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The eagerly awaited 2024 STEPS Grand Winter Ball presented by Ken Mills Toyota is set to illuminate the Sunshine Coast on July 27, 2024. Hosted at the Sunshine Coast Events Centre, this prestigious black-tie gala promises an evening of glamour, entertainment, and community spirit. This year, STEPS is excited to announce that the esteemed … Continued
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An unlikely partnership is bringing leprosy into the spotlight at the Sydney Film Festival, which opened last night (5 June 2024). Leprosy Mission Australia, as an advertising sponsor of the festival, today launched its new ‘Still a Thing’ campaign featuring Australian actor David Wenham. Wenham’s partnership with Leprosy Mission Australia was born out of his … Continued
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The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) received the world’s largest literature award for children’s and young adult literature, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), at a ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on Tuesday, June 4. The award was presented by Sweden’s H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria. With a prize of five million Swedish kronor (AUD$720,000), it … Continued
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Two-thirds of population now squeezed into less than a fifth of the Gaza Strip Israel’s relentless air and land bombardment and deliberate obstruction of the humanitarian response is making it virtually impossible for aid agencies to reach trapped, starved civilians in Gaza, Oxfam said today, as the latest ceasefire deal negotiations continue. A lethal combination … Continued
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One of the nation’s most well-known charities Starlight Children’s Foundation and Australia’s greatest auction house, Lloyds Auctions have teamed up to create a world leading new innovative way of donating unwanted goods as an alternative to cash. As individuals and businesses feel the cash pinch it’s never been more challenging to ask donors to give … Continued
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Bowel Cancer Awareness Month Starts Today! Bowel Cancer Australia’s signature event raising awareness of Australia’s second deadliest cancer and funds for the 100% community-funded national charity. Bowel Cancer Australia is dedicated to championing what matters most to people impacted by bowel cancer and empowering everyone affected to live their best life. 1-in-14 … Continued
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The philanthropic and not-for-profit sector is coming to Adelaide! The “Gather Round for philanthropy” will take place in Adelaide this August, with the centrepiece being the Philanthropy Australia Conference 2024: Shifting Perspectives, Shifting Practice running 5-7 August. This is the first time the biennial conference is being held outside Melbourne and Sydney. The … Continued
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Media release | Wednesday, 29 May 2024 The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for international development and humanitarian action, is horrified by the atrocities in Rafah over the weekend, when Israeli strikes killed at least 45 people, including women and children in a declared “safe zone”. “The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) … Continued
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New international analysis of nearly 25 million people under age 50 shows blood in the stool associated with a 5 to 54-fold increased likelihood of early-onset bowel cancer. 1-in-9 new bowel cancer cases occur in Australians under age 50. Bowel cancer deadliest cancer for Australians aged 25-44. New international analysis of nearly 25 million … Continued
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Oxfam and its partners are responding to the needs of the people in coastal areas of Bangladesh where Cyclone Remal has left a trail of destruction. Severe cyclonic storm Remal made landfall on Sunday, May 26, with windspeeds of 135km per hour between the coasts of India and Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, loss of lives has … Continued
