September 21, 2007

Indigo shire residents to adopt drought-stricken street trees?

With ground conditions more like mid-summer than spring in Victoria, I look at beautiful trees in public parks and on public land and cannot imagine them all dying…Indigo Shire Council in Victoria’s northeast has a really practical suggestion for its […]
September 21, 2007

Streetsmart Up And Running In Qld, ACT, Vic, NSW

Adam Robinson, Streetsmart CEO and marketing man extraordinaire is doing a great job ‘growing’ the Streetsmart project. What is Streetsmart? It’s a restaurant fund-raising initiative for the homeless, a campaign for restaurateurs with a social conscience. The campaign, established here […]
September 20, 2007

BYO Kids, small business champion entrepreneur…

Back in 2005 PWF first wrote about Leah Squire – then living at Dampier, WA – and her new website www.byokids.com.au. This weekend Leah’s ‘family travel guru’ business was a Queensland finalist in the Small Business Champions Awards 2007 held […]
September 20, 2007

Change The World In 5 minutes…A New SBS Show

Heidi Lenffer from SBS Television has contacted us about a new project called Change the World in 5 Minutes, aimed at people – like PWF readers(?!) – who want to do just that! Change the World will feature nine short […]
September 19, 2007

Jobs Qld

BUSINESS COORDINATOR – Brisbane metro. $65,000. For more info and to apply online. PROGRESSIVE EXECUTIVE OFFICER – Leadership role in community care * Valued organisation Peninsula area * Competitive salary package. For more info and to apply online. GAMBLING HELP […]
September 19, 2007

Jobs NSW

DONOR RELATIONS COORDINATOR – Sir David Martin Foundation, helping young people in crisis. For more info and to apply online. EVENTS OPERATIONS ROLE based in Sydney. Event coordinating and rostering of casual staff. Liaise with agencies for staff planning. Training […]
September 19, 2007

Jobs Vic

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS OFFICER, City of Melbourne $79K to $89K package. Full time positionFor more details and to apply online. FOOD FOR ALL POLICY OFFICER SALARY $55,083 – $59,983. Temporary position. The Food For All Project is a partnership project between […]
September 19, 2007

Neighbor Power – Participatory Democracy IS Possible

During July 07, Seattle’s Jim Diers, author of Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way ran some inspirational workshops for communities and groups in Victoria, NSW, Western Australia and New Zealand…reported in the Bank of I.D.E.A.S. (Initiatives for the Development […]
September 18, 2007

Community TV’s Award-Winning Funky Disability Show

The ‘No Limits!’ show has been back on Channel 31 Melbourne Monday 7.30pm since June and other States are following. Have you found it yet? It’s a fun, light-hearted chat show about all things disability related and it ‘heavily’ involves […]
September 15, 2007

Entrepreneurial Aboriginal Culture Consultants

PWF has received info about two Aboriginal consultants passing on their culture. Our first story is about Ron Murray who this week entertained kids at an inner Melbourne community childcare centre in a ‘fantastic one hour class’ that included Aboriginal […]
September 13, 2007

Up Close And Personal

Young Action on Breast Cancer (YABC) announces the first ever National Conference for Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer in Australia, to be held in Melbourne on October 13 – 14, 2007. Registration closes Friday 20th September, 2007. Some info […]
September 13, 2007

Sharing inspiration, problem solving – having a go!!!

It’s just s-o-o-o- good to get this sort of feedback on PWF. Cherry Axel, of ‘Life is…’www.lifeis.net.au/, a new ‘personalized social planning service facilitating social inclusion and community connectedness for all’, says: “I find it’s (PWF) the greatest of motivational […]