News Articles for Gordon Trewern

WA's charities are turning to technology to increase operational efficiencies.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Dale Page, Eugene Koltasz, Francesca Lefante, Clayton Higham, Karen Hyde, Mark Fitzpatrick, Gordon Trewern, Ante Golem and Karen Brown.

Telethon Speech and Hearing chief executive Mark Fitzpatrick will move to human services provider PeopleKind Group as chief in November, taking over from Gordon Trewern.

Burswood-based human services provider PeopleKind Group is set to expand its service offering on June 30 when it adds not-for-profit Cahoots to its portfolio.

Helping WA's most vulnerable will mean enabling non-government providers.

A Perth disability services organisation is banking on a diversification strategy to bring it back from the precipice.

Not-for-profit Nulsen Group has rebranded as PeopleKind Group and undergone a restructure to help it operate under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

The disability services sector has strong revenue growth, but some providers are struggling to stay afloat.

Disability service providers under pressure from the transition to a national funding model will receive about $14 million in new funding.

Two long-standing disability services chief executives share how they have dealt with upheaval and disruption in the sector.

Organisations in the community services sector established the #YourHelpWA campaign to secure 20 per cent more funding to cover increasing staffing costs.

Two Western Australian charities have announced plans to join forces next year, creating a major new player in the sector.

Changes being made at Intelife and Nulsen reflect the challenges facing the disability sector.

Changes at Amana Living's helm highlight the different circumstances facing each sector of the economy.

In an exclusive Business News survey, leaders of some of WA's top charities reveal they are more optimistic than last year, despite increasing competition for funds, challenging economic times and charity fatigue.

The disability services industry is agitating for the state government to start early negotiations with the Commonwealth over the choice of disability services model for Western Australia, as fundi

SPECIAL REPORT: The disability sector may have no choice but to heed calls for mergers if the National Disability Insurance Scheme comes to WA.

The federal government has pushed the start date for its new not-for-profit regulatory body out by three months to enable the sector to come to grips with the wide-ranging reforms.

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 community sector and the state government are working collaboratively to create major change in the provision of community services.

THE Nulsen Haven Association has a 56-year history of supporting people with intellectual disabilities and acquired brain injuries in Western Australia.