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Social Impact Bonds Face Big Hurdles – UK Think Tank

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - Harnessing private cash to finance public services via ‘Social Impact Bonds’ is unlikely to appeal to mainstream investors because of the impossibly high risks they would have to shoulder, new UK research reveals.

Centre Opens Doors to Open Minds

Spotlight

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - Charities are increasingly turning to social enterprise to achieve their social objectives and this week Nadia Boyce looks at a Sydney Not for Profit putting people with mental illness on the hospitality frontline.

Advancing CSR Without a Corporate Responsibility Officer

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - Less than half of the companies in the US have a Corporate Responsibility Officer and the latest White Paper by the Not for Profit LBG Research Institute considers ways in which a company can advance its CSR without a CRO.

Learning from Experience

Opinion

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - Australian social change advocates Dawn O’Neil AM and Kerry Graham speak with Liz Weaver, Vice President of the Tamarack Institute in Canada, to discuss the challenges and lessons learned from the successful scaling of a poverty reduction project using a Collective Impact approach.

Corporate Community Impact in Asia Summit

Social Enterprise Needs a Razor Sharp Focus

Hot Topic

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - Your social enterprise cannot be all things to all people says Sophie O’Halloran from The Crunch Communications at Social Traders.

Social Enterprise Start-Up Grants

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - Westpac Foundation is offering start-up social enterprises the chance to get funding of up to $100,000 via its Seed grants.

Collective Impact – The Holy Grail of Community Services Data

Opinion

Impact

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - Data solutions expert Greg Were responds to last edition’s Impact Opinion with a discussion of the difficulties in capturing data to measure Collective Impact projects.

Changemakers Festival Gives Platform for CSR

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - A nationwide festival promoting social innovation is set to provide corporates with a chance to demonstrate their Corporate Social Responsibility and social impact credentials.

Australia’s Tax Deductible Donations on the Rise

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - The amount of money donated by Australians and claimed as a tax deduction is on the rise and the NSW postcode representing Darling Point is the most generous in the country, according to the latest analysis of Tax Office figures.

How Microfinance Can Offer a Multiple Return

Disability Access Apps Fall Short

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - Research into Australia-relevant online and mobile applications (apps) to assist people with disability has found a glaring gap in the local market for apps that profile the accessibility of businesses.

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