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.
The Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) is holding a conference in Melbourne from 28-29 May to discuss the challenges of actualising the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) within Australia.
ABC Radio’s Background Briefing program (21/05/09) heard that if you are a charity with a broad supporter base, have well developed regular giving programs and do not rely too heavily on corporate gifts, then you are probably in a good position to weather the recession.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Alternative Technology Association (ATA), Bruce Campbell, has resigned from the position and Ian Porter has taken up the role.
The Federal Government will give $10.3 million of funding to 50 different Volunteer Resource Centres around the country, aiming to enhance skills, training and resources in the volunteer sector, as well as bolstering the not-for-profit sector’s capacity to provide training to volunteers.
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR), in collaboration with The Body Shop, has today launched its new national Respect campaign, encouraging Australians to work towards a solid and effective partnership between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, and non-indigenous Australians.
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.
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