The West Australian Ballet and Black Swan State Theatre Company are among six arts companies across Australia to win extra funding in the federal government’s new cultural policy.
Music charity Strike A Chord has lost its operating license after regulators found a lack of seperation between its charitable activities and profit making companies supplying services.
SCULPTURE by the Sea has opened for its ninth year at Cottesloe Beach this week, and for the first time visitors will be asked to donate a gold coin to keep the free event viable.
OF all the issues likely to feature prominently in the lead-up to the March 9 state election, it’s perhaps no surprise the arts is a long way down the list.
REPRESENTATIVES from a number of Perth-based insurance companies donned their aprons and took up their tongs last week for the second annual Willis On Fire charity barbecue cooking competition.
PHILANTHROPY organisation The Funding Network will introduce an innovative fundraising format to Perth next week, aimed at encouraging a broader range of people to contribute to charitable projects
Experienced Aboriginal contracting group Eastern Guruma has teamed up with a new entrant to the sector, Wirlu-murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, to win a $200 million contract in the Pilbar
AUZCORP Amex Corporation, Azure Capital, legal firm Ashurst and Acton Real Estate were among the companies to get in the swim for the sixth annual iiNet Team Sprint Cup last weekend to raise funds
THE Richmond Fellowship of Western Australia has stepped up its push to change attitudes in the state’s mental health system and help drive law reform.
WEST Australian Ballet’s new artistic director, Aurelien Scannella, says his first Australia Day celebration in Perth was an eye opener, not just for the fireworks or flag-waving, but also because
THE Community Arts Network WA has been awarded $50,000 as part of the state government’s $10 million social enterprise fund, which was launched in 2012.
THE Western Australian Council of Social Services has received $394,000 in the latest round of the state government’s Social Innovation Grants program to develop a new online training and informati
A SMALL group of businesspeople dedicated to helping hearing impaired Western Australians have discovered that their time and passion, and ability to build relationships, are valuable commodities i
A WORKING paper examining potential changes to taxation concessions in the not-for-profit sector with a view to simplifying the process has raised concerns among some in the NFP sector.
RECENT donations by Lotterywest to The Centre for Cerebral Palsy have provided significant momentum for two vital projects currently under way at the centre, located in Coolbinia.
The state government is expected to raise $10 million from the sale of a 1,500 square metre parcel of prime riverfront land at the edge of the heritage-listed Sunset Hospital site in Dalkeith.
THE federal government has released a paper on draft governance standards and financial reporting regulations for charities registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission.
BHP Billiton has agreed to continue its partnership with Mission Australia, committing $4.5 million over the next five years to the ‘Connected: From Classroom to Career’ program.
THE residents of the remote Nepalese village of Ghilling are a step closer to creating a sustainable local economy, with the help of a Perth-based not-for-profit group.
Environment minister Bill Marmion has announced the Big Day Out will be forced to finish an hour earlier than scheduled, following noise complaints from residents.
AFTER years volunteering for long-running children’s charity Uni Camp for Kids during her time at the University of Western Australia, Roxy Pope said a conversation with a parent involved in the ch
