Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 20th October 2016 -
After the controversial founder of Street Swags resigned over alleged funds mismanagement earlier this year, the organisation has voluntarily agreed to work with the charity regulator to get back on track.
Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 20th October 2016 -
Not-for-profit organisation Project Respect is, for the first time, mapping the hundreds of illegal and unregistered brothels in Melbourne to protect women from exploitation.
Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 19th October 2016 -
The private sector can play a powerful role in addressing poverty, and has the responsibility to do so, according to both not-for-profit and business leaders during Anti-Poverty Week.
Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 19th October 2016 -
A new affordable housing model, developed by a private sector infrastructure body, promises to deliver returns from social housing at above market rent, without increasing the cost for tenants in need.
Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 19th October 2016 -
Homelessness services and affordable housing are inextricably linked, but few organisations combine the two, writes Ellie Cooper in this week’s Spotlight on Social Enterprise.
Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 18th October 2016 -
Contemporary Australia is the product of multiple waves of immigration, but now anti-immigration sentiment is on the rise.
Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 18th October 2016 -
CEO of the Community Foundation of Central Victoria Ann Lansberry will use a social innovation fellowship to learn from the multi-million dollar success of giving days in the United States.
Ellie Cooper, Monday, 17th October 2016 -
Global travel website TripAdvisor will stop selling tickets to some of the cruelest wildlife activities, following a World Animal Protection petition of more than half a million signatures.
Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 13th October 2016 -
Not-for-profit and community organisations across Melbourne will have a new avenue to grant funding with the launch of a philanthropic body with a difference.
Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 12th October 2016 -
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has been named Australia’s Shared Value Champion at the inaugural Shared Value Awards.
Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 11th October 2016 -
In a striking contradiction, Australia is held up the world over as both a shining example of a multicultural success story and as a nation that is racist and hostile to immigrants.
Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 6th October 2016 -
Concerns that young charity collectors – “chuggers” – are being exploited has sparked an investigation into the practices of some major Australian charities.
