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MEDIA, JOBS & RESOURCES for the COMMON GOOD
Organisation: Pro Bono Australia
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Paid Charity Leave Up for Grabs

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 4th February 2014 -  The Vodafone Foundation is offering the chance for two people to take leave from their regular jobs to work for a year at a charity of their choice.

NFP Global Mail News Site Seeks Philanthropic Lifeline

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 4th February 2014 -  The future of Australia’s first philanthropically funded Not for Profit news website, The Global Mail, is uncertain after its main philanthropic benefactor pulled his funding.

Union Weighs in on ACNC Abolition

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 4th February 2014 -  The Community and Public Sector Union has condemned the decision to wind up the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission (ACNC) describing the move as short-sighted.

Volunteering Victoria Delivers Manifesto

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 4th February 2014 -  Volunteering Victoria has launched its first Manifesto – identifying volunteering gaps and priorities for Victoria including the lack of state-wide systems around emergency and disaster volunteering.

FRRR Small Grants Program Celebrates Silver Jubilee Round

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 4th February 2014 -  Grants of up to $5,000 are available to small Not for Profit community groups across Australia to mark the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal’s (FRRRs) Small Grants for Rural Communities program Silver Jubilee round.

Charity Navigator Model – Out of the Frying Pan?

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Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 4th February 2014 -  The Federal Social Services Minister Kevin Andrew's announcement that a Charity Navigator Model may replace the ACNC is something the charitable and Not for Profit Sector should consider deeply, writes David Gilchrist, the Director of the Not-for-profit Initiative at WA’s Curtin University.

Eco-grants Available for Sustainable Projects

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 4th February 2014 -  Grants of up to $2000 are up for grabs to help schools, TAFEs and CITs get environmental projects off the ground.

Inquiry into Children Seeking Asylum Gathers Support

Staff Reporter, Monday, 3rd February 2014 -  The Australian Human Rights Commission inquiry into the mandatory and closed detention of children seeking asylum in Australia has been welcomed by the national peak body for refugees.

NFP Peak Calls for Better Job Support for Youth

Staff Reporter, Monday, 3rd February 2014 -  Young people were hard hit by the Global Financial Crisis and are still finding it hard to secure work after leaving school, an employment peak body for Not for Profits says.

Grand Designs for Social Change

Changemaker

Staff Reporter, Monday, 3rd February 2014 -  Dedicated to creating social change around the world, engineer Lizzie Brown has gone from a Not for Profit volunteer to a Not for Profit Chief Executive Officer. Brown is this week’s Changemaker.

Violence Against Women Foundation Gains World Expert

Staff Reporter, Monday, 3rd February 2014 -  A world-leading violence prevention expert who has worked with organisations including UN Women and Amnesty International Australia has been appointed as the Director of Policy and Evaluation of the Foundation to Prevent Violence against Women and their Children.
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