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Big little brush is a social enterprise that takes really little things, like toothbrushes, and uses them to do great big important things like helping children and adults in developing communities to have better lives, writes big little brush co-founder Joel Hanna.

The idea that grew into big little brush started a few years ago when I had an issue with a dodgy wisdom tooth. It was amazing how quickly that small, barely noticeable pain developed into the full-blown agony of a toothache, and eventually I …

Community Services Industry Alliance’s Inclusion Ready Summit is an exciting event to be held on Tuesday 18 June that will deliver the latest research, ideas and opportunities around social and economic inclusion of people with disability.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a game changer in Australia. The NDIS will provide a range of really important individual supports to people with disability. It will also provide opportunities for people with disability, families and carers to explore what it means for them to live an ordinary …

A game-changing partnership between the not-for-profit sector and the business world is substantially lifting up thousands of Australians in need while simultaneously reducing waste in our community.

Not-for-profit organisation Good360 is the matchmaker charities didn’t know they needed. Good360 matches not for profits and eligible schools to businesses nationwide to gift brand new excess goods to people most in need, everything from clothing and nappies, to books and cosmetics.

Since launching in 2015, Good360 has connected over 8 million donated brand new items – worth more …

Communiteer is working with NFPs and for-purpose organisations across different sectors to build a sharing economy and harness the power of the crowd.

Today, there is a growing demand on community services.

Not for profits and charities constantly need greater access to volunteers, a greater ability to extend their reach and create deeper engagement with funders and supporters. Yet, they are asked to work with what resources are available. The question then becomes, how can we provide a scalable and sustainable solution?

How do they do …

Azzedine Downes is CEO of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, a global animal welfare charity fighting to protect animals and the environments they live in, as well as inspiring a global community to take action on the issue. He is this week’s Changemaker.

Just two weeks ago, a report on the current state of life on Earth painted a dismal picture of species extinctions, habitat loss and the depletion of ecosystem services at a rate never before witnessed by humankind.

The effects of climate change, …