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Meaningful Measurement the Key to Success

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 5th March 2013 -  How do program directors really measure a social return on their investment, and how do they go about using measurement to improve outcomes, asks Calum Scott, the Program Impact Director for Opportunity International Australia.

Children In Care Report Card

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th February 2013 -  Victorian children living in out-of-home care are five times more likely to have emotional and behavioural issues and experience higher rates of bullying than other children, according to a new report card by Anglicare Victoria.

Opinion

Philanthropy in Australia: It’s What You Do With it That Counts

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th February 2013 -  In this article published by The Conversation, Professor John Fitzgerald, the Chair in Social Investment and Philanthropy at Swinburne University of Technology discusses how highly publicised private benefactors are redefining philanthropy in Austral

Rethink Children in Remand – NFP Report

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 26th February 2013 -  Research released by Jesuit Social Services claims vulnerable and disadvantaged Victorian children are being unnecessarily remanded into custody.

Australians Fail Social Inclusion Test for People With Disability

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 21st February 2013 -  New research reveals that Australians living with a disability are still feeling excluded from society, with community attitude still one of the biggest problems they face.

Homeless Men Suffer Worse Stress than Returned Servicemen – Study

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 21st February 2013 -  Homeless men experience higher levels of post-traumatic stress disorder than the mainstream male population, including returned servicemen, a new study has found.

Opinion

Collective Impact At Work

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 20th February 2013 -  The US, the Magnolia Community Initiative involves an organisation that supports 35,000 children in the Los Angeles area to train their partner organisations to achieve change and success. This week, Australian social change advocates Dawn O’Neil A

Opinion

Be Kind to Your Mother: Adolescent Violence on the Rise

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 19th February 2013 -  As Melbourne hosts the first-ever Australian conference on adolescent violence in the home this week, Anglicare Victoria’s General Manager of Policy, Research and Innovation Dr Sarah Wise discusses the increasing levels of adolescent violence agai

Opinion

A Perspective on Natural Disaster Donor Fatigue

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th February 2013 -  With floods and fires again front and centre, one remedy for donor fatigue involves being convinced that donations will be well used says Phil Hayes-St Clair the Chairman of Philanthropy and Community Investment Advisors, HSC & Company.

Opinion

How Corporate Philanthropy Can Help Schools

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 12th February 2013 -  Business enthusiasm for education philanthropy has been growing steadily in Australia according to Annemarie Rolls, the Chief Executive Officer of Schools Connect Australia, a Not for Profit organisation in the education philanthropy sector.
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