Women’s Legal Service Queensland (WLSQ) is Queensland’s only state-wide specialised community legal centre providing free legal and social work help to women and their children impacted by domestic and family violence and sexual assault. Each year WLSQ helps nearly 8,000 women and their Statewide Helpline answers between 60 and 90 calls per day from Queensland… Read more »

Pegasus, Riding for the Disabled ACT is one of Canberra’s oldest local charities, and it takes great pride in delivering therapeutic horse facilitated programs and activities to people with a disability in Canberra and the local region. In June last year Jo Kennedy applied for a scholarship and attended the FIA Conference 2022 in Sydney…. Read more »

Inner Melbourne Community Legal (IMCL) is widely recognised as being one of Victoria’s leading community legal centres. For over 40 years their dedicated team have been providing free legal assistance to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members of the community. IMCL are also a strong voice in the community legal sector, advocating for a fairer… Read more »

The Public Education Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing life changing scholarships to young people in public education, as well as their teachers and principals. They support students with particular educational needs or talents reach their full potential and improve overall educational outcomes. We talk to Miriam Valero, Philanthropy and Partnerships Manager who… Read more »

The Bobby Goldsmith Foundation (BGF) is Australia’s longest running HIV charity, it works to change social attitudes around HIV, to reduce fear, discrimination and stigma and promote acceptance and understanding, working also at a systemic level to influence policy and service development. Susan Duffy joined the team as Corporate Relationships Manager in April this year,… Read more »

The San Foundation is committed to supporting the Sydney Adventist Hospital in the provision of world class medical care to its patients.  Karen Gair has been the Managing Director of the San Foundation for over a year. Karen tells us about the challenges and priorities of the San Foundation, the difficulties faced in fundraising and what… Read more »

Ben Pearson joined World Animal Protection Australia only two years ago and he hasn’t looked back.  World Animal Protection (formerly The World Society for the Protection of Animals) is a truly global organisation, working in more than 50 countries across the world to achieve its vision of a world where animal welfare matters and animal… Read more »

The Humour Foundation is a charity dedicated to promoting and delivering the health benefits of humour. It incorporates clown doctors, elder clowns, laughter boss and laughter works and it spreads fun and laughter to people in need across Australia, improving the quality of life for people in hospitals, health and aged care facilities. Tony Warner… Read more »

Jeroen van Kernebeek has worked tirelessly in the last three years to establish the Australian office of high-profile global animal protection charity, FOUR PAWS. We talk to him about his lifelong passion for helping animals, his challenges setting up a new local operation and the key elements he believes any not-for-profit needs to get right…. Read more »

When healthcare executive Jane Crowe joined Community Options Australia in 2016 as its new Executive Director, she was ready for a new and rewarding challenge. Two years on, Crowe has rebuilt the not-for-profit’s quality framework, achieved financial sustainability and introduced a new business model, ready for future growth. We talk to her about her career… Read more »