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Hanover Welfare Services Clocks Up 50 Years

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 22nd May 2014 -

A homelessness support centre, which started out providing services for homeless men in inner Melbourne, has turned 50 – with demand for its services across the State continuing

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Resilient Australia Awards

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - The search is on for community-minded Queenslanders who have helped their regions recover and become more resilient following natural disasters. Community Recovery and Resilience…

Hockey Defends ‘Remedial’ Budget to Not for Profits

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has been forced to defend his Federal Budget to the Not for Profit sector, saying that while the Coalition’s Budget may seem tough, society’s…

Disability Commissioner Role Uncertain

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - Disability advocates have voiced their concern at the possible axing of the role of Disability Discrimination Commissioner under the Human Rights Commission, which has so far been…

Feds Move on NFP Grant Arrangements

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - The Federal Government has moved to reassure the Not for Profit sector of the benefits of its new grants arrangements revealed in the Federal Budget. Federal Social Services Minister…

Salvos Snapshot of Aussie Poverty

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - A nationwide survey of about 2,500 Salvation Army welfare clients reveals a harrowing snapshot of the realities of daily life for those living on the margins with 1 in 4 people unable…

Social Procurement Slow But Steady – Report

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - Social procurement is gaining momentum in Australia but is far from widespread, according to new research undertaken by Social Traders. Over 67 per cent of respondents to the survey…

Opinion

The Rise of Conscious Business Needs the Support of Conscious Consumerism

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - The emergence of more socially responsible, conscious businesses around the world is a welcome trend but we need the broader corporate sector to acknowledge and embrace its critical…

Foresters Community Finance CEO Departs

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - Foresters Community Finance is looking for a new CEO following the announcement that the long-time chief executive Belinda Drew will finish in the role in June 2014. After…

Ordinary Aristocrats: Philanthropists as Ethical Leaders?

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 20th May 2014 - New research into the way Australian philanthropists are portrayed as ethical leaders in the national media has found that the portrayal reinforces social and economic inequality.…

Conference to Deliver NDIS Report Card

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 20th May 2014 - A two-day National Conference on the National Disability Insurance Scheme in August is expected to act as a “report card” on the scheme’s first year of state-based…

National Children’s Charities Merge

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 20th May 2014 - Two national children’s charities have joined forces in a bid to maintain their ongoing sustainability and growth opportunities for their work with sick children. The SMILE…

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