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Committed to Helping New Mums

Staff Reporter, Monday, 6th January 2014 -  Dedicated to helping pregnant women through crisis, Lynn Mabey is using her business skills to raise much needed funds for an important service. Mabey is this week’s Changemaker.…

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Kicking Goals for Indigenous Youth

Staff Reporter, Friday, 20th December 2013 -  Work through the AFL has led WA-based Not for Profit leader, Lisa Cunningham, to help form a national organisation that empowers indigenous youth. Cunningham is this week's …

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Social Change Veteran Heads up Foundation

Staff Reporter, Monday, 16th December 2013 -  Disability support service head Daniel Leighton is now leading the board of one of Australia’s largest independent Community Foundations. Leighton is this week’s…

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Making Fast Friends Easy

Staff Reporter, Monday, 9th December 2013 -  In three years Nick Maisey has built up his Not for Profit into a community of 1400 people as part of a plan to enrich lives through social connection. Maisey is this week’s Changemaker.…

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On the Right Side of the Law

Staff Reporter, Monday, 2nd December 2013 -  The passion to fight injustice has been close to the heart of lawyer Fiona McLeay from a very young age. Now McLeay is the Chief Executive Officer of Justice Connect, a pro bono legal …

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Music’s Just What the Doctor Ordered

Staff Reporter, Monday, 25th November 2013 -  Mother of five children, Dr Catherine Crock divides her time between family, being a physician at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, and her volunteer roles at HUSH…

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Mulhall Creates a New ‘Normal’

Staff Reporter, Monday, 18th November 2013 -  With the  promise to never go back to a “normal” job, Avis Mulhall’s passion to “change the world” steered her in creating the changemaker …

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Marketer Gets Behind Social Enterprise

Staff Reporter, Monday, 11th November 2013 -  Armed with the ultimate goal of proving profit for purpose is not only great for social impact, but an effective way of doing business, says Bridie Ritchie who has co-founded Halfglassfull,…

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Connecting Disadvantage Youth to Technology

Staff Reporter, Monday, 4th November 2013 -  Making digital technology accessible for disadvantaged youth was the idea behind Jade Stott’s successful Perth-based Camera Recycle Project, which has recently expanded to Melbourne.…

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Beltz’s Bid to Empower Communities

Staff Reporter, Monday, 28th October 2013 -  Since coming to Australia, Zambian-born Nkandu Beltz has immersed herself in projects aimed at empowering communities across the country. Beltz is this week’s Changemaker.…

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Young Advocate’s Ambition for Change

Staff Reporter, Friday, 18th October 2013 -  In 2012, Perth-based community advocate Conrad Liveris, 20, got together with one of his brothers and a group of friends to start up the volunteer-run Street Smugglers in Western …

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Former Journo ‘Hooked’ on Raising Medical Funds

Staff Reporter, Monday, 14th October 2013 -  Former journalist Astrid Sweres made the leap into the fundraising world for Not for Profits nine years ago and got “hooked”. In that time she has raised more than $65 …

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