Social Affairs

Grants, Community Organisations, Social Affairs, Latest News

Local community groups to share $400K+ in grants across Australia and New Zealand

Menchie Khairuddin December 7, 2023

Forty-one community organisations across Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) will share in almost AUD $400,000 in grants to support programs supporting local mental health and

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Health, Mental Health, Leadership

Featured Leader: Noella Ennis on the importance of early intervention to combat mental health prevalence

Menchie Khairuddin December 7, 2023

With suicide rates and mental illness prevalence at alarming levels in Australia, early intervention is imperative to save lives and strengthen communities. Australian Kookaburra Kids

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Latest News, Youth, Mergers

Kids First Australia expands to support at-risk children and youth

Menchie Khairuddin December 5, 2023

Kids First Australia (KFA) and Whitelion Youth Services have today formally completed their legal merger, creating a national organisation operating as KFS, that aims to

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Report, Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Latest News

New report signals shift to fairer employment support

Menchie Khairuddin December 5, 2023

Wide-ranging reforms put forward by a major inquiry into the Federal Government’s system to support disadvantaged jobseekers would create a more equitable system that delivers

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Humanitarian Crisis, Politics, Reports, Collaboration, Social Affairs, Latest News, News

Islamophobic reports up thirteen-fold since October

Menchie Khairuddin November 30, 2023

Reports of Islamophobia in Australia coming in at unprecedented rate – now thirteen-fold post-Israel-Palestine escalations. In the seven-week period from 7 October when the latest

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Housing and Homelessness, Latest News, Donation

Australian Charity responds to heightened needs amid cost of living crisis

Menchie Khairuddin November 30, 2023

Friends with Dignity responds to heightened needs amid the cost of living crisis this festive season. As the holiday season approaches, Friends with Dignity, a

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Report, Housing and Homelessness, Mental Health, Youth

New report confirms biggest concerns for youth in Australia

Menchie Khairuddin November 30, 2023

Youth in Australia are most concerned about the environment, discrimination, the economy and cost of living, and the effect mental ill-health has on the lives

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Charities, Grants, Environment, Latest News

More than $1.5M in grants awarded to meet the needs of rural Australia

Menchie Khairuddin November 30, 2023

More than 150 not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) in rural regions across Australia are sharing $1,579,380 in grants for projects that will strengthen their communities. Awarded through

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Policy, Domestic and Family Violence, Latest News

ASU calls for immediate action following the murders of 4 women this week

Menchie Khairuddin November 28, 2023

The Australian Services Union, representing workers in the Family and Domestic Violence sector, expresses deep sorrow at the loss of four more South Australian women

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Social Affairs, Latest News, Volunteering

Volunteer Hours and $400K Donations: Australians Demand Action on Domestic Violence

Menchie Khairuddin November 28, 2023

Australian communities understand that domestic violence impacts every single one of us and that we need to focus on prevention. That’s why individuals from all

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