Staff Reporter, Monday, 2nd February 2009 -
A new report explores the nature of financial exclusion in Australia and argues that the development of specific and independent Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs)…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 2nd February 2009 -
Time-honoured business skills and strategies are indispensable in a traditional Not for Profit environment, but while they have been shown to be useful they are insufficient for…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 2nd February 2009 -
There’s a lot of promotion currently going on in the sector that seems to be propping up the status quo and suggesting that there is little to fear from the downturn when the opposite…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 2nd February 2009 -
Third Sector representatives lead by welfare groups have been assured of continuing discussions with the Federal Government and in particular, the Deputy Prime Minister, Julia…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 19th January 2009 - National Volunteer Week Posters Now Available
Order your free posters to help you celebrate National Volunteer Week from 11-17 May 2009. Posters can be ordered online from Volunteering…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 19th January 2009 -
The Australian Council of Social Services ACOSS has strongly supported the direction of the Federal Government’s White Paper on Homelessness which was released the week before…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 19th January 2009 -
Philanthropy Australia has called for the minimum distribution rate of Prescribed Private Funds (PPFs) to be set at 5% in its submission to a Federal Government review of PPF regulations.…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 19th January 2009 -
The cost of volunteering continues to be a constraint and potential barrier to community involvement according to the findings of Volunteering Australia’s e-Forum.
As part of the…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 19th January 2009 -
The Australia’s Future Tax System Review Panel (known as the Henry Review) has released its consultation paper which considers the main tax concessions available to Not for Profit…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 19th January 2009 -
Plans are being pushed ahead to form a National Leadership Group to represent all aspects of the Not for Profit Sector in its future discussions with the Federal Government in what…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 15th December 2008 -
Successful relationships between business, donors and the arts take the spotlight in The Gold Book 2008, published in December by the Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF)…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 15th December 2008 -
Not for Profits rely heavily on volunteers but most CEO’s do a poor job of managing them accord to US experts.
And as a result more than one-third of those who volunteer in one year…