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.
TENNIS legend and disability advocate Dylan Alcott has been named the Australian of the Year for 2022. Mr Alcott has won 15 Grand Slam Single titles in wheelchair tennis. He will also be competing for his eighth and last Australian Open Singles…
IN a win for advancing children’s learning, and physical and mental wellbeing, UNICEF Australia has welcomed the decision by the New South Wales and Victorian state governments for a united and consistent approach to students returning to school for Term 1. UNICEF…
THE Australian Government, and the Australian Antarctic Division, yesterday, November 25, announced that they are abandoning plans to build a 2.7km-long concrete runway at Australian-owned Davis Research Station in Antarctica. After a vigorous anti-runway campaign, led by The Bob Brown Foundation, the…
WHEN Michelle’s twin daughters, Ruby and Emily, were born she had never heard of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. The syndrome, which affects 1 in 1000 births, is one of the world’s most undiagnosed syndromes because it has so many symptoms. 22q11.2 deletion syndrome,…
IN a world without leukaemia, 18-year-old Blake Wilson from Dunsborough, Western Australia would have graduated from St Mary Mackillop Catholic College in November 2020. Instead, Blake’s family watched thousands of school graduates descend on the town during Leavers Week last year as…
AUSTRALIA’S recycling rate has increased by 53 per cent in the last 25 years as more people embrace the circular economy by repairing, repurposing and reusing pre-loved and unwanted goods. Since National Recycling Week was founded in 1996, the recycling rate in…
READ exclusive stories from the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife, Huber Social, Period Positivity at Monash, and The Bob Brown Foundation; plus stories on World Mental Health Day. Bleeding Disorders Awareness Week and from Endometriosis Australia. Available to purchase on Issuu…
TWENTY world-renowned chefs, including former MasterChef contestant Courtney Roulston, prepared healthy gourmet meals for one thousand hungry Australians yesterday. The three-course extravaganza meals, donated by French culinary master Le Cordon Bleu Australia, were distributed to five charities in Sydney on International Chefs…
THIS week, 10-16 October, is Bleeding Disorders Awareness Week, an opportunity for individuals, families, and blood disorder-related organisations to raise awareness of the many forms of bleeding disorders throughout the country.…
A GEELONG trail runner will run his twelfth marathon in 12 months on Saturday, 16 October to raise funds for vital cancer research. Kim Mazaraki will again be testing his limits to raise money for a cure for cancer after his mother…
