Staff Reporter, Thursday, 30th January 2014 -
A lack of after-hours and weekend services are a continuing high need for people who sleep rough, according to a new homelessness report.
StreetCount 2013 – Living Rough in…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 29th January 2014 - A Melbourne globetrotter is driving a social enterprise that harnesses the benefits of bikes, writes Nadia Boyce in this week’s Spotlight on Social Enterprise.
An adventure…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 28th January 2014 -
Nominations are open for the 2014 Victorian Disability Sector Awards – which recognise and honour individuals, businesses and organisations that are making a difference…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 21st January 2014 - The onus for funding homelessness initiatives should not be placed solely on government but shared with corporates, philanthropists and the wider community who all standing to …
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 21st January 2014 -
Three philanthropic organisations have committed $30,000 to a small grants program aimed at cultural and linguistically diverse groups in inner north Melbourne.
The Scanlon Foundation,…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 16th January 2014 -
Climate change is making heatwaves more frequent and severe in Australia, according to researchers from the Not for Profit Climate Council.
The claim comes in the Climate Council’s…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 15th January 2014 - A luxury incarnation of an everyday service promises to balance healthcare in suburbs where rich and poor live side-by-side, writes journalist Nadia Boyce.
Six months ago, Melbourne’s…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 15th January 2014 - In a world where consumers are increasingly questioning where their products come from, Global Voices youth delegate Laura McCormack suggests why Fairtrade is no longer the most…
Staff Reporter, Friday, 20th December 2013 -
Plans by the Victorian Government to fine parents whose children do not attend school will do little to keep vulnerable young people in education and will entrench their disadvantage,…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 16th December 2013 - A Melbourne-based Not for Profit and social enterprise has harnessed the power of song to help disadvantaged people across the country gain skills and employment.
Since starting…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 12th December 2013 -
Time is running out to purchase early bird tickets to the Fundraising Institute Australia’s (FIA) 37th international fundraising conference in Melbourne in 2014.
Until…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 11th December 2013 - A quirky Melbourne operation upcycling office waste came into being when a pair of activists collided paths with a multinational corporation, writes Nadia Boyce in this week’s…