Recent Posts in ‘Spread the Word’
The ABC Giving Tree is Tasmania’s biggest Christmas charity
The ABC Giving Tree is Tasmania’s biggest Christmas charity, raising money and gathering gifts for those in need across the state. Find out how you can get involved and brighten someone’s Christmas this year. For more information go to ABC Giving Tree 2011
How to Have a Green Christmas Season
Sustainable Suburbia gives us some great ideas to having a Green Christmas? For many people around the world, we are approaching a time of giving, of family and of renewal. Whether you celebrate Diwali in October or November, Saint Nicholas Day on December 6, Hanukkah, Winter or Summer Solstice, Christmas, or even just New Year,
International Volunteer Day: 5 December 2011
Volunteering Australia supports IVD and encourages all volunteer based organisations to be involved and celebrate volunteering. International Volunteer Day (IVD) will be celebrated on Monday 5 December. IVD is a United Nations auspiced day that commenced in 1985 and is now celebrated around the world as a day to recognise the contribution of volunteers in
International Day of People with Disability: 3 December 2011
People with disabilities want to live normally among the rest of the people with the world. Even if the world is mostly designed for able-bodied people, they still want to live among the rest without any differences. They want to go out watch movies, go shopping, work, eat, and participate in sports events and many
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery: 2 December 2011
Join the United Nations this December 2nd to help fight the fight against contemporary forms of slavery. While slavery is often recognised as an institution confined to history, bonded labor and trafficking continues to affect millions globally. As we prepare to mark the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery on 2 December, it is timely
Boardies Day VIC & TAS: 1 December 2011
Celebrate summer and ditch your usual work or school attire for your favourite board shorts and help raise vital funds for Surf Life Saving. It’s open to all ages and a great way for you to support your local volunteer surf lifesavers. For more info go to www.boardiesday.com.au
World Aids Day: 1 December 2011
The theme for World AIDS Day 2011 is HIV is still here. The aim is to encourage all Australians to be aware of the prelavence of HIV/AIDS; to take action to reduce the transmission of HIV by promoting safe sex practices; and to accept individuals living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. To read more go
Bins work between the flags
Congratulations to “The Bins Between The Flags campaign” on their great success over the last 3 months reported in the Sunshine Coast Daily- Bins work between the flags A recycling program which targets Sunshine Coast beachgoers has taken 3000kg of aluminium cans and plastic bottles away from landfill in just three months. The Bins Between The
Water Safety Week 26 November – 4 December 2011
Don’t forget it is Water Safety Week, a key part of the longstanding state wide ‘Play it Safe by the Water’ campaign, is gearing up again as the summer season approaches. During this week a wide range of organisations and agencies across Victoria will be providing people of all ages and abilities with the opportunity to
Give Now Week: 28 November – 4 December 2011
GiveNow Week will take place around the country from 28 November – 4 December 2011. The aim of this annual event is to focus attention on the many ways that individuals, families, businesses, and groups can make a difference to the community in the lead-up to Christmas. It’s about helping people take some small, simple
White Ribbon Day: 25 November 2011
White Ribbon is an organisation that is working to prevent the most common and pervasive form of male violence – that towards women. All forms of violence are unacceptable. White Ribbon believes the prevention of violence against women will change society for the better. White Ribbon believes in the capacity of the individual to change
Oxfam, MobileMuster, recycle phones and chickens
A family in need could get a chicken this Christmas if you recycle old mobile phones. Not-for-profit phone recycler, MobileMuster, will donate up to 2000 chickens by giving one chook for every two mobiles recycled to a family through charity Oxfam Unwrapped. More than 19 million old and broken mobile phones remain unused in drawers
