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Time’s Right for NFPs to Think About Merging – Debate

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 5th February 2014 - Foundation for Young Australians CEO Jan Owen. World Vision Australia CEO Tim Costello. The time is right for healthy Not for Profits to think about mergers and acquisitions,…

Heart Foundation Appoints New Leader

Staff Reporter, Monday, 3rd February 2014 - New Heart Foundation for Australia Chief Executive Officer Mary Barry. Former Victorian SES Chief Mary Barry has been appointed the National Chief Executive Officer for the National…

Rough Sleepers Call for a Safer Night’s Sleep – Report

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 30th January 2014 - A lack of after-hours and weekend services are a continuing high need for people who sleep rough, according to a new homelessness report. StreetCount 2013 – Living Rough in…

Spotlight

(Re)cycling Social Enterprise

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 29th January 2014 - A Melbourne globetrotter is driving a social enterprise that harnesses the benefits of bikes, writes Nadia Boyce in this week’s Spotlight on Social Enterprise. An adventure…

Call for Victorian Disability Sector Award Nominees

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 28th January 2014 - Nominations are open for the 2014 Victorian Disability Sector Awards – which recognise and honour individuals, businesses and organisations that are making a difference…

Opinion

The Cost of Addressing Homelessness – A Responsibility for All

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 21st January 2014 - The onus for funding homelessness initiatives should not be placed solely on government but shared with corporates, philanthropists and the wider community who all standing to …

Foundations Unite for Small Grants Program

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 21st January 2014 - Three philanthropic organisations have committed $30,000 to a small grants program aimed at cultural and linguistically diverse groups in inner north Melbourne. The Scanlon Foundation,…

Australian Heat Rising – Climate Council

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 16th January 2014 - Climate change is making heatwaves more frequent and severe in Australia, according to researchers from the Not for Profit Climate Council. The claim comes in the Climate Council’s…

Spotlight

High-end Healthcare – For Good

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 15th January 2014 - A luxury incarnation of an everyday service promises to balance healthcare in suburbs where rich and poor live side-by-side, writes journalist Nadia Boyce. Six months ago, Melbourne’s…

Opinion

Coffee’s Not Fairtrade, Because Melbourne Can Do It Better

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 15th January 2014 - In a world where consumers are increasingly questioning where their products come from, Global Voices youth delegate Laura McCormack suggests why Fairtrade is no longer the most…

Job Skills Are Alive with the Sound of Music

Staff Reporter, Monday, 16th December 2013 - A Melbourne-based Not for Profit and social enterprise has harnessed the power of song to help disadvantaged people across the country gain skills and employment. Since starting…

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