ACOSS has warned that 360,000 of the poorest families in Australia may be left behind by legislation before a Senate Committee which increases payments for age, disability and carer pensioners but which fails to include sole parent pensioners.
The nomination period for the 2009 National Disability Awards has been extended and will now close at 5.00pm AEST on Monday 22 June 2009, so there is still time to nominate yourself or someone else.
The Brisbane Broncos will wear Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong branded yellow jerseys in their 3 July match against the Auckland Warriors to raise money for cancer research.
The Seeds of Renewal grants program is calling for funding applications from small, rural not-for-profit organisations for projects and activities that will help these communities work toward a more sustainable future.
Predictions from the United States that direct-mail returns will drop by up to 40 percent over the next five years have prompted a spirited debate on nonprofit online marketing blogs.
Over 3.1 million Australians were assisted by surveyed community services organisations last financial year, but according to a new report, some groups were forced to turn away a quarter of people needing child welfare, youth or housing services.
The economic downturn has put increased strain on homelessness services, underscoring the importance of the Government’s homelessness strategy and its commitments to halve homelessness and end rough sleeping by 2020.
Eleven teams of students from the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales recently worked with charities to design new innovative and cost effective fundraising approaches, as part of an initiative to instill within students a greater awareness of social enterprises.
With 27 million people enslaved around the world, the upcoming Anti-Slavery Forum in Melbourne will be looking at the return of the global slave trade and how it can be fought.
The image of the humble jelly bean has become the Kidney Health Foundation’s latest weapon in the war against Chronic Kidney Disease which affects some two million Australians who do not even know they have it.
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