SHAKE It Up Australia Foundation invites Australians to Pause 4 Parkinson’s in April, by hosting a fundraising event with family, friends or colleagues, or by simply donating to mark World Parkinson’s Day on 11 April 2021. Clyde Campbell founded Shake It Up…
With pressure being placed upon China by Australia to deliver facts on the origins of COVID-19, the bilateral relationship between both nations is deteriorating. Although China continues to deny that the corona virus epidemic started in Wuhan, Australia has called for independent investigations into the source of the…
ON World Health Day, April 7, Australians are being urged to get behind the 220,000 men across the country living with or beyond prostate cancer to ensure that no one battles the disease alone. The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) has…
Mission Australia’s Youth Survey 2021 is now open. Young people aged 15-19 across the country are encouraged to have their say. Celebrating its 20th year, the Youth Survey is the largest online survey of its kind and provides an important insight into the experiences and views…
FOUNDING Director of The Fred Hollows Foundation Gabi Hollows has been named one of the top 25 Australians generating positive social change in the Impact 25 Awards. In addition, Gabi received the Judge’s Choice Award for Collaboration at a virtual ceremony last…
A coalition of 13 walking, bike riding, transport, health and research groups are urging the Victorian Government to make it easier for people to walk and ride as more Victorians return to working onsite. The coalition has released the Streets are for everyone consensus…
New research from headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation has found one in three young people have experienced someone spreading a rumour (33%) or posting mean or hurtful comments (35%) about them online. The research, released today to coincide with National Day of Action…
The Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation is dedicated to restoring the health and dignity of women who have survived an obstetric fistula, a horrendous and preventable childbirth injury. Founded over 60 years ago by pioneering Australian surgeons Drs Catherine and Reg Hamlin, their…
Women in low and middle-income countries face deeply held cultural norms that prevent them from safely accessing vital eye care services. Currently, 55 per cent of the world’s blind are women. Women are eight per cent more likely to be blind than…
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, which aims to spread awareness of the disease, which in Australia affects one in nine women and people with menstrual cycles between the ages of 15 to 49. Director and co-founder of Endometriosis Australia, Donna Ciccia says…
