MUSIC education group Musica Viva has launched two new programs for its 2012 offering it says will extend access to quality services in classrooms across Australia.
HE may never have danced professionally, but Jeremy Phillips is passionate enough about contemporary dance to have started a dance company with a funding model he hopes will bring a full season of
The University of Western Australia will be the administrative home of a new International Mining for Development Centre, funded to the tune of $31 million by the Federal Government through AusAID.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS is expecting more than 1,500 runners and walkers from Perth’s corporate community to participate in this year’s Cool Night Classic fun run on November 10.
A STRONG sister state relationship involving China and Western Australia could help people with disability benefit from future advances in technology, according to the state government.
LEADING not-for-profit organisations have hit back at claims they have not been transparent about how much it costs them to raise and allocate millions of dollars each year.
Health insurer HBF has revealed one of its strongest years on record as improved investment markets more than match up with the rising levels of claims.
Real Estate Institute of WA chief executive Anne Arnold has been appointed to the board of aged-care provider, Southern Cross Care, which the business said would contribute to its strategy in deali
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.
