Welcome to Maree Sidey, new Philanthropy Australia CEO
Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 7 Jun 2024
Maree Sidey commenced earlier this week as CEO of Philanthropy Australia. She has spent the week in Brisbane for Queensland Philanthropy Week (QPW).
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Queensland Philanthropy Awards 2024 winners announced
Fri, 7 Jun 2024
Seven of Queensland’s leading individual and corporate philanthropists have been named winners across a range of categories at the 2024 Queensland Philanthropy Awards. The awards were announced at a lunchtime ceremony at Brisbane City Hall, which included a guest appearance from tennis star Ash Barty AO. Here, we also feature the winning image in the 2024 Queensland Philanthropy Week Photo Challenge, awarded earlier in the week.
How a philanthropic consortium is helping young people out of homelessness
Allison Harding
Fri, 7 Jun 2024
A recent Foyer Foundation initiative with Hand Heart Pocket and others resulted in the Queensland government committing $320 million to youth homelessness accommodation and support services. Here, we look at how that collaboration between a consortium of philanthropists, impact investors and service providers worked. We also explore the broader impact of the foundation’s model supporting young people experiencing homelessness into stable housing, employment and education around Australia.
Philanthropy Australia’s highlights from Queensland Philanthropy Week
Kim Harland and Kate Duffy
Fri, 7 Jun 2024
Philanthropy Australia hosted a series of events in Queensland Philanthropy Week, bringing together members, key sector stakeholders and individuals dedicated to more and better giving in their communities. Here, our Queensland team, Kim Harland, Director of National Membership and Engagement, and Kate Duffy, Associate Engagement Manager, provide a wrap-up.
This Month in Philanthropy: May 2024
Fri, 31 May 2024
Welcome to the latest edition of our gallery designed to showcase events, launches, project updates and activities happening in our busy member community.
First Nations leadership boosted at Philanthropy Australia
Leah Armstrong, Acting Chair, First Nations Governance Committee, Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 31 May 2024
Philanthropy’s peak body has been on a journey in the past 20 years to support ‘more and better’ philanthropy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and organisations. As we reflect on the Reconciliation Week 2024 theme of ‘Now more than ever’, Philanthropy Australia announces its expanded First Nations Governance Committee, a Board Sub-Committee. Here, Acting Chair, Leah Armstrong, introduces its members and goals.
Staying the course for generational change with Children’s Ground
English Family Foundation
Fri, 31 May 2024
Children’s Ground is designed to change the status quo – led by First Nations people and the oldest knowledge systems in the world to achieve radical reform for First Nations children over a 25-year period.
