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Lina Caneva has been a journalist for more than 35 years. She was the editor of Pro Bono Australia News from when it was founded in 2000 until 2018.

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Dollars for Small Victorian NFPs

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th September 2014 -  Six community programs across Victoria have shared more than $165,000 in grants from the Bank of Melbourne Neighbourhood Fund.

Philanthropic Benchmarking Tool

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th September 2014 -  Measuring the effectiveness of philanthropic organisations using a new benchmarking tool was under the spotlight at the recent Philanthropy Australia 2014 National Conference in Melbourne.

Unaffordable Housing Drives Homelessness: Senate Enquiry

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th September 2014 -  Homelessness is on the rise due to a severe shortage of affordable housing, according to a Melbourne housing and homelessness agency.

EVOLVING CHAIR: Connecting Business and the Community

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th September 2014 -  Advocacy for the development of Australia’s budding social entrepreneurs and their enterprises led Paul Bide to become Chair of the board at the School for Social Entrepreneurs. Bide shares his insights in this month’s Evolving Chair.

New Incubator Program Helps to Hatch NFPs’ Potential

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th September 2014 -  The Not for Profit sector is brimming with innovative and ground-breaking ideas to contribute to the social economy but can sometimes struggle to bring these ideas to fruition, says adviser to the sector, Jo Scard.

Matched Dollars for Arts Fundraising Campaigns

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th September 2014 -  Creative Partnerships Australia will allocate $1.75 million in matched funding for development and fundraising campaigns that will assist arts organisations to attract new donors and grow stronger donor networks.

UN’s New Human Rights Chief Raps Aus Refugee Policies

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th September 2014 -  The incoming UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein has accused Australia of violating the rights of asylum seekers.

Volunteer Physiotherapists Ease the Pain

Opinion

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th September 2014 -  Allied health professionals such as physiotherapists are moving to close the gap for disadvantaged Australians who live too far from vital services by providing a range of volunteer-run services, writes author and founder of the SOS Health Foundation, Jason T Smith.

NFP Crowdfunding Boom

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th September 2014 -  One of Australia’s newest Not for Profit crowdfunding organisations chuffed.org says it’s delivered over $1million for social cause organisations in its first year of operation.

Five Top Charity Apps

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th September 2014 -  Australia is now around the fifth biggest downloader of Apps (per head) in the world and Caroline McComb from the Telco Together Foundation delivers her list of top innovative Aussie charity Apps.

NFP Survey Warning – Canary in the Coal Mine for Government

Lina Caneva, Monday, 8th September 2014 -  Not for Profit leaders have called on the Federal Government to heed the findings of a national survey into the attitudes of Australian charities towards Tony Abbott’s first twelve months in office describing the survey results as the 'canary in the coal mine'.

500 Jobs to Go at Red Cross

Lina Caneva, Monday, 8th September 2014 -  The Red Cross has confirmed that it will shed 500 jobs following the Immigration Department’s slashing of funding for the charity's asylum seeker support service.
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