
Regulator warns charities over election campaigning
Posted on 19 Feb 2025
The charities regulator has urged organisations to follow advocacy rules in any campaigning in the…
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 19 Feb 2025
The charities regulator has urged organisations to follow advocacy rules in any campaigning in the…
Posted on 24 Apr 2024
A survey of more than 45,000 rental listings has revealed not a single dwelling would be affordable…
Posted on 13 Nov 2023
A new survey has revealed the Australian not-for-profit sector is largely unprepared to meet the…
Posted on 19 Mar 2025
A landmark report has revealed the widening gap between the cost of delivering desperately needed…
Posted on 25 Jul 2023
A new report paints a harrowing picture of the plight of homeless youth on Australia’s streets.
Posted on 19 Nov 2024
An increasingly fractious global environment combined with domestic cost-of-living pressures has…
Posted on 29 Oct 2024
A groundbreaking report has exposed gaps in Australians’ ability to understand, identify and…
Posted on 07 May 2024
The number of people volunteering in Queensland fell 10% in 2022–2023, according to a new report.
Posted on 17 Sep 2024
Many older Australians from migrant backgrounds are severely disadvantaged when it comes to…
Posted on 29 Nov 2017
You might assume that the demand for ICT skills on not-for-profit boards and executive teams would…
Posted on 04 Jun 2024
The nation’s leading social cohesion research organisation has launched a new online platform…
Posted on 11 Oct 2023
Charities and not-for-profits can play an important role in healing the fractures in society, says…