Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, Senator Ursula Stephens, today met with local volunteers at the Mandurah RSL to celebrate their achievements…
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, Senator Ursula Stephens today congratulated Joondalup and Wanneroo volunteer organisations on being awarded grants under the…
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, Senator Ursula Stephens, visited the Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre in Western Australia today. Senator Stephens met…
The Gillard Government is delivering $21 million in local grants to support volunteers at community organisations across Australia. More than 250,000 volunteers from over 6000…
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector Senator Ursula Stephens met with key leaders from the community at the final meeting of the…
Culturally and linguistically diverse families in Launceston will benefit from a funding boost of more than $104,000 for the Migrant Resource Centre (Northern Tasmania). During…
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, Senator Ursula Stephens, today welcomed Lions Australia’s support for the National Compact: working together. Rob Oerlemans,…
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion Senator Ursula Stephens, Member for Solomon Damian Hale and Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy will tonight join 109 other…
The Australian Senate yesterday unanimously passed a resolution, moved by the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, Senator Stephens, in recognition of…
Senator Ursula Stephens, today congratulated the organisation Indigenous Community Volunteers (ICV) and the many volunteers it manages for their work in closing the gap on…
Today marks the start of a week-long celebration of Australia’s volunteers. The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services, and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and the…
E & OE – Check against delivery Thanks Alastair for your introduction. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which…
Check Against Delivery I would like to pay my respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting, and to their…
The fourth meeting of the Volunteering Policy Advisory Group was held on Thursday 6 May 2010. The Advisory Group is providing expert advice on volunteering…
Senator Ursula Stephens, today congratulated the Peninsula Pals on their successful collaboration to raise money for community projects. Speaking at the Peninsula Pals charity fundraising…
Senator Ursula Stephens, today addressed mental health peak body, the Queensland Alliance, to launch a research paper into anti stigma initiatives in mental health. Senator…
The Australian Government will deliver an additional year’s funding of $335,000 to the Harmony Place Multicultural Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing, a centre which…
Senator Ursula Stephens, today launched a new report on the viability and sustainability of social enterprise organisations. The report, Financing Social Enterprise: Understanding Needs and…
Thought-leader on ethical branding, global development and social entrepreneurship, Jonathan Greenblatt, today encouraged not-for-profit organisations to be more innovative when establishing social enterprises. Speaking at…
People with a severe mental illness in the Swan, Bentley and surrounding regions will continue to have access to intensive, one-on-one support with the Richmond…
Check against delivery Acknowledgments Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the Gunditjamara people, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet. Let me…
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, Senator Ursula Stephens, today highlighted the importance of addressing social disadvantage across Regional Australia. Speaking at…
E&OE – Proof only RICHARD AEDY: Today sees the launch of a new agreement, a National Compact as its known, between the Federal Government and…
Today’s launch of the National Compact with the third sector will continue to rebuild the relationship between Government and the not-for-profit sector, that suffered under…
Senator Ursula Stephens, today addressed the Third Sector Women’s Networking Lunch in Melbourne, to highlight the important role women play in the Third Sector (not-for-profit…