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Partnership to Fight Poverty

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 17th March 2011 - The Australian of the Year, Simon McKeon is to launch a new partnership to inspire young people to take action in the fight against poverty.

Charity “Swags” Wins International Design Award

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 17th March 2011 - “Swags for Homeless” is the first Australian organisation, and the first charity, to win the international Red Dot "Best of the Best" Design Award for its ‘Backpack Bed’.

Practical Advice for Disaster Fatigued Australian Charities

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 17th March 2011 - With many Not for Profit organisations facing the fourth major disaster appeal this year, US fundraising expert and publisher of the Getting Attention Blog, Nancy Schwartz gives her advice on how NFPs can ‘keep giving going’.

Dissecting the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 16th March 2011 - ACOSS2011 | The upcoming ACOSS National Conference will examine the challenges and opportunities for national reform to disability support brought about by the proposed National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Housing & Homelessness: Advance or Retreat?

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th March 2011 - With much of the political and media focus on the serious of natural disasters in Australia and neighbouring New Zealand in recent times, the worsening crisis in Australia’s housing affordability market appears to have been forgotten according to w

Major Giving Report in Australia – Donor & Fundraiser Perspectives

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th March 2011 - Australia needs donor ‘champions’ to encourage more people to make major gifts according to new research by the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at QUT.

Opinion

Social Impact Bonds – Not a Panacea But Worth Investing In

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th March 2011 - Opinion | Social Investment Bonds can increase the scale of resources available to NFPs and ensure that these resources are allocated efficiently, however they are not a panacea, according to Les Hems, the Director of Research at the Centre for Socia

World’s Best Not for Profit Videos

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th March 2011 - The 5th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards, aimed at showcasing how Not for Profit organisations around the world can use video to spread their message, are now open for public voting.

Opinion

Social Enterprises: Plan Your Work…then…Work Your Plan

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 9th March 2011 - Opinion | Like any business venture, success in social enterprise is the result of a combination of good planning and good luck. Drawing on her experiences with The Crunch initiative, Libby Ward-Christie gives her insights into how to plan a successf

NSW Govt Pledges $25 Million Social Impact Bond Pilot

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 8th March 2011 - A re-elected Labor Government in NSW would invest $25 million in a Social Impact Bond Pilot, NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has announced.

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