
Australia’s charity sector is growing – but many smaller charities are doing it tough
Posted on 25 Jun 2025
Revenue for Australia’s charity and not-for-profit sector has reached record highs, and total…
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 25 Jun 2025
Revenue for Australia’s charity and not-for-profit sector has reached record highs, and total…
Posted on 09 Jun 2025
There are more than 60,000 charities in Australia, but they are far from equal, writes Margaret…
Posted on 13 Feb 2024
The National Strategy for Volunteering has achieved a lot in its first year, but there is still…
Posted on 16 Jul 2024
The fraught state of the US election campaign – made even more unpredictable by the attempted…
Posted on 14 Nov 2024
The not-for-profit sector’s huge workforce needs more investment and better planning to thrive, a…
Posted on 16 Nov 2023
The cost-of-living crisis, a lack of housing affordability and polarising national debates such as…
Posted on 17 Apr 2024
Young Australians are not only increasingly worried about climate change, but they are also…
Posted on 26 Mar 2024
International authorities claim to have “destroyed the online backbone” of a ransomware group that…
Posted on 25 Sep 2024
Australia’s leading social impact measurement awards have a new look in their 10th year.
Posted on 27 Nov 2024
A youth support organisation committed to protecting the human rights of young people, a…
Posted on 02 Jan 2024
New figures have revealed volunteers removed more than 22.5 tonnes of litter from Victoria's shores…
Posted on 01 Apr 2025
A quarter of a century after it was founded, generating local solutions with lasting impacts is…