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Addressing social issue areas in the context of COVID-19
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 One: Homelessness (updated Apr 3) ...
Three-year research program evaluates Vanguard's impact
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 ...
COVID-19: Engaging our leadership, our humanity, our values
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 ...
New CSI scholarship recipients announced
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 ...
People with disabilities absent in COVID-19 response
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 ...
Media Release: New social progress index ranks states and territories on social performance in Australian first
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 ...
Charities: Is trust in surplus or deficit?
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 ...
Connecting our financial ecosystem
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 ...
CSI announces two new members of its adjunct team
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 ...
Lifting your gaze: Governing for social impact
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 ...
CSI congratulates Australia Day honours recipients
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 ...
CEO Update: January 2020
LEADERSHIP IN A SUSTAINED CRISIS “The task of leading during a sustained crisis - whether you are the CEO of a major corporation … [or the Prime Minister of a ...
Social Impact Summer Webinar Series
We’re pleased to be sharing CSI Swinburne’s recent Social Impact Summer Webinar Series. Across four weeks in late 2019, multidisciplinary researchers presented their cutting-edge research across four topics related to ...
What happened to the NDIS?
Associate Professor Gemma Carey, Research Director Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Sydney It’s hard to look at a newspaper or turn on the TV without hearing about some kind of ...
CSI UWA recognised in 2019 Workplace Excellence Awards
Dr Ramon Wenzel and the Centre for Social Impact UWA (CSI UWA) team have been recognised for their Workforce Analytics work in the 2019 Workplace Excellence Awards. Workforce Analytics, built by ...
Director Update - More than Homes
What makes it so hard to exit entrenched disadvantage? Professor Paul Flatau, Director of CSI UWA and research lead on the 100 Families WA project seeks the answers. Entrenched poverty and ...
CEO Update: September 2019
When we are arguing about whether or not the “inequality” narrative is misleading, it detracts from us talking about the real heart of the issue, writes Professor Kristy Muir. Almost ...
Centre for Social Impact UWA joins the Impact Investment Alliance WA
The Centre for Social Impact at the University of Western Australia (CSI UWA) is pleased to announce they have become a founding member of the new Impact Investment Alliance of ...
Media Release: Australia retains global Social Progress Index rank in 2019 despite fall in ‘Foundations for Wellbeing’
Australia has been ranked 12th in the world on social progress for the second year in a row but has gradually declined in rankings since 2015, according to an index ...
Media Release: Affordability continues to be a key barrier for improving digital inclusion in Australia
Today the 2019 Australian Digital Inclusion Index report was released. The Australian Digital Inclusion Index is a comprehensive picture of Australians’ online participation through three measures - access, affordability and ...
Social Enterprise Evidence Forum
On August 1, 2019, 80 people from 48 organisations across five Australian states and territories convened at Swinburne University of Technology for the Social Enterprise Evidence Forum. Hosted by the ...
CSI's 2019 Scholarship Recipients Announced
The Centre for Social Impact is thrilled to announce the recipients of the latest round of scholarships. $60,000 AGSM MBA (Social Impact) and Emeritus Professor Richard Henry AM and Dr ...
Media Release: Over half of families in financial hardship can't pay utility bills; health and wellbeing adversely affected
Download: 100 Families WA Baseline Report Download: Financial Vulnerability Snapshot Personal loans including pay-day loans, debts arising from household and personal bills, overdue rent and student loan debts are severely ...
World first outcomes framework in homelessness developed in Western Australia
A world first outcomes measurement framework for homelessness has been developed by the Centre for Social Impact (CSI UWA) as part of the Western Australian Alliance to End Homelessness (WAAEH). ...
CEO Update: August 2019
By CSI Research Fellow Chris Hartley, and CEO Professor Kristy Muir Letting go and holding on: Homelessness Week 2019 It's National Homelessness Week in Australia (4-11 August), a week in ...
Media Release: Social Enterprise - Untapped Potential in Creating Jobs
A new report released today by the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) Swinburne in partnership with Westpac Foundation shows that employment-focused social enterprises are playing a critical role in improving ...
Comment: Delivering homes, not just words
by Chris Hartley In her first press conference, the newly elected leader of the NSW Labor Party Jodie McKay expressed her willingness to work alongside Premier Gladys Berejiklian to address ...
Comment: Is social enterprise a vehicle for neoliberalism?
by Professor Jo Barraket This is an adaptation of Professor Jo Barraket’s recent plenary address at the 2019 EMES International Social Enterprise Research Conference in Sheffield, UK. At the Centre ...
Voice, Treaty, and Truth: Walking together to create a new Social Impact Festival
Each year the Centre for Social Impact UWA holds the Social Impact Festival. This year’s Festival is Danjoo Koorliny Walking Together Towards a Just and Sustainable Society and follows directly ...
CEO Update - June 2019
Omniscience is the enemy of social progress I recently had the privilege of being a teacher, panellist and participant as part of the 2019 JBWere NAB Social Leadership Program with ...
Media Release: Food Insecurity strikes 80% of disadvantaged families, report shows
Download: Hunger and Food Insecurity Snapshot Download: Bulletin No. 1 More than 80 percent of disadvantaged households do not have stable access to food that meets their nutritional needs, according ...
Media Release: Providing employment and tailored career support can improve the health, wellbeing and finances of people living with mental illness
Providing employment and tailored career support can improve the health, wellbeing and finances of people living with mental illness, according to a new evaluation report from CSI Swinburne and Vanguard ...
Media Release: Groundbreaking report reveals level of Indigenous financial exclusion
MARCH 29, 2019: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders fall into two groups – one suffering the most financial stress in Australia, another starting to build financial resilience – but both ...
Policy Spotlight: Housing and Employment
As we go to the election, health, climate, infrastructure, community services, and other social and economic issues important policy areas for us to consider for Australia’s future. For me, as ...
CEO Update - May 2019
Vale Bob Hawke I grew up with Hawkey. I was just six years old when he got elected Prime Minister and well into my teenage years by the end of ...
CEO Update - April 2019
We recently moved rapidly from digesting the Morrison government’s a budget, to understanding the opposition’s budget response, to being in the throes of a federal election cycle. There’s a lot ...
Media Release: Charities Struggle to Measure Outcomes
Research led by The University of Western Australia's Centre for Social Impact and funded by the Bankwest Foundation has found a gulf exists between the expectation of not-for-profit groups and ...
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