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Calling for Applications to the NZ Volunteering Fund

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd April 2014 -  New Zealand’s Community and Voluntary Sector Minister, Jo Goodhew, is calling for applications for this year’s Support for Volunteering Fund offering more than half a million dollars in grant support.

WA Clothing Co to Pay Out Over Misleading Charity Bins

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd April 2014 -  A Western Australian company that profited from used-clothing bins by alleging to help poor African children has agreed to donate $100,000 to charity and make a public apology.

Youth Digital Community Radio

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd April 2014 -  Philanthropic support in the form of seed funding, along with a number of broadcast mentors, have helped launch a new community digital radio channel for Australia’s youth called SYN Nation.

Social Investment Grants Program

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd April 2014 -  Community organisations will be supported to find new ways to help low income Australians locked out of financial services and products through a new Social Investment Grants Program from Community Sector Banking (CSB).

Centre for Philanthropy Names New Advisory Board Members

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 2nd April 2014 -  Queensland’s Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies based at QUT has secured a number of new high profile members to its Advisory Board.

NFPs Demand Social Housing Reform

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 2nd April 2014 -  An investment in 800 additional social housing units a year is urgently required to address Victoria’s worsening housing situation for people on low incomes, according to seven Victorian peak bodies working in housing affordability.

Measuring the Invisible Value of Volunteering

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 1st April 2014 -  The economic and social value of community-based organisations and volunteering in Australia is being underestimated, according to a group of University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) researchers.

$50k ‘Exploration’ Grants Up for Grabs

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 1st April 2014 -  Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation in Victoria has opened up its latest round of Exploration Grants, which will offer organisations up to $50,000 per year.

Gen X and Y Switch for a Cause – Report

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 1st April 2014 -  More than three million Australians switched from their normal product or service to another brand last year because the alternative brand supported a cause or charity, according to new research.

Report Offers Positive Roadmap for Australian Aid

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 1st April 2014 -  A Senate report on Australia’s international development program represents a return to a level of bipartisanship on aid funding, according to the peak council for Australian Not for Profit aid and development organisations.

Low Income Concessions Failing Those in Need – ACOSS

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 1st April 2014 -  Australian low income earners are missing out on lighting, hot water and heating due to failure of the schemes designed to assist them, an Australian Council of Social Service report has revealed.
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