AN egg and spoon race, a gold coin donation bake-off, and running the 14 kilometre HBF Run for a Reason are some of the efforts a group of fundraisers from building company John Holland is undertaking to raise money for the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation.
VARIETY WA won the Gold Heart award for the best performing branch worldwide at the Variety World Conference earlier this month.
Competition for the top prize came from a worldwide network of 43 Variety branches in 13 countries.
NEW federal government planning and performance measures for national cultural agencies aim to deliver improved financial management, better care of collections and more consistent reporting across national cultural agencies.
COUNTRY Arts WA’s Manifesto 2029, which was presented to a bipartisan grouping of the state’s major political party representatives last week, is a step-by-step guide to strengthening the arts in regional Western Australia.
FIVE years after its launch and having developed a strong relationship with Aboriginal communities, the Nyoongar Sports Association has launched a new strategic plan aimed at diversifying its funding streams and leveraging corporate partnerships.
Corporate partnerships can form the lifeblood of community organisations through in-kind or cash sponsorships but getting the dotted line signed can be difficult and daunting for not-for-profit organisations.
Nicola Forrest, wife of mining magnate Andrew Forrest, has been named as Black Swan State Theatre Company’s honorary number one subscriber for 2012 and 2013, in recognition of her and her family’s philanthropic leadership and support for theatre in Western Australia.
The state government has committed $1.6 million in funding over four years to Wheels for Hope, a program that aims to improve the mobility of children with disabilities and their families.
Social enterprise is not a new concept in Western Australia but it has attracted attention in recent times, with government funding committed to encouraging new social ventures and social entrepreneurs having greater access to dedicated business support.
Five corporate surfing teams swapped their suits for swimmers at Margaret River’s Telstra Drug Aware Pro’s first charitable surfing competition last month, and raised $50,000 for SurfAid.
The teams were made up of amateurs and led by a former professional surfer.
The federal government introduced new rules in July last year around how self-managed super funds invest in art and the art sector is already feeling the effects on sales, according to industry insiders and stakeholders opposed to the changes.
COTTESLOE’S Sculpture by the Sea event attracted record numbers this year, with 250,000 people attending the annual event, more than 35,000 above last year.
Tourism Minister Kim Hames said the attendance figure was “great news”.
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