14 January 2021
** The Centre for Social Impact UWA's next ONLINE Outcomes Measurement Workshop is being held on 24 & 25 February, 2021. Register now. **For more information please get in touch ...
18 December 2020
2020 has been a year like no other. It’s unlike any that many of us have experienced in our lifetimes (and hopefully one that we won’t experience again). We’ve literally ...
15 December 2020
:: Download the Pulse Report here :: The Centre for Social Impact (CSI) has today launched a detailed report of the impacts of the challenges faced in 2020, including the ...
14 December 2020
At the recent UNSW Awards for Teaching Excellence, the Centre for Social Impact’s Social Entrepreneurship Practicum teaching team were thrilled to receive the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for ‘Programs that Enhance Learning ...
11 December 2020
The Centre for Social Impact’s second annual staff awards have been announced today. Watch our video announcement with CSI's CEO, Professor Kristy Muir and read below about each recipient’s achievements ...
9 December 2020
The Centre for Social Impact (CSI) and the Community Services Industry Alliance (CSIA) explore a decade of reform recommendations for the community services sector. The recent partnership explores how the ...
20 November 2020
Over six weeks during April, May and June 2020 more than 5,000 people attended one or more of CSI's 35 hour-long impact2020 webinars, which covered a range of social impact topics ...
23 October 2020
The Centre for Social Impact is producing a series of fact sheets to address specific social issue areas in the context of COVID-19. Fact Sheet Thirteen: Mental Health and COVID-19 ...
22 October 2020
The 2020 Australian Digital Inclusion Index (ADII), published today, shows that a high level of digital inequality persists in Australia with many groups continuing to miss out on the benefits ...
19 October 2020
Australia’s homelessness rate is set to surge as short-term coronavirus income and housing protections are ended, according to the second Australian Homelessness Monitor released today. Pre-pandemic, homelessness had climbed by ...
15 October 2020
New South Wales is faring better than its economic peers (based on GSP per Capita - QLD, VIC, SA, TAS) on overall social progress but is underperforming in its estimated ...
15 October 2020
The Australian Capital Territory fares best in the nation in terms of overall social progress according to the Centre for Social Impact’s (CSI) Australian Social Progress Index (ASPI), to be discussed ...
14 October 2020
Queensland is performing well on maintaining environmental quality, but is underperforming on overall social progress according to the Centre for Social Impact’s (CSI) Australian Social Progress Index (ASPI), to be discussed ...
14 October 2020
The Northern Territory is underperforming across the board in terms of social progress compared to other Australian jurisdictions according to the Centre for Social Impact’s (CSI) Australian Social Progress Index (ASPI), ...
14 October 2020
Western Australia is performing high on shelter and response to overcrowding despite low performance on overall social progress according to the Centre for Social Impact’s (CSI) Australian Social Progress Index (ASPI), ...
13 October 2020
Tasmania is reportedly performing best in the country for addressing Indigenous disparity in terms of out of home care, abuse substantiations and student attendance rate according to the Centre for ...
13 October 2020
South Australia is performing better than its peers on social housing overcrowding, young people classified as NEET, and underutilisation of women in the workforce according to the Centre for Social ...
12 October 2020
Victoria is faring best in the nation in terms of community mental health, teen pregnancy, physical assaults and youth crime according to the Centre for Social Impact’s (CSI) Australian Social ...
12 October 2020
The Centre for Social Impact (CSI) is holding a week-long series of webinars discussing new research that shows, for the first time, how social progress indicators can be used as ...
9 October 2020
This response discusses how the key changes presented in September’s Federal Budget are likely to have an impact on different social issue areas; positive and negative. We explore how, while ...
28 September 2020
The Centre for Social Impact today announced a new research project to explore and analyse the state of mental health and wellbeing systems in Australia in the shadow of COVID-19. ...
1 September 2020
This article is part of For the love of giving - a storytelling series featuring just some of the people who give to, work and volunteer in the Australian for-purpose ...
24 August 2020
The second Danjoo Koorliny Walking Together Social Impact Summit was held in early August 2020 as the culmination of the Social Impact Festival's opening week (3rd - 9th). Starting with ...
21 August 2020
The Centre for Social Impact Swinburne were delighted to welcome three new adjuncts in early July 2020. Adjunct roles are honorary positions through which CSI acknowledges the leadership and contributions ...
21 August 2020
Families on low incomes have reported feeling depressed or anxious at twice the rates of the general community, according to the findings of a study into entrenched disadvantage in WA. ...
20 August 2020
We're thrilled to announce that our judging panel have now selected the receipients of our Round 2, 2020 scholarships! We’re so pleased to be awarding our eight successful recipients from ...
19 August 2020
Our CEO, Professor Kristy Muir, has put together her ten COVID leadership lessons. Watch the video below to hear Kristy's reflections. Ten COVID leadership lessons Care and compassion are king ...
17 August 2020
In 2004, one of the first intakes of students at Swinburne University’s Asia-Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy (ACSI) hatched a plan to put the theory they had learnt ...
11 August 2020
New research from the Centre of Social Impact calls for wellbeing plans to protect teachers, vital for students & families. The Centre for Social Impact (CSI) has released a new ...
11 August 2020
The Centre for Social Impact has announced today that Associate Professor Graham Brown will join the team as the academic lead for Amplify and CSI UNSW’s evaluation programs. “We are ...
10 August 2020
The Centre for Social Impact (CSI) Swinburne’s Social Startup Studio has today announced free new clinics for Victorian social enterprises to support the sector following the devastating impacts of the ...
3 August 2020
New report calls for urgent reforms to support charities as analysis reveals charities could power post-COVID economic recovery A new report launched today by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and the ...
23 July 2020
This article is part of For the love of giving - a storytelling series featuring just some of the people who give to, work and volunteer in the Australian for-purpose ...
23 July 2020
A new fact sheet by the Centre for Social Impact reveals the extent that social vulnerabilities are addressed by Australian federal and state governments’ policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
19 July 2020
The Centre for Social Impact is inviting charity, not-for-profit and for-purpose leaders to participate in an Australian-first research project in the wake of COVID-19. The Centre for Social Impact has ...
16 July 2020
A new policy paper by the Centre for Social Impact highlights how effective Australian federal and state governments’ financial wellbeing have been in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...
16 July 2020
You may have seen recent news that UNSW Sydney is the latest university to announce job losses as part of its efforts to remain sustainable. COVID-19 has had a devastating ...
19 June 2020
Why we need to save Australian charities to win the war on COVID-19 By Professor Kristy Muir and Dr Ioana Ramia, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Sydney The latest ABS ...
2 June 2020
A new report launched today by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) forecasts that more than 200,000 jobs in the charity sector could be lost ...
26 May 2020
New policy paper by the Centre for Social Impact highlights the significant impact on youth unemployment since COVID-19 with social impacts to affect young people for years to come. The ...
21 May 2020
Sector leaders have stressed that charities and not-for-profits must engage with their local communities to improve viability and growth following the impacts from COVID-19 and the bushfires. In today’s impact2020 ...
19 May 2020
We turn to our principles to determine the best course of action when we are uncertain. Principles can bring clarity to complex situations and they can help us understand how ...
18 May 2020
How do we ensure our charities' survival, contribution and rebuild in the wake of COVID-19? CEO Update - May 2020 by Professor Kristy Muir My Aunty Val passed away recently. ...
6 May 2020
The Centre for Social Impact (CSI) today announced the launch of a national research program: Pulse of the For-Purpose Sector & Building Back Better. This large, national program has multiple ...
29 April 2020
Governments, telcos must do more to halt a widening and deepening digital divide which threatens to generate serious social and economic harm post-COVID-19. Addressing personal and organisation digital inequality, particularly ...
22 April 2020
impact2020: a new online platform bringing together Australia’s for-purpose sector to connect, learn and collaborate At a time when COVID-19 is keeping Australians apart, the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) ...
22 April 2020
As we confront the huge resource demands of the COVID-19 crisis and the economic trials of a post-COVID world, discussions about how best to ‘improve’ the efficiencies of not for ...
21 April 2020
AACSB International Recognises Swinburne Business School’s Centre for Social Impact for the Swinburne Social Start Up Studio Tampa, Fla., USA (April 21, 2020)—Today, AACSB International (AACSB)—the world’s largest business education ...
8 April 2020
COVID-19 a quandary of ethical decision making Like many people, my husband and I have started shopping for five of our older neighbours who shouldn’t be leaving their homes. This ...
26 March 2020
Aurora Elmes As people across Australia grapple with the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 it’s clear we’ll need to draw on our resourcefulness, innovative spirits and kinship to get ...
23 March 2020
CEO Update: March 2020 It’s early in the morning. I sit on my deck, barefooted typing away. The bird song is all I can hear. The cockatoos are dive bombing ...
17 March 2020
After a rigorous phase of considering the many applications we received for our first round of scholarships in 2020, we’re so pleased to be announcing and introducing the 16 successful ...
13 March 2020
13 March 2020 Leading health and disability researchers from the University of Melbourne, University of Sydney and University of New South Wales are calling for urgent action from State and ...
27 February 2020
A new index to measure the quality of life for people across Australia has been launched today. The Australian Social Progress Index (SPI), which ranks states and territories on their ...
24 February 2020
This article is part of For the love of giving - a storytelling series featuring just some of the people who give to, work and volunteer in the Australian for-purpose ...
18 February 2020
CEO Update: February 2020 This weekend Australians and internationals opened their hearts and their wallets again during the Fire Aid Concert for bush fire relief. $9.5m was raised for the Foundation ...
16 February 2020
Dr Archana Voola writes about the importance of bringing together the entire financial ecosystem of stakeholders to improve the well-being of all Australians. One year on from the release of ...
5 February 2020
The Centre for Social Impact at UNSW Sydney is pleased to announce the addition of two more members to its Adjunct team. Adjunct Professor Abigail Powell continues her relationship with ...
5 February 2020
In a partnership between the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), AGSM @ UNSW Business School, JBWere and NAB, more than 200 social impact leaders from across the Australian not-for-profit sector ...
28 January 2020
The Centre for Social Impact sends its heartfelt congratulations to the many and varied Australia Day honours recipients working in the community sector - each with a strong commitment and ...