Media Releases by Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens
Mandurah volunteers honoured
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…
Congratulating local volunteers
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…
Senator Stephens visits WA migrant resource centre
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…
$21 million in volunteer grants for community organisations
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…
Volunteering experts advise government on strategy
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…
$104,000 to support culturally and linguistically diverse families in Launceston
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…
Lions Australia signs National Compact
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,…
Vinnies CEO Sleepout
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…
Australian Parliament recognises volunteers
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…
Celebrating Indigenous Community Volunteers
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…
Celebrating volunteers in National Volunteer Week
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…
Volunteering Policy Advisory Group Fourth Meeting
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…
Peninsula Pals collaborating to support the community
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…
Breaking the stigma of living with mental illness
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…
More Mental Health funding for Harmony Place
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…
New research on social enterprise financial sustainability
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…
US expert urges innovation in social enterprise
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…
Helping people in Perth’s Southern suburbs with a mental illness
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…
Social Inclusion an important focus for rural leaders
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…
Australian Government and Not-for-Profit sector sign up to National Compact
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 Stephens celebrates women in the not-for-profit sector
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…
Supporting Australia’s volunteers
The Rudd Government is continuing to deliver on its commitment to support Australia’s volunteers with $21 million worth of one-off grants now available to volunteer…
Senator Stephens addresses Sandhurst leaders conference
The , Ursula Stephens, today highlighted the important role Catholic education plays in helping instil in young Australians the values of social justice and helping…
Bendigo joins the Golden Gurus community
Senator Ursula Stephens, today visited the Bendigo Volunteer Resource Centre to welcome them into the Golden Gurus community. Senator Stephens said that Golden Gurus, an…
Supporting the not-for-profit sector
The Australian Government today announced the launch date of a new National Compact which aims to strengthen the working relationship between the Government and the…