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Applications Open for Capacity Building Grants

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 9th January 2014 - 
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Not for Profits can now apply for capacity building grants worth up to $100,000 through the Myer Foundation and Sidney Myer Fund. The grants on offer are between $25,000…

Salvos Release First Snapshot on Homelessness

Staff Reporter, Monday, 2nd December 2013 - 
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Disadvantaged Australians attribute their homeless situations to family and domestic violence, a lack of affordable housing, and poverty, The Salvation Army’s…

How Microfinance Can Offer a Multiple Return

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - 
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Good Return is working hard to live up to its name. Established by World Education Australia in 2009, Good Return specialises in providing microfinance and financial education…

Call to Young Aussie Philanthropists

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 11th June 2013 - 
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Wealthy young Australians are being urged to get involved in philanthropy early on in their lives to help alleviate the day to day issues around poverty. The call comes from…

Global Poverty is Shrinking: Study

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 20th March 2013 - 
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Global poverty is declining and may be eradicated altogether in some countries in the next 20 years, a new study by the University of Oxford has found. This article was first…

Girls & Women ‘Bearing the Brunt’ of Global Recession

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 23rd January 2013 - 
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Picture: Plan International Girls and women are being hardest hit by the global economic recession, according to research released by children’s rights organisations.…

WA Families Struggling – Report

Staff Reporter, Friday, 12th October 2012 - 
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The Cost of Living 2012 report reveals that many WA households are struggling to survive. Photo: greens.org.au Low income households in Western Australia are struggling…

Mobile Phones Come Home to Roost?

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 28th March 2012 - 
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The 'old phones, more chickens' campaign saw 2,000 chickens being purchased for needy families around the world. Photo courtesy MobileMuster.  A joint…

The Poor Quicker to Show Compassion in the Face of Suffering

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 5th January 2012 - 
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Emotional differences between the rich and poor, as depicted in such Charles Dickens classics as “A Christmas Carol” and “A Tale of Two Cities,”…

Newstart Recipients Living in Poverty

Staff Reporter, Friday, 21st October 2011 - 
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If their income was reduced to $243 per week – the unemployment payment – more than 60% of Australians would stop buying fresh food and almost half would not…

Dignity Must Feature in Tax Reform: UnitingCare

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 29th September 2011 - 
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Image: UnitingCare Australia’s National Director Lin Hatfield Dodds says the October tax forum must consider human dignity.  Community…

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