Ryan Fritz started The Advocate in 2014 to provide not-for-profits and charities with 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 of experience as a media and communications professional for not-for-profits and charities.
Festivals and events in New South Wales are finding new ways to cut down on rubbish. Andrew Macarthur, Managing Director of Clean Vibes, said he was inspired to create a waste management company focusing on environmental sustainability after identifying a gap in…
With close to a third of greater glider habitats burned in the 2019-20 bushfires, the Australian National University, Greening Australia, and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia have teamed up to design, test and install “goldilocks” nest boxes. In just six years, greater gliders went from…
Following a successful one-year partnership in 2022, national charities Give for Good (Domino’s registered charity) and Orange Sky Australia have announced they are embarking on a three-year partnership to continue supporting people experiencing homelessness or hardship. Committing a further $50,000 per year…
McGrath Foundation co-founder and president Glenn McGrath was at the Sydney Cricket Ground this week to launch the 15th NRMA Insurance Pink Test, calling on Australians to come together to make this Pink Test “one to remember” and to support families experiencing breast…
The Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul Society and Grill’d have joined forces to feed Australians doing it tough this Christmas. From dinnertime tomorrow, 6 December at 5pm, five Grill’d CBD restaurants in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide will offer one…
Make-A-Wish Australia is excited to announce its new partnership with the John James Foundation (JJF) to help grant life-changing wishes for kids in the Australian Capital Territory. The relationship is the first of its kind for the JJF and is an exciting…
Isabella Parisi spent the first year of her life in and out of the hospital. She was born with a trachea oesophageal fistula with oesophageal atresia – a feature of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. After being diagnosed with the syndrome when she was…
Uber and Red Cross’ Clothing Drive is back. The organisations are calling on Aussies to generously donate any unused clothing to support critical disaster responses and lifesaving humanitarian projects. On Saturday, 19 November, between 10am and 4pm local time in Sydney, Adelaide,…
Science, one of the world’s most prestigious academic journals, has today, 11 November, published a letter on the extinction risk to Australia’s southern greater glider. The letter was written by Dr Kita Ashman and Dr Michelle Ward, both conservation scientists with the World Wide Fund…
headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation is today, 11 November, hosting its inaugural Million for Mental Health Day to raise $1 million for services that empower family members to support young people in their mental health journey. Money raised will fund a range…
