at 9 am AEDST on Thursday 12 November.
Vale Mark Lyons
It saddens Third Sector to report that Mark Lyons, Director of Research at the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), died on Wednesday 4 November.
Test case brings wage increase closer for community sector workers
Community sector workers around the country are one step closer to higher wages following the announcement of a landmark pay equity test case in the new Fair Work system.
BrainLink’s Woman of Achievement Award winner announced
An inspirational singing entrepreneur who has united disadvantaged communities using the power of song has won the 12th annual BrainLink Women of Achievement Award.
Not-for-profit CEO remuneration falls for first time in 9 years
For the first time in nine years the average not-for-profit CEO remuneration fell, dropping nearly 2 per cent on 2008 figures, according to the Enterprise Care Not for Profit Remuneration Report, which surveyed nearly 1,800 positions in the not-for-profit sector during July and August of this year.
Productivity Commission recommends significant reforms to not-for-profit sector
The establishment of an Office for Not-For-Profit Sector Engagement and a Registrar for Community and Charitable Purpose Organisations are just two of many reforms put forward in the long awaited draft research report released (14.10.09) by the Productivity Commission.
