SEVENTY-TWO organisations have committed to the WA ‘One Life' Suicide Prevention Strategy, a state government initiative to improve the awareness of mental health and suicide risk.
INTERNATIONAL humanitarian organisation SurfAid and Western Australia's premier surfing competition, the Telstra Drug Aware Pro, have teamed up to create a corporate challenge aimed at raising fund
ATCO Australia managing director Steven Landry is taking lobster from Nova Scotia and a traditional Canadian meat pie known as tourtiere to work for lunch on March 20.
THE harmonisation of occupational health and safety laws across Australia will offer more opportunities than burdensome compliance requirements for community organisations, according to some of the
PERTH'S first Fringe World festival wound up last week after three-and-a-half weeks of shows, and 180,000 people attending free or ticketed performances.
PAUL Bodlovich has resigned as chief executive officer of the West Australian Music Industry Association, to take up the role of CEO at the Film and Television Institute (WA).
BORN into the iconic Myer dynasty, Carrillo Gantner did his best to avoid the family business by training as an actor and pursuing a career on the stage.
THERE is a collective murmur of excitement from the little visitors to Scitech, the state's science and technology learning hub for children and adolescents.
THE combination of physical activity and fundraising for a good cause has proved a near-faultless model in recent years, with swimming, running and cycling among the many ways of raising a dollar.
PERTH'S first Fringe World festival got under way last week with a program that includes 150 weird and wonderful acts, living up to the Fringe ideal of a program that offers everything the mainstre
Social innovation has been on the state government's agenda for nearly 12 months, with $14 million in the Social Innovation Grants Program kitty aimed at supporting organisations that develop new w
With few partnerships between large funding bodies, commercial radio stations and arts consultants in Western Australia, the new My City program on Southern Cross Austereo-owned Mix 94.5 is carving
Two Western Australian not-for-profit organisations have formed a partnership to fight infectious lung diseases, with $100,000 already being awarded to WA scientists for projects that address disea
THE Western Australian Institute for Medical Research will expand its already diverse funding streams next year, when it becomes the benefactor to the Sunsuper Ride to Conquer Cancer.
ECONOMIC development is the answer to indigenous liberation in Australia, facilitated through procurement and contracting of indigenous corporations and joint ventures.
FOR most businesses, dollar figures are a clear and unambiguous indication of performance – markets and investors respond quickly to bad/good news or results.
CHRISTMAS shopping may be top of mind for many in Perth as we enter December, but for a number of organisations this time of year is all about the Christmas appeal.
BASED in the South West and with film titles including ‘Finnsurf', ‘Come Hell or High Water', and ‘Minds in the Water' in its line up for next year, the Yallingup Surfilm Festival is pitching to th
STORIES of the fragile nature of funding in the community sector are all-too common, with organisations believing themselves secure in their strategic direction one minute, only to be blindsided by
THE RAC launched its new Community Partnerships and Grass Roots Grants programs last week in a bid to support the state's not-for-profit and charitable organisations.
HOUSING affordability has been a hot political issue in Western Australia and there's a growing awareness that the situation could deteriorate when increasing numbers of baby boomers retire from th
