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.
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…
Australia’s iconic Christmas Lunch in the Park (CLIP), which is organised annually by Mission Australia, is back for another year to bring the festive spirit to those who need it most. Mission Australia’s 70,000th meal will also be served. Mission Australia, a…
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has welcomed the news that a resolution calling for greater collaboration to save whales from plastic pollution was adopted by consensus at the 68th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Portoroz, Slovenia, last week.…
Tom Bozic is on a mission to visit nearly two-dozen Return and Earn machines across Sydney, New South Wales, by bicycle to raise much-needed funds for people living with autism. Tom is president of the Sydney Autism Community Lions Club (SACLC), a…
On World Suicide Prevention Day, 10 September, The Westerman Jilya Institute for Indigenous Mental Health (“Jilya”) will hold a fundraising gala dinner to address the shocking rates of Indigenous child suicide in Australia. Data from the National Mortality Database and the Australian…
The Live Fearless Challenge is back for its fifth year this September, and Crohn’s & Colitis Australia (CCA) is calling on individuals and teams to get involved to make it bigger and better than ever. For more than 30 years, Crohn’s & Colitis Australia has been…
Make-A-Wish Australia has made unicorns fly, sent kids to the moon and recently granted a pawsome adventure for 16-year-old Sahara from Parmelia, Western Australia. Sahara, who was diagnosed with an Acquired Brain Injury, is an animal enthusiast with over ten pets, including three dogs, five…
