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Subscriber News - August 2024

  • Relevant Until:   Sept. 1, 2024
Subscriber News  - August 2024

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WINS

Ability Works and Collective Leisure took home gold in the Social Traders' National Game Changer Awards.

Good Cycles has been nominated as a finalist in the Third Sector Awards and need your vote!

Sisterworks is now People and Planet First certified.

Kindred marked its 5th anniversary.

Ngali Australia won the 2024 National Indigenous Fashion Award for Business Achievement.

Outlook Australia has been named a finalist in the City of Casey Business Awards for 2024.

The Big Issue Australia's Barbie cover is nominated for Best Cover at the International Network of Street Papers Awards.

Cirque du Soil is a 2024 Fisherman's Bend Digital Innovation Challenge finalist.

Good Cycles renewed its Social Traders certification for another three years.

Greatest Good's Jenni Harding has been selected for the Social Impact Hub's 2024 Social Impact Fellowship.

Australian Red Cross celebrated its 110th birthday with landmarks across the country illuminated in red to mark the milestone.

The Council of Ambulance Authorities celebrated a successful 2024 Congress.

Harrison Riedel Foundation was one of Lisa McCune's chosen charities for winning Dancing With The Stars.

CALLS-FOR-SUPPORT

Support Your Way CEO Luke David is an ambassador for the Run For Strength and raising funds for Muscular Dystrophy Australia.

Autism Swim is fundraising as part of the 2024 City2Surf.

Pancare Foundation's Unite for Hope Awareness Walk is fundraising to support patients, carers, and families impacted by upper GI cancer.

St Vincent de Paul Society NSW, in collaboration with Cleanaway Waste Management, launched the Vinnies Used Cooking Oil Recycling scheme.

VMCH has partnered with Mannix College to launch the 'Mannix Young Hearts' intergenerational volunteering program.

OTHER HAPPENINGS

The Freedom Hub is running a free "Introduction to Business & Human Rights" workshop.

Digital Storytellers is accepting applications for the Pathways to Purpose program, designed to enhance your impact storytelling skills and advance your career.

Remarkable hosted its community mid-year meetup at Canva.

The Reily Foundation released a suite of free programs and workshops to help parents navigate the child protection system in South Australia.

A Fitting Connection founder, Katrina Naish, chatted with Disrupt Radio about textile waste.

Green Collect will participate in the Yarraville Spring Fashion Showcase.'

Goods4Good was featured in Inc. Australia about how it is leveraging the power of commerce to create positive social change.

Ancient Wisdom Business Writers' Karen Perks will speak at the WEConnect International Conference on social procurement.

Hands & Feet is hosting its 'One Step Closer' Conference in Perth.

The Reily Foundation has released free parenting programs in Adelaide's northern suburbs.

Collective Leisure's David Burns is starting a new role as a lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney.

Kindred CEO Stacey Touma represented families with children with disabilities at a national roundtable.

Sisterworks' Shamila Gopalan and Sister' Farah spoke with David Astle on ABC Australia.

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