Fundraising Resources
There are a number of ways not-for-profit organisations can raise money. The Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) has online resources specific to setting up workplace giving and community foundations...
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Make your mark on the sector - Shared Services Consultation
The Office for the Community Sector has commenced a project to help
community organisations operate as efficiently as possible. The Shared Services
Project will look at models for
collaborating with other organisations around activities such as human
resources, payroll, accounting, information and communications technology,
communications, marketing, procurement and legal advice.Through research and consultation the
OCS Shared Services Project will gather a range of case studies of shared
services models into a guide that helps community organisations:..
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Social Enterprise and Community Building in Sport - National Conference
The Social Enterprise and Community Building in Sport Conference will bring together initatives from around Australia. It will
explore pioneering approaches to the building of community and social capital,
and examine new developments which link Australia's strong sporting tradition
with the search for solutions to emerging social challenges.
Date: 26-27 March..
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Professional Development Opportunities March-April 2012
This month Infoxchange is holding a seminar
on how community organisations can use ICT to their advantage. City of Melbourne
is holding workshops on project planning and evaluation, as well as building a
budget. Plenty of opportunities to grow...
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A frank and statistical account of the participation of people with disability in sport and active recreation
I may strike a solitary figure here, but it
fascinates me when statistical results vary so greatly from one report to
another...
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Working Group Update March 2012
The
SportRec Access Working Group reviewed the existing SportRec Access model at
its recent 17 February meeting...
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School funding and disability sport
You may have recently heard our politicians sermonising about
school funding. What generally seems to
emanate from these discussions is private school versus public school funding...
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Infoxchange - Search Engine
Infoxchange is a not-for-profit community organisation with a mission to create
social equality and opportunity by empowering people through access to
information technology and enabling the exchange of information and ideas...
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SportRec Access Working Group Update One
The SportRec Access Working Group held its first meeting on 30 January
2012. ..
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New Participation Research
The
Australian Sports Commission has released its research report examining the
factors that influence the participation and non-participation of people with
disability in sport and active recreation. Over 1000 people with disability,
who were both participants and non-participants in sport and active recreation,
provided results for the report. The aim of the research was to provide
validated data and information to sport sector partners to help them plan and
implement quality programs...
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Latest Grants - February 2012
Sporting Clubs across Victoria have the opportunity to
apply for funding for sports clothing and footwear as part of the Victorian
Government’s Sporting Uniform Grants Program. ..
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Sector News Submissions
Sector eNewsletter is Disability Sport & Recreation's monthly publication that keeps you up to date with all the latest news and events from the disability sport and recreation sector...
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Limbs 4 Life
Limbs 4 Life believes that no amputee should go through the
trauma of limb loss alone and should have access to an organisation that
understands their circumstances, can arrange connections with other amputees
and provide up-to-date information. ..
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Strengthening your team through diversity mini-conference
As part of the 2011 Disability
Sport and Recreation Festival, the Strengthening your team through diversity mini-conference was held in BMW Edge to further address the issues of diversity in disability. ..
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Call for archive material for 50 year anniversary
Disability Sport and Recreation, in collaboration with
Victoria University Sports Historians, Dr Matthew Klugman and Dr Ross Hess, has
commissioned a 50th anniversary historical retrospective book reflecting on the
organisations history over its first two decades (1960's and 1970's)...
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