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.
The Bob Brown Foundation (BBF) is pleased to announce that over one thousand submissions have been sent to the Australian Antarctic Division opposing plans for a 2.7km long concrete runway to be constructed at Davis station, Antarctica. The proposed runway would have…
Veteran support charity, Mates4Mates, is calling on the community to put in a call over Christmas to a veteran who may be isolated. Mates4Mates National Clinical Manager and Clinical Psychologist, Georgia Ash, said this year had been detrimental for the mental health…
The Bob Brown Foundation is taking a robust approach to protect the Antarctic with two new campaigners; Alistair Allan and Carola Rackete. These new positions will enable Bob Brown Foundation to extend its campaigning beyond Australia to protect the world’s greatest wilderness…
A group of Hobartians gathered this morning, Wednesday, 25 November, where the new longline fishing vessel Antarctic Aurora is docked and preparing to wallop sub-Antarctic fisheries off Australia’s World Heritage Macquarie, Herd and McDonald Islands. “In a world, which has the majority…
Construction has just finished on Australia’s largest mobile wildlife hospital, ahead of a gala launch in Byron Bay on Thursday, 26 November. The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia is contributing $250,000 to provide equipment and support the mobile hospital’s operating costs…
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia welcomed today’s release of the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap. “This is the biggest, most substantial commitment by any state government to a clean energy transition and a major strategic pivot towards making Australia a renewable superpower,”…
Mates4Mates is calling on Australians to help combat the wide-spread mental health issues and injuries faced by veterans across Australia, by supporting this year’s National Appeal Day on Thursday, 5 November 2020. Funds raised on National Appeal Day will go towards the…
RSPCA Australia has welcomed a new study that calls into question the use of whips in horse racing, and strengthens the case for whip-free racing. The peer-reviewed study – published late in October in the journal Animals – effectively debunks traditional arguments by the racing…
As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, safe and efficient delivery of the eventual vaccine by purchasing and pre-positioning syringes and other necessary equipment. As soon as COVID-19 vaccines successfully emerge from trials and are…
Movember is launching the world’s largest network of prostate cancer patient registries which will have the power to transform the treatment and care of the disease by harnessing the real world experiences of over 130,000 men. The global ‘super network’ – believed…
