A DESIRE to be of benefit to the wider community was among the motivating factors behind Iain Gerrard’s decision to take on the role of Western Australian business ambassador for the Leukaemia Foundat
BUZZ Dance Theatre recently announced that its long-standing, triennial funding agreement with the Australia Council’s Dance Board would come to an end in December.
PROPERTY firm Jones Lang LaSalle is putting its weight behind a local community choir to help the choir’s homeless and disadvantaged members raise funds for local charities through the sale of CDs and
A VISIT to Princely Treasures, the latest in the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s Great Collections of the World series, is a mesmerising historical experience.
IN a reflective and personal moment 20 years ago, Helen Sewell made a deal with herself – if she ever made a substantial sum of money she would put some of it towards growing the support base for fami
WESFARMERS has signed on as a principal partner of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for 2012 in a five-year role that will significantly increase its level of support.
TWO of WA Business News’ 2011 40under40 award winners have teamed up to extend fundraising organisation Dine for Life’s Spring Dinner into regional Western Australia.
BHP Billiton has stepped up its sustainable development strategy by partnering with east coast-based Australian Indigenous Education Foundation to provide educational scholarships to indigenous high s
ATLAS Iron chief executive David Flanagan has called for greater mutual support between the arts and business communities, and for arts bodies to adopt a business-like approach.
A NEW study by mental illness support organisation SANE Australia has found that most Australians with a mental illness receive little support at work, and more than half those surveyed did not believ
THE motivations for some partnerships between the not-for-profit and corporate sector are not always immediately apparent; but in the case of Curtin University and Autism West, there’s no mistaking th
ST John of God Health Care has announced a new three-year partnership with Hills Community Support Group, with plans to increase support for young people in the Midland area.
THE first round of grants has been administered under the state government’s Philanthropy Incentive Program, which aims to link philanthropic donors with arts organisations, using the Department of Cu
Former Home Building Society managing director Greg Wall is moving back into a management role after being named as the new chief executive at motoring industry cooperative Capricorn Society.
LEADERSHIP WA, a not-for-profit organisation focused on delivering leadership enhancement programs, has developed a new program stream – Community Leaders in Action – to encourage growth in pro bono r
AS executive chair of Macquarie Group in Melbourne, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chairman, and a former president of the Takeovers Panel, Simon McKeon has a strong pedi
DEFENCE fundraising and volunteer organisation, Army Art Show, is teaming with newly established Fremantle Foundation to raise money for local women in need.
THE Asthma Foundation of WA and Swimming WA have joined forces to promote greater awareness of asthma and the beneficial outcomes swimming can have for asthma sufferers.
A PROPOSED national regulatory body for the not-for-profit sector is good on paper but more detail was needed, according to representatives of the sector in Western Australia.
