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Social enterprise helping vulnerable Aussies find meaningful work

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 6th August 2019 -  Social enterprise is delivering better job opportunities for disadvantaged Australians than mainstream employment while also fixing gaps in government jobseeker programs, new research shows. 
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Local business saves 85,000 single-use bowls

Contributor, Tuesday, 6th August 2019 -  Next time you eat takeaway food in Melbourne, enjoy your meal in a returnable stainless steel bowl designed by a local business that City of Melbourne supported with a small business grant. 
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UK welcomes charity founder as new minister for the sector

Luke Michael, Friday, 2nd August 2019 -  A former charity CEO has been appointed the new UK minister for civil society.

Opinion

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Case study: Using creative methods to assess a major event

Geoff Mulgan, Monday, 29th July 2019 -  How do you know if an event changed anything? Nesta used creative methods like video diaries to follow up with attendees from its FutureFest event. The results helped it re-design the event, writes Nesta CEO Geoff Mulgan, in the final part of a serie
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Disability representation missing from UK kids’ shows

Luke Michael, Friday, 26th July 2019 -  People with disability are rarely shown on British children’s TV shows and are often portrayed as villains when they do appear, new research shows.
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Leadership index reveals public distrust in NFP sector

Danielle Kutchel, Wednesday, 24th July 2019 -  Australians hold a negative view of the not-for-profit sector because of public distrust in religious organisations and trade unions, new research shows.

Analysis

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Startup in the land of the Pegasus

Libby Ward-Christie, Wednesday, 24th July 2019 -  Social enterprise spans the boundaries of commercial and social-impact logics, but we still understand very little of what this means for startup support. Here Libby Ward-Christie shares one of the key insights from the Swinburne Social Startup Studi
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