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Maggie Coggan

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Maggie Coggan is a journalist at Pro Bono News covering the social sector.

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New standards for social enterprise certification in Australia

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Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 12th June 2019 -  Social enterprise advocates believe greater recognition of the sector’s diversity is needed to help more for-purpose businesses win corporate and government contracts.

“If I can help, I will”: The mum that turned tragedy into helping the vulnerable

Changemaker

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 10th June 2019 -  Fatma Elzein, the founder of Mummies Paying it Forward, has built up a powerhouse charity and volunteer network that delivers every day essential items to the people who need them most. She’s this week’s Changemaker.

Game of Thrones fandom for a cause

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Maggie Coggan, Saturday, 8th June 2019 -  Despite many Game of Thrones die-hards feeling let down by the long-awaited season finale, fans from around the globe have donated upwards of $250,000 to charities supported by the show’s stars to thank them for their performance.

Fears media raids could silence advocacy

Maggie Coggan, Friday, 7th June 2019 -  Civil society groups have raised concerns over the threat the Australian Federal Police raids on journalists and news outlets pose to the ability of charity and advocacy groups to speak up for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in Australia.  

Love thy neighbour (and donate to them as well)

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Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 5th June 2019 -  A community fund in western Sydney is aiming to tap into philanthropic funds normally funneled into more affluent areas of the city, and harness local knowledge to help communities in need.

Cross-sectors unite to make Melbourne greener

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Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 5th June 2019 -  Melbourne has become the first city in Australia to launch a comprehensive strategy to increase and protect green urban spaces in a bid to dull the effects of climate change and protect the city’s most vulnerable.  

Brewing coffee with impact

Spotlight

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 5th June 2019 -  Matt and Whitney Teluk are self-confessed coffee snobs. They are also passionate about breaking down education barriers for primary school kids in Tanzania, so they started selling coffee to fund their impact work, writes Maggie Coggan in this month’s Spotlight on Social Enterprise.   

Mobile finance program to reunite Indigenous owners with lost super

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Maggie Coggan, Monday, 3rd June 2019 -  A finance program will tour through the Northern Territory and Western Australia to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders reunite with superannuation they might have never known they had.

Switching off in schools could be the key to success

Changemaker

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 3rd June 2019 -  Nicola Bone is leading a silent revolution in schools across Queensland, setting young people up for a more focused and anxiety-free school day through meditation and mindfulness training. She’s this week’s Changemaker.

Employment-focused social enterprise proves itself… with little support

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Maggie Coggan, Friday, 31st May 2019 -  Providing jobs with extra career support can improve the health, wellbeing and finance of people living with mental illness and help the nation’s social services, new research has found.
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