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National scholarship recipients announced
We’re very happy to announce the recipients of our latest national scholarships!We received many high quality applications from a broad range of people - each aspiring to have a positive ...
Outcomes Measurement Workshops
The Centre for Social Impact UWA's 2022 Outcomes Measurement Workshops have been announced: Melbourne: 14-15 July 2022 Perth: 8-9 September 2022 Online: 9-10 November What you'll get from the course: ...
Media Release: Centre for Social Impact releases crucial social equity recommendations ahead of upcoming election
Ahead of the upcoming federal election, the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) has developed a series of briefing papers covering key social inequities that need investment and policy reform. Based ...
Media Release: Public policy leader Arminé Nalbandian named CEO of Centre for Social Impact
Centre for Social Impact (CSI) has announced public policy leader Arminé Nalbandian as its new Chief Executive Officer, following her most recent role as Deputy Chief of Staff and Director ...
Media Release: Paying what it takes: report warns many funders failing to cover not-for-profits’ actual costs
Australian charities are being hamstrung by a lack of funding for their core operational needs, severely affecting their ability to deliver frontline services to Australians living with disadvantage. A new ...
Media Release: New world-first online research tool to provide $300m benefit to Australian social impact sector
Amplify Social Impact Online (Amplify Online) is a ground-breaking initiative developed over three years by a team of researchers: the first consistent, evidence-backed, free-to-use impact measurement tool for the Australian ...
Media Release: Centre for Social Impact expands to South Australia with addition of new CSI Flinders centre
The Centre for Social Impact (CSI) has announced that Flinders University in South Australia has become its fourth university partner, joining UNSW, The University of Western Australia and Swinburne University ...
Media Release: Two-year study identifies best practice and policy needed to remove education inequities in post-pandemic Australia
A new report published today by the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) examines key drivers of inequity within Australia’s educational system and the impacts on students, and provides recommendations on ...
Media Release: Homelessness in Australia can be ended by commitment from governments, new report finds
On 7 February, the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), the Australian Alliance to End Homelessness (AAEH) and Neami National will launch a comprehensive new report in a public webinar that ...
New grant to boost women entrepreneurs in the Tasmanian agri-food industry
Around a crowded table in North-West Tasmania, a group of women are animatedly discussing the pros and cons of cheese packaging. Will the cheese travel well? How can we get ...
Media Release: Innovative leadership program now open to for-purpose CEOs in Victoria and Tasmania
Applications for the second cohort of the five-year Social Impact Leadership Australia (SILA) Program have launched today, with the aim of bringing together for-purpose leaders from Victoria and Tasmania over ...
Media Release: Community service organisations concerned funding and technology shortfalls will halt new service innovations
Community organisations are concerned that a lack of flexible funding and investment in technology and training will force them to discontinue many of the successful service innovations offered to clients ...
impact2021 webinar series
The Centre for Social Impact is continuing on with the success of our impact2020 webinar series, with monthly webinars in 2021. Please take a look at our program info for ...
Reflections on the past five years
These are strange times. All organisations should go through evolution, renewal, and refresh, and ensure they are always fit for purpose given the context and the needs of the world. ...
2021 CSI Staff Award recipients announced
The Centre for Social Impact is delighted to announce the recipients of our third annual staff awards. The year has brought another period of significant change across Australia and we ...
Media Release: New research reveals continued strain for charities and social services after a “profoundly hard year”
The Centre for Social Impact have today released the report from Wave 2 of their national Pulse of the For-Purpose Sector & Building Back Better survey, revealing significant challenges for ...
Distinguished Professor Jo Barraket heading to the Melbourne Social Equity Institute
The Centre for Social Impact Swinburne has announced that Distinguished Professor Jo Barraket will be stepping down from her role as founding Director at the end of 2021, a role ...
Media Release: Digital inclusion improving nationally, but more to do on affordability and equal access
The Australian Digital Inclusion Index 2021 (ADII), published today, shows digital inclusion at the national level is improving, but a substantial number of Australians remain excluded. With the ongoing COVID-19 ...
Media Release: New research finds untapped potential in mental health funding approach in Australia
New research conducted by the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), in partnership with Zurich Financial Services Australia and the Z Zurich Foundation, has found that the current funding models for ...
Green Connect: Curating care packages
With many of us subject to increased emotional, physical and financial stress related to lockdowns around Australia, it’s no secret that systemic cracks have left some more vulnerable than others. ...
Giving hope: Housing our essential workers
As housing prices in Australia have continued to rise exponentially, shutting many out of the market and forcing others to commute long distances, for essential workers - teachers, nurses, police ...
Media Release: Cycle of poverty and hardship too hard to break for many WA families
Disadvantaged Western Australian families are increasingly being trapped in a cycle of poverty and hardship by the same system that is designed to support them in crisis, according to the ...
Statement from Kristy Muir
Statement from CEO, Professor Kristy Muir – August 6, 2021 As CEO of CSI, I’m really proud to have led a cross-institutional team through significant transformation and achievements since January ...
CSI announces leadership changes
Leadership changes at CSI: Professor Kristy Muir, CEO of CSI, announces her move to the Paul Ramsay Foundation Muir to take the reins of the newly created Chief Alliances Officer ...
Media Release: Housing people experiencing homelessness during COVID-19 - new report release
As Sydney once again considers how to protect people experiencing homelessness against COVID-19, a new research report evaluates the NSW Government’s provision of temporary accommodation to people sleeping rough in ...
Media Release: New report calls for coordinated action to address systemic financial inequality across Australia
A new report from the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) at UNSW Sydney, calls for a coordinated response to address systemic factors that have created and continue to perpetuate financial ...
Media Release: CSI announce the first cohort of leaders selected to drive and amplify positive social change
Today, the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) officially announces the first of five Social Impact Leadership Australia (SILA) program cohorts – a diverse group of 24 leaders and organisations who ...
Hotel Etico: Where holidays create opportunities and impact
Not many hotels or hospitality venues have a guiding mission of shifting community perceptions of people with disability, but Hotel Etico, Australia’s first social enterprise hotel, is taking on the ...
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