Carol Berger, a Community Development Worker, and Manager of Power Neighbourhood House, started Connecting Teens in 2008. Connecting Teens supports young people to experience and develop friendships. Her son, who is on the autism spectrum, was a teenager at…
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How pioneering Australian not-for-profit, Action on Poverty, is achieving great global philanthropic impact and inspiring active generosity by redefining ‘traditional’ concepts of charitable giving. Drawing on a 50-year legacy championing bold international development projects as the trusted partner for global changemakers, Action on Poverty is proudly taking on a new challenge to…
The theme for this year’s Volunteers Week is ‘Better Together’ and Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR)’s CEO, Natalie Egleton, believes that theme could not be more true. In her opinion piece, she drives home the importance of volunteers…
Charities in the spotlight
ISLA is one of the “Little Ambassadors” for the 2022 Good Friday Appeal. The eight-year-old is in remission after spending half her life in treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Isla’s parents knew something was wrong…
OVER three billion animals were killed or displaced in the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 – 60,000 of those were koalas. The fires burnt about 24 million acres and confirmed the trend of worsening fire…
ONE in five Australian children are not meeting the international benchmark for reading, the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) has revealed. To combat this concerning statistic, BIG W, one of Australia’s most loved brands…
TALKING about mental and emotional well-being can be confronting. These conversations are often avoided in the workplace, especially in the blue-collar industry. Tradies Ed Ross and Dan Allen are turning this invisible and debilitating issue…
THE Premier’s Award for Community Harmony at the 2021 Victorian Multicultural Awards for Excellence, was awarded to Sikh Volunteers Australia (SVA) for the significant impact they have made during the bushfires and pandemic. The Award…
Health advocates
A first-of-its-kind beach access directory, which lists details of accessible beaches across Australia for people living with a disability, has just been launched by Accessible Beaches Australia. The directory – accessiblebeaches.com – has been developed in…
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AUSTRALIA’s only national support service dedicated solely to early pregnancy loss, Pink Elephants, has reported a significant growth in its online support services. Ahead of Mother’s Day this Sunday, 8 May, which can be a triggering event for women who have experienced miscarriage, Pink Elephants has experienced a huge uptake…
AUSTRALIA’s leading brain cancer charity, the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation, is leading the charge to support women and their leadership aspirations. The Cure Brain Cancer Foundation’s leadership team is currently all women whilst the organisation is also made-up of 83 per cent women. The Cure Brain Cancer Foundation is an…
Environmental defenders
There are a few days left for the public to vote for the winner of the inaugural Environmental Music Prize. The prize…
WHALE migration season has again come to the east coast of Australia with the first sightings being reported. Every year around May…
AN alliance of leading environmental groups has welcomed the Morrison Government’s declaration of two new marine parks off Christmas Island and the…
IT is the miraculous survival story we all need to read right now. Pretzel, a green turtle hatchling, has already survived a…
Salvos aim to raise $10 million to support Aussies affected in Queensland and NSW As damaging weather ravages the east coast of…
Opinions from changemakers
I HAD no idea and was horrified that a 10-year-old Australian child could go to jail. In July this year, I wrote my first opinion piece for the Advocate. It…
IF more of the world’s wealthiest people thought like Australian tech icon Melanie Perkins, we could very well live in a more equitable and just society. Ms Perkins is the…
Silence - in our schools and briefly in our playgrounds, on our sporting fields, everywhere but online and in social media. That is what is greeting our kids.…
Today Tuesday, 31 August, is International Overdose Awareness Day An Opinion Piece by Mary Malak, CEO of Humanity Matters With the pressure and isolation caused by the current COVID-19 lockdowns,…
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