Hearts and Minds

An internship at Nova 93.7 has Graeme Govan smiling from ear to ear as part of Activ Foundation's Supported Employee program.

WA households are forced to choose between essential living costs, such as food and rent or mortgage payments, as cost of living continues to soar.

For more than 9,000 people across WA, living without a home is a reality.

While a broad range of WA households are struggling with increased cost of living, it is those with children that have been hit hard in the past year.

The cost of groceries has hit a new high this year, putting more Australians into food insecurity as supermarkets keep up with inflation.

The charity would struggle to improve its lifesaving medical services to remote areas across WA’s vast state on its own.

Variety WA's annual Motor Mouth Camp helps kids with speech disabilities engage and interact with the support of corporate partners.

St Bart’s is taking a trip down memory lane as it looks back proudly over sixty years of helping those in need have a place to call home.

As it becomes more difficult to fight for every donation dollar, not-for-profits are finding innovative ways to keep their names front of mind.

Changing the narrative from being more than ‘tin shakers’ is vital for many of WA’s leading not-for-profit organisations.

What would happen if, overnight, the vital organisations we rely on to help those in need ceased to exist?

One of our most iconic organisations – the Royal Flying Doctor Service – must survive at all costs. Your life may depend on it one day.

What would happen if Western Australia's not-for-profit groups did not exist?

Like the corporate sector, not-for-profits are not immune to the changing landscape amid the effects of the pandemic.

It’s more vital than ever for corporate entities to work with Western Australia’s not-for-profit sector.

The thorny question of return on investment is an important one to address for not-for-profits.

Some of WA's leading NFPs share the secrets behind perfecting the pitch and building corporate relationships that last.

Western Australia’s not-for-profit groups must think increasingly creatively – and with a long-term strategy – to work with corporates.

Many more women are joining the ranks of not-for-profit organisations, with an increasing number moving up to senior leadership roles.

There are plenty of opportunities to shine as a female leader within Western Australia’ not-for-profit sector.

The attraction of working in the not-for-profit sector for many is the chance to make a difference and change lives.

Women have traditionally made up the bulk of the broader community services sector in terms of the workforce and volunteers.

Even without COVID-19 and its aftermath, there’s an argument to be made that Western Australia’s not-for-profit sector would have been under pressure to adapt and change.

Buffeted by lockdowns, border restrictions and staff shortages over the past few years, not-for-profit groups are planning to embrace lessons learned during the pandemic and its flow-on effects.

Since January 2020 when the first cases of COVID began to spread across Australia, the corporate community has looked nervously for signs of a return to ‘normal’.

In late December 2019, a mysterious cluster of pneumonia-like cases centred around a wet market in China was about to detonate a global crisis unlike any that recent generations had witnessed.

With the jobless rate remaining historically low, employers across the state have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help break the cycle of entrenched unemployment, according to Anglicare WA’s

It’s no secret bringing a pet into the home was a solution for many who felt lonely and isolated during COVID-19 lockdowns.

With vast distances and increasing costs to deliver essential services to those most in need far from Perth, not-for-profit groups are turning to innovative solutions to keep their clients housed,

Fluctuating food supplies across Australia have a ripple effect on geographically big states such as Western Australia.

Filling staff shortages in Perth is one thing but achieving the same result for a not-for-profit group in a remote outpost hoping to deliver crucial services to those most in need is entirely anoth

The vastness of Western Australia poses many challenges for not-for-profit organisations attempting to deliver essential services to regional and remote communities.