
Every year, more than 100 million sharks are killed with overfishing threatening their survival and putting marine ecosystems at risk of collapse. …
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Include a Charity Week aims to spark a nationwide conversation on bequests in wills and encourage a lasting impact with this year’s theme: Will Wonders Never Cease. Include a Charity Week is a social change campaign promoting legacy giving and encouraging Australians to pledge a gift in their will. Spearheaded by the Fundraising Institute of Australia, the campaign is aligned with international…


Tasmania’s Penguin District School is calling on the local community to show their support in the final voting round of the Haymes Paint and Keep Australia Beautiful’s inaugural Paint Australia Beautiful competition. Involving Penguin District School grade six students, the…
Charities in the spotlight
Health advocates


Over 1.3 million Australians are currently living with diabetes and Lions Clubs volunteers across the country are on a mission to do what they can to reduce the prevalence and improve the quality of life…
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Last week, 12 – 17 June, was Men’s Health Week, but it doesn’t have to be Men’s Health Week to shine a spotlight on important health issues facing men. Below, three prominent not-for-profit leaders share what healthy habits they stick to in order to feel good physically, emotionally and mentally.…


The Bridging the Gap Foundation, Australia’s leading Indigenous health and education charity, is launching an annual tax-time appeal to address ear disease and hearing loss in rural and remote Indigenous communities where these issues are particularly prevalent amongst children. Ninety per cent of Indigenous children in remote areas of the…
Environmental defenders


Koala Alliance Victoria, an alliance of koala protection groups, will launch on Wednesday 3 May, Wild Koala Day, to advocate for Victoria’s…


The Australian Marine Conservation Society, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Save Our Marine Life Alliance have this week welcomed the completion…


A new report released this week by the Doctors for the Environment Australia and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia shines a spotlight on…


An exciting new partnership between the Federal Government and the Minderoo Foundation will transform how we monitor the health of Australian Marine…
Opinions from changemakers


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Ryan Fritz started The Advocate in 2014 to provide not-for-profits and charities another media platform to tell their worthwhile hard news stories and opinion pieces effortlessly. In 2020, Ryan formed a team of volunteer journalists to help spread even more high-quality stories from the third sector. He also has over 10 years experience as a media and communications professional for not-for-profits and charities and currently works at Redkite, a childhood cancer charity.