Setting up a second symphony orchestra in Perth is ambitious but for a convivial pair like Bourby Webster and Annalisa Oxenburgh it is an obvious choice for the city.
THE Australian Institute of Company Directors’ latest report into not-for-profit directorships has revealed specifics around the dedication of business people to the community sector.
NATIONAL Australia Bank has signed on as the national sponsor for SportingPulse, an organisation that acts in part as a support to the development of grassroots sports.
PERTH International Arts Festival director Jonathan Holloway has announced the first round of highlights in the 2012 PIAF program, with two Australian exclusives among them.
HUNGER relief charity Foodbank WA has been named as a finalist in one of Australia’s best-known environmental awards programs, the Banksia Environmental Awards, for its efforts to reduce food waste
A DESIRE to be of benefit to the wider community was among the motivating factors behind Iain Gerrard’s decision to take on the role of Western Australian business ambassador for the Leukaemia Foun
BUZZ Dance Theatre recently announced that its long-standing, triennial funding agreement with the Australia Council’s Dance Board would come to an end in December.
PROPERTY firm Jones Lang LaSalle is putting its weight behind a local community choir to help the choir’s homeless and disadvantaged members raise funds for local charities through the sale of CDs
A VISIT to Princely Treasures, the latest in the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s Great Collections of the World series, is a mesmerising historical experience.
IN a reflective and personal moment 20 years ago, Helen Sewell made a deal with herself – if she ever made a substantial sum of money she would put some of it towards growing the support base for f
WESFARMERS has signed on as a principal partner of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for 2012 in a five-year role that will significantly increase its level of support.
TWO of WA Business News’ 2011 40under40 award winners have teamed up to extend fundraising organisation Dine for Life’s Spring Dinner into regional Western Australia.
BHP Billiton has stepped up its sustainable development strategy by partnering with east coast-based Australian Indigenous Education Foundation to provide educational scholarships to indigenous hig
ATLAS Iron chief executive David Flanagan has called for greater mutual support between the arts and business communities, and for arts bodies to adopt a business-like approach.
A NEW study by mental illness support organisation SANE Australia has found that most Australians with a mental illness receive little support at work, and more than half those surveyed did not bel
THE motivations for some partnerships between the not-for-profit and corporate sector are not always immediately apparent; but in the case of Curtin University and Autism West, there’s no mistaking
ST John of God Health Care has announced a new three-year partnership with Hills Community Support Group, with plans to increase support for young people in the Midland area.
THE first round of grants has been administered under the state government’s Philanthropy Incentive Program, which aims to link philanthropic donors with arts organisations, using the Department of
Former Home Building Society managing director Greg Wall is moving back into a management role after being named as the new chief executive at motoring industry cooperative Capricorn Society.
LEADERSHIP WA, a not-for-profit organisation focused on delivering leadership enhancement programs, has developed a new program stream – Community Leaders in Action – to encourage growth in pro bon
AS executive chair of Macquarie Group in Melbourne, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chairman, and a former president of the Takeovers Panel, Simon McKeon has a strong p
THE Asthma Foundation of WA and Swimming WA have joined forces to promote greater awareness of asthma and the beneficial outcomes swimming can have for asthma sufferers.
DEFENCE fundraising and volunteer organisation, Army Art Show, is teaming with newly established Fremantle Foundation to raise money for local women in need.
A PROPOSED national regulatory body for the not-for-profit sector is good on paper but more detail was needed, according to representatives of the sector in Western Australia.
THE arts sector has been stirred up since last year’s release of the Cooper review into Australia’s superannuation system, following recommendations that art and collectables be removed from self-m
FOR many in Western Australia, and indeed for large numbers of people around the world, the Telethon Institute of Child Health Research is much more than an institute – it’s an ‘institution’.
Martin Kane is part of a committed team that has been paddling hard on the board to help make surf lifesaving in Western Australia run more like a well-oiled business and to better handle its main task – saving lives.
Sending artworks on the long trip across the Nullarbor Plain or on a precious cargo flight may have traditionally been the path for Western Australian art collectors hoping to cut a deal.
WA Ballet will move into a new home in Maylands next year, thanks to the company’s statewide support base and the Western Australian building industry putting its back into the project.
