Community & Arts

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

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 entrepren

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 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 ins

Western Australia is growing its reputation as a hot spot for film production, boasting good stories, vast landscapes that make for ideal settings and an increasing number of home-grown feature fil

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.

ALTHOUGH he may not have been the first to use the metaphor, former British prime minister Winston Churchill most famously used the term ‘black dog’ to describe his periodic bouts of depression.

A NEW position has been established to aid research into Western Australia’s indigenous culture and Kimberley rock art, thanks to a $1.5 million donation from eastern states-based Kimberley Foundat

WHEN Brenda Hamlett started out as a Brownie, aged seven, the Girl Guide experience consisted of weekly visits to her local club and the occasional region-wide jamboree.

SEVENTY-TWO organisations have committed to the WA ‘One Life’ Suicide Prevention Strategy, a state government initiative to improve the awareness of mental health and suicide risk. 

STRIKING the right balance between administrative costs and service delivery is a fine art for community sector organisations.

INTERNATIONAL humanitarian organisation SurfAid and Western Australia’s premier surfing competition, the Telstra Drug Aware Pro, have teamed up to create a corporate challenge aimed at raising fund

ATCO Australia managing director Steven Landry is taking lobster from Nova Scotia and a traditional Canadian meat pie known as tourtiere to work for lunch on March 20.

Five of Perth’s top entrepreneurs sat down with WA Business News to talk about managing change, boosting philanthropy and achieving long-term success.

THE harmonisation of occupational health and safety laws across Australia will offer more opportunities than burdensome compliance requirements for community organisations, according to some of the

PERTH’S first Fringe World festival wound up last week after three-and-a-half weeks of shows, and 180,000 people attending free or ticketed performances.

PAUL Bodlovich has resigned as chief executive officer of the West Australian Music Industry Association, to take up the role of CEO at the Film and Television Institute (WA).

BORN into the iconic Myer dynasty, Carrillo Gantner did his best to avoid the family business by training as an actor and pursuing a career on the stage.

KULCHA Multicultural Arts of WA has been awarded more than $300,000 from Lotterywest to develop new projects and organisational capacity building.

THERE is a collective murmur of excitement from the little visitors to Scitech, the state’s science and technology learning hub for children and adolescents.

THE combination of physical activity and fundraising for a good cause has proved a near-faultless model in recent years, with swimming, running and cycling among the many ways of raising a dollar.

PERTH’S first Fringe World festival got under way last week with a program that includes 150 weird and wonderful acts, living up to the Fringe ideal of a program that offers everything the mainstre

THE federal government has announced a new funding program that will take visual arts on tour to regional locations across Australia.

GRAHAM Forward has an unassuming nature and natural modesty that belies the depth of his connections to, and achievements in, Africa.

Social innovation has been on the state government’s agenda for nearly 12 months, with $14 million in the Social Innovation Grants Program kitty aimed at supporting organisations that develop new w

With few partnerships between large funding bodies, commercial radio stations and arts consultants in Western Australia, the new My City program on Southern Cross Austereo-owned Mix 94.5 is carving

Two Western Australian not-for-profit organisations have formed a partnership to fight infectious lung diseases, with $100,000 already being awarded to WA scientists for projects that address disea

It is not often you come across an organisation that specialises in caring for people affected by the murder of a loved one.

The not-for-profit sector is set for a year of reform in 2012, with changes planned for the definition of charity and the relevant tax rules.

WOODSIDE has thrown its support behind January’s Indian Ocean Classic event, in a bid to support Surf Life Saving.

THE Western Australian Institute for Medical Research will expand its already diverse funding streams next year, when it becomes the benefactor to the Sunsuper Ride to Conquer Cancer.