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Greenpeace Goes Shopping on the Net

Staff Reporter, Monday, 6th November 2000 -  The international environment group Greenpeace has offered all manner of information on its ever-expanding Internet sites and web pages from fundraising tips, lobbying politicians, organising non-violent actions and now a True Food Shopping List.
Greenpeace says it has produced the…

Welfare Agencies Forced to Cut Back – Survey

Staff Reporter, Monday, 23rd October 2000 -  A national survey of frontline community welfare agencies shows that many of them are simply unable to meet the demand for help or are being forced to cut back on the help they provide to low income and disadvantaged Australians.…

The Corporate Citizen Magazine

Staff Reporter, Monday, 23rd October 2000 -  After three years of dissecting and analysing Corporate Citizenship at Deakin University in Victoria, Mark Glazebrook has produced something on the topic that he says doesn’t already exist: a specialist forum for discussion. Glazebrook has produced the first of what…

Housekeeping

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Staff Reporter, Monday, 23rd October 2000 -  Just a reminder that the FIA Focus on Fundraising workshop in Melbourne on November 1st is filling up fast. It’s a beginner’s course for setting up and developing a donor program. The workshop coordinator is Jeremy Maxwell from the Epilepsy…

Sir Zelman’s Voice of Experience Address

Staff Reporter, Monday, 23rd October 2000 -  The Saint James Ethics Centre’s tenth anniversary Annual lecture is about to break from tradition with a dynamic new format. This year organisers are featuring a dialogue between a ‘respected elder’ and a young Australian representing the voice of youth!…

Australian Researcher at US Conference

Staff Reporter, Monday, 23rd October 2000 -  When ANU researcher Natalie Buckmaster delivers her paper to the annual conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organisations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) in the US in November the title of her paper is likely to attract a lot…

Pro Bono Law Task Force

Staff Reporter, Monday, 23rd October 2000 -  The Federal Attorney General, Daryl Williams QC has announced the membership of a task force to examine pro bono law projects. The task force is made up of representatives from the public, private and community legal sector, judges, legal educators,…

Giving.com

Staff Reporter, Monday, 23rd October 2000 -  In Victoria, the Melbourne City Council has launched a web site that aims to tap into the city’s generous spirit and link up people with new ways of ‘donating’. Giving.com says the ways of fundraising have changed and that new…

Writing A Fundraising Proposal with the Experts

Staff Reporter, Monday, 23rd October 2000 -  Do you recognise this scenario? A fabulous project idea, an enthusiastic team behind it, all the application forms and the grant-makers details and then the long-winded funding proposal lets you down! It’s a common dilemma for many Not for Profits.…

UN Volunteer Study – A Call for Contributions

Staff Reporter, Monday, 23rd October 2000 -  As part of the preparations for the International Year of Volunteers in 2001, the United Nations is conducting a number of research projects on the role of volunteers in social development. The latest project is a study of the role…

Olympic-Free Zone for Walhalla

Staff Reporter, Monday, 9th October 2000 -  While the Olympics proved to be fundraising boon for the Flying Doctors, spare a thought for the tiny gold-rush town of Walhalla in Victoria. The last town in the state to be put on to the main electricity grid in…

Rural Philanthropy

Staff Reporter, Monday, 9th October 2000 -  An innovative philanthropic body set up this year to support the social and economic regeneration of rural and regional communities in Australia has awarded $500,000 in grants across the country. The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) aims to…
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