Road to success: Innovative MusicNT puts Territory musicians on the map
Dee Rudebeck, Adviser, News and Storytelling
Fri, 18 Oct 2024
If you’re driving the 1,500km from Alice Springs to Darwin, you’ll want lots of music to keep you company and you’ll need to stop for food and fuel. Cue the supremely innovative idea to scan different QR codes at roadhouses en route connecting you to digital playlists of local contemporary First Nations recording artists from each region you’re travelling through.
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Payment by Outcomes trial – social enterprises prove their worth
Mark Daniels, White Box Enterprises, Chief Operating Officer
Fri, 18 Oct 2024
Long-term unemployed individuals are more likely to start work sooner, earn more and stay longer, if they are employed by a social enterprise, compared to those supported through Disability Employment Services, says a new report. White Box Enterprises has run an Australian-first Payment by Outcomes trial for jobs-focused social enterprises in partnership with the Department of Social Services. In this Q&A, White Box’s Chief Operating Officer Mark Daniels, who led the project, outlines the results.
GiveOUT Day aims to bridge the vast funding gap for LGBTQIA+ causes
Fri, 11 Oct 2024
GiveOUT Day, Australia's national day of celebration and fundraising for underfunded LGBTQIA+ organisations, is on Thursday 17 October 2024. This year’s GiveOUT Day shines a light on the strength, diversity and power of LGBTQIA+ organisations that are driving meaningful change, while raising much-needed funds to support their vital work.
Blended finance – philanthropy’s next frontier?
Blended Finance and Investor Engagement Unit, DFAT
Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Two workshops on blended finance hosted by Convergence and supported by the Foundations Group for Impact Investing (FGII) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) were held last week. Convergence is the global network for blended finance that aims to increase private investment in emerging markets and developing economies to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. CEO Joan Larrea was the special guest speaker at the events. Here, DFAT’s Steph van Loon reflects on the key insights.
Introducing Wayne Green: National Engagement Manager (VIC & TAS)
Philanthropy Australia
Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Philanthropy Australia is delighted to introduce Wayne Green to our members, partners and friends. He has recently joined the team as the National Engagement Manager (VIC & TAS) on a 12-month contract to cover parental leave for Mary Chackola.
Like My Brother: The film that became a story of ‘reconciliation in action’
Dee Rudebeck, News and Storytelling Adviser
Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Co-director Sal Balharrie thought it would take 18 months to get her latest documentary Like My Brother ‘done and dusted’. The film, about female footballers from the remote Tiwi Islands following their AFLW dreams, ultimately took six years, with many lessons learned. It was nearly derailed by COVID, but it was actually the time needed to build relationships with First Nations communities that set the pace. The making of this inspiring film, released in cinemas 17 October, was philanthropically backed by 76 donors.
Youth voices ‘add authenticity’ to VFFF’s grantmaking
Allison Harding
Fri, 11 Oct 2024
The Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation is a multi-generational family foundation focused on its strategy of Backing Young People. We explore the foundation’s establishment of an advisory group to assess if grant applications pass the ‘youth pub test’. The initiative puts participatory grantmaking into lively practice in a bid to deliver better outcomes by incorporating community voices in the funding process.
