Cancer Council WA

The Heart Foundation has launched a government-funded scheme designed to help Western Australian businesses promote healthy lifestyles among their employees.

Lorraine Willis has been appointed to the Cancer Council WA as national events team leader.

Major fundraising events remain the largest source of revenue for many of WA’s charitable organisations.

Charities tackling leading causes of death in WA are missing out on more fundraising dollars.

Cancer Council WA is shifting its headquarters to Subiaco, after buying a 2,200 square metre office in the Westgate Building on Railway Parade in a deal brokered by commercial agency Burgess Rawson.

A Western Australian engineering company is seeking to make its workplace a smoke-free venue for its 86 staff, going above the legal requirements set for employers.

Western Australian cancer researchers seeking to improve radiation therapy have received a $500,000 grant from BHP Billiton.

Vacancies across suburban office markets are decreasing, in contrast to those in the centre of Perth, but uncertainty remains for future developments outside of the CBD, according to new research.

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Daniel AshtonGravity Group – Boost Mobeel PerthOwner, directorDANIEL Ashton says he has always been entrepreneurial.At 13, he started a mobile car washing business and two years later was working as an events DJ.

Perth-based law firm Jackson McDonald has honoured a former partner by funding an emerging cancer researcher as part of a record $4 million in grants announced by the Cancer Council WA today.

The Cancer Council WA has launched its 2016 Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea, urging businesses to help reach $1.7 million this year. The morning tea has been one of the  major events on the state's fund raising calendar for more than two decades.

The City to Surf has become an iconic WA event over the past 42 years but its status as the state’s largest charity run is under threat from a relatively new event that employs a very different business model.

Charities fill many business niches in Western Australia, but it is hard to imagine that any before now have been developers, manufacturers, and sellers of sophisticated devices that are a part of the fast-growing internet of things.

State government gaming agency Lotterywest has beaten its revenue budget and grabbed its biggest share of spending per capita for three years, but it continues to watch the threat of online gambling and other web-based gaming products from outside Western Australia.

Tight economic conditions have led the volunteering sector to adapt its practices as demand for services continues to grow.

Ashley Reid has been appointed as the new chief executive of Cancer Council WA, replacing Susan Rooney who is stepping down in April, having led the organisation since 2002.

Susan Rooney will join the St Vincent de Paul Society WA in May as the organisation’s new chief executive, having spent the past 15 years leading the Cancer Council WA.

This month's Subscriber News features; Cancer Council WA, Konica Minolta, 3 Pillars Asia Pacific, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, Trainwest, Autism Association of Western Australia and Gourmania. 

Outgoing Cancer Council CEO, and new St Vincent de Paul Society CEO, Susan Rooney, joined Business News for lunch at Julio's

The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research is on a major fundraising drive to bolster cardiovascular research in Western Australia, to further localise study of this major killer and head off a leakage in philanthropic donations to eastern states institutions.

SPECIAL REPORT: On the runway and in the shopfront, fashion has become an instrument for changemakers who want to make a difference in the community.

Proceeds raised during last weekend's Mining Emergency Response Competition Mining Emergency Response Competition in Perth have gone towards an emergency responder wellness app developed by support services provider Holyoake.