April 9, 2007

Neighbourhood Houses ‘dancing with DGR’

Deductible Gift Recipient status: part of the battle for realistic funding Given the contribution by volunteers, the dedication of Coordinators and the wonderful community outcomes from the Neighbourhood House & Learning Centre Sector, it beggars belief Houses & Centres can’t […]
April 9, 2007

Indigenous businesses in Cairns economic development cluster

Advanced Indigenous Business (AIB) members are collaborating to identify & secure business opportunities. PWF would be delighted to hear from other regional industry clusters as to how their initiatives are progressing and share this info with our network. The core […]
April 9, 2007

3rd Australian Regional Economies Conference – Port Macquarie

‘Growth from within’: policies & practices to nurture existing entrepreneurs 3-4 May 2007 Trevor Sargeant from Port Macquarie-Hastings (NSW) specialist Economic Development Staff has emailed us about this conference. He believes it will be a very significant event in regional […]
April 5, 2007

Recycling bikes for fun & community

Thriving neighborhood backyard bike club- much like a neighborhood house or a men’s shed- a place for locals to meet and fix bikes The Forbes St Nunnery Community Bike Workshop (it’s not really a nunnery, just a place where some […]
April 5, 2007

Business Mentoring Project Takes Off

We speak to Bass Coast Shire’s Small Business Development Officer, Margaret Murray about the popular South East Victoria Business Mentoring Project. How and why did the mentoring program get started? “After some investigation, and working closely with small business over […]
April 3, 2007

Millions of postcards from the one holiday

Back in 1992 while on holiday, Pat Mackle found attractive free postcards sitting in an European cafe. Inspired, the otherwise successful film editor became an entrepreneur, took a few sample cards back home to Sydney and startied Avant Card, now […]
April 1, 2007

Policies for a fair & sustainable future: New Matilda

‘Reclaiming our Common Wealth’ launch at NSW Parliament House Have you discovered New Matilda? New Matilda – an online news and public policy portal – describes itself as: “non-aligned, independent and progressive…..[providing] informed and intelligent commentary on issues without the […]
April 1, 2007

Jobs – Vic

State Coordinator The Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Australia seek a dynamic, highly organised individual to join our State Office based in Melbourne. Reporting to the State Manager, you will be responsible for general administration, fundraising activities, responding to phone queries, preparing […]
April 1, 2007

Jobs – Qld

Donor Communications Officer An exciting opportunity to join this worthwhile organisation within the not-for-profit sector. You will be responsible for assisting in all communications, communications planning and strategy implementation as well as website maintenance, document preparation and publishing, project management, […]