
Achieving gender equity a work in progress: report
Posted on 15 Apr 2025
Australians are equally divided on the question of whether women are treated fairly and have access…
Want to make this year the one you achieve your organisation’s biggest goals? Then you’ve got to prepare. And we can help.
From this month, we’re hosting the Festival of Community Directors, “a year-long celebration of community governance”, with events and training aimed at inspiring and educating community leaders. Why? Well, Roman ancient Marcus Cicero stressed “diligent preparation” before action more than 2000 years ago. And US Speaker Nancy Pelosi last year urged more women to step into leadership, with the advice: “Organise, don't agonise.”
As our Community Directors Council chair Susan Pascoe (AM) says: “The organisations meeting and exceeding their goals are, almost without fail, well-governed by competent boards with a healthy culture and a commitment to continual improvement”. That's why our Festival is a packed program covering ethics, human resources, communications, policy, strategy, finance, testing impact, whistleblowing, fundraising, AGMs and much more.
Talking of preparation, in this edition we've asked Ms Pascoe and several other not-for-profit experts to predict the biggest challenges and opportunities you’ll face this year. Completing our new national survey of the sector’s big issues will help that knowledge grow too, alongside a chance to win great prizes – including tickets to the unmissable Communities in Control Conference on May 20-21.
Posted on 15 Apr 2025
Australians are equally divided on the question of whether women are treated fairly and have access…
Posted on 22 May 2024
UPDATED May 22, 2024: The long-running battle between Equality Australia and the Australian…
Posted on 05 Dec 2023
The charities regulator has published its first “deidentified” charity registration decision under…
Posted on 03 Aug 2023
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) has signalled it is ready for a…
Posted on 04 Sep 2023
The charities regulator has updated its guidelines around the contentious definition of Public…
Posted on 16 Aug 2023
Climate change is our very own modern-day monster, but if we act together, it is possible we will…
Posted on 12 Oct 2023
GiveNow executive director Cathy Truong Before Cathy Truong joined Our Community as GiveNow’s…
Posted on 25 Jul 2023
As the campaigns for and against an Indigenous Voice to Parliament shift into a higher gear,…
Posted on 04 Feb 2025
To cut through the noise, it may be time for the charity and not-for-profit sector to change not…
Posted on 26 Jun 2024
The ability of charities to speak up for what’s right can’t be taken for granted and must be…
Posted on 08 May 2024
Not-for-profits are often humble about their impact, and shy to share their suggested policy fixes…
Posted on 21 Aug 2023
Children have played a key role in helping design a pilot program aimed at improving their own…