Tag: Charities and Community Organisations
East Timor faces severe food shortages: report
A new report shows people in parts of East Timor are now facing up to five months of the year without enough food to eat.[MORE]
Charities brace for influx on back of economic downturn
Queensland welfare groups expect the economic downturn will cause a rise in the number of people seeking help.[MORE]
Cheaper housing push for resource boom regions
St Vincent de Paul says it has been talking to Queensland councils about ways to provide affordable housing in towns affected by the resources boom.[MORE]
More families needing emergency support: Anglicare
The welfare group Anglicare says it is noticing a growing need among working families for emergency relief and housing support.[MORE]
Trash to treasure for asylum seekers
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A program in Melbourne is recycling old bikes for asylum seekers.[MORE]
Salvos to offer money management lessons
The Salvation Army in Townsville will soon be providing a new service called 'money care' for people in need of financial counselling.[MORE]
Salvos highlight help for struggling residents
The Salvation Army says many New South Wales mid-north coast residents are struggling in the current economic climate.[MORE]
Visit brings smiles to sick children
Young people receiving treatment at the Mackay Base Hospital had a welcome break from their daily routine with a visit from a children's charity yesterday.[MORE]
Churches respond to financial storm
The global financial crisis has prompted two churches in northern Tasmania to join forces next week to try to find solutions to poverty.[MORE]
Western NSW women donate bras to world record bid
More than 2,000 bras have been collected from western New South Wales women as part of a world record attempt to break the longest continual line of hooked bras.[MORE]
Qld groups welcome interest rate relief
The REIQ says the Reserve Bank decision to cut interest rates by 1 per cent will boost consumer confidence.[MORE]
Miling raises thousands for Cancer Council
The wheatbelt town of Miling has given one of the best fundraising performances ever seen by the Cancer Council, collecting more than $80,000 for Relay for Life.[MORE]
Car buffs head off on Variety Bash
A convoy of more than 200 cars has set off from Toowoomba on southern Queensland's Darling Downs for this year's Variety Bash across country Queensland and New South Wales.[MORE]
Homeless youth to experience outback farm life
A charity based in south-west Queensland says it wants to establish farms across Australia to give homeless youth from the city a chance to get back on their feet.[MORE]
More Canberrans struggling financially: counselling service
There is growing evidence that economic volatility is taking its toll on Canberra households.[MORE]
Welfare groups back Garnaut report plan
Welfare groups are urging the Govt to help low income earners make their houses more energy efficient.[MORE]
Charity urges sober October
A drug and alcohol awareness group is asking people to give up alcohol during October as part of a fundraising effort.[MORE]
Cancer charity ride cancelled
A big New South Wales far south coast cancer charity bike ride has been scrapped this year because of a row with the Roads and Traffic Authority.[MORE]
Aust private sector encouraged to help end global poverty
Australia's private sector has been being encouraged to take a bigger role in ending global poverty at the launch of Make Poverty History's 2008 campaign in Sydney.[MORE]
Save children not Wall St: World Vision boss
The head of World Vision Australia, Tim Costello, says the global market turmoil is threatening progress being made on reducing world poverty.[MORE]
Welfare groups call for $7.5b housing plan
Welfare groups will today ask the Federal Government to build an extra 30,000 public housing dwellings over the next four years.[MORE]
30,000 run for charity in City to Bay
Organisers say Adelaide's 35th annual City to Bay fun run on Sunday was a roaring success.[MORE]
Lifesavers prepare to set flags up for another season
Volunteer surf lifesavers are returning to Queensland beaches this weekend for the start of the summer season.[MORE]
Awards recognise community heroes
Three western Queenslanders have been recognised for their contributions to local communities. [MORE]
Hospital to benefit from Kambalda fundraiser
Kambalda police say the town has raised more than $60,000 at an annual fundraiser held in conjunction with Bluey Day.[MORE]
