The Nest: a national plan for child and youth wellbeing, will be launched publicly on 28 February. This week, ARACY is running briefing sessions on the project’s latest developments. It’s important we acknowledge our principal partner, Bupa Health Foundation, in supporting our vision for The Nest and what it can achieve. Please stand by for a link to the new The Nest website next week.
Media Release February 22, 2012. Australians are set to benefit from significant savings in superannuation as 6.9 million inactive superannuation accounts are reunited with their owners, according to research by the Financial Services Council and investment management technology provider DST Global Solutions.
Social entrepreneur David Hood’s work in building collaborative communities that find socially innovative solutions to pressing social and environmental issues has seen him named as Social Entrepreneur of the Year. Hood founded Collaboratory Melbourne – a community owned enterprise that works to provide a platform for communities and organisations to collaborate and build better futures together.
The 2012 round of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) Grants Scheme has opened with $250,000 in funding available for consumer-focused telecommunications research and consumer education or advocacy tools.
ACCAN says that projects should focus on creating versatile resources for communications consumers and/or a strong evidence base for ACCAN's telecommunication consumer advocacy activities.
It has been revealed that one of the major leadership roles in the newly established Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) has gone to the Director of PilchConnect, Lawyer Sue Woodward, who has been appointed Director – Policy & Education.
A new album featuring never-before-released recordings from popular Australian artists will see all the profits going to charity, encouraging Australians to listen in for a good cause.
Technology company Lenovo has again partnered with Tunes for Change to release a compilation album, featuring recordings from Triple J’s ‘Hottest 100’ artists.
The much-anticipated Gonski Review of Funding for Schooling calls on the Federal Government to create a fund to provide national leadership in philanthropy in schooling, and to support schools in need of assistance to develop philanthropic partnerships.
In this eBulletin: reports released on early childhood and community attitudes to disability; the political scene heats up with debate over means testing private health insurance rebates; incarceration rates still reflecting an unacceptable gap between indigenous and non-indigenous youth; and, when it comes to sleep, which parenting style really works?
The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Bill Shorten, in a Press Release dated February 16, 2012, welcomed positive results showing employment surged by 46,300 in January 2012 to stand at a record high of 11,463,900.
The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education is an organisation invested in preventing the harmful use of Alcohol in Australia. Recently they presented the findings of a survey on how we perceive warning labels on alcohol products.Find the report here.
The Matana Foundation for Young People provides grants of up to $10,000 to Australian organisations working to improve opportunities for disadvantaged young people.
A national primary care organisation, the Australian General Practice Network, will form on 1 July 2012 a new national body for Medicare Locals – the Australian Government’s landmark new primary health care network.
National Close the Gap Day is a way for Australians to join together and remind our political leaders of their commitments to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.
You can join the thousands of people and organisations across Australia, holding events to raise awareness of the Indigenous health crisis.
At the 2011 Tax Forum the Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer announced that the Government would establish a special working group to look at the tax concessions for the not-for-profit sector.
Five Australian charities have joined an 8-day global giving campaign that uses the power of personal networks to “connect for good” and benefit hundreds of charities worldwide.
Corporate Social Responsibility is set to grow, not change as responsibilities for addressing social issues shift from government to business and civil society, Professor Dirk Matten has told the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility conference in his keynote address in Melbourne.
In this newsletter Mornington Island Women’s Shelter re-opens; Homelessness and domestic and family violence prevention – practice forums; New Homelessness Programs Guidelines Performance reporting via the Specialist Homelessness Information Platform; and Homelessness Information Management Project roadshow wrap-up.
Included in this Issue: Workforce Issues are on the Election Agenda; Working with Vulnerable Families - a Partnership Approach; ASWEAS Review - Phase One, and more.
The Queensland Community Foundation (QCF) has opened nominations for the 2012 QCF Philanthropist of the Year Awards, which will recognise Queensland’s most generous individuals and business.
