Thursday October 15 is World Handwashing Day and to mark the occasion, Pental’s Country Life soap range has announced it will donate 5% of all net sales this summer to Australian children’s charity, Royal Far West. Country Life is locally and ethically made with Australian ingredients and has been for over 60 years. With the…
The Part-Funding Dilemma The conversation often starts like this: “Hi Felicity, it’s Jim here from XYZ Foundation. I’m ringing to let you know your funding application has made our shortlist, but we’re not able to fund the full amount you’ve asked for. Are you willing to accept part-funding, and will that change the program in…
It’s been decades since the general population has experienced the levels of pressure and stress that we’re experiencing in 2020. In fact, the Black Dog Institute recently stated that at least 25-33 per cent of the community is now experiencing elevated levels of worry, depression, anger, confusion and anxiety. Stress in the workplace is increasing,…
Now a nine-hour drive from Manly to Bourke, in the 1920s and ‘30s it seemed a lifetime away. Yet it played a significant role in our history and our current activities. The conditions we now treat are generally very different to those of earlier times, however the need to provide services to improve their health…
To create effective and sustainable social change, we believe the services and programs we provide should harness existing community energy and enthusiasm, supplement existing community capacity, and eventually become embedded within the community itself. Australian social history is littered with “top down” interventions of one sort or another, that have not only failed in their…
