From humble beginnings hosting small pub meets at the Indian Ocean Hotel in Scarborough, to a burgeoning social media following, a podcast and, now, a documentary, WA charity 20Talk is having a dramatic impact on the mental health of young West Australians. Founders Lockie O’Donoghue and Leighton Bradfield have dedicated the entirety of their twenties … Read more
Christine Campbell was nine years old when she migrated from the Philippines to Australia in 1995 — she was seeking a better life, but would soon to discover a set of hurdles. Campbell was living in Melbourne, when at the age of 15 she and her mother fled from violence at home. The teenager had … Read more
A 50-room satellite site for Ronald McDonald House will welcome its first families on Monday as work begins on a business case to triple the capacity of its Nedlands headquarters. The long-running charity provides accommodation and wraparound support to regional families forced to travel to Perth while their children receive medical treatment. FOLLOW US ON … Read more
Your donated threads may get shredded instead. That’s the warning from a Westchester County Democrat who is proposing a law that would force clothing donation bins to include signs spelling out exactly where the gifts will actually end up. Clothes tossed in the ubiquitous bins — typically found outside places like shopping centers, houses of … Read more
First Lady Jill Biden and her daughter Ashley Biden highlighted the Biden administration’s efforts to fight on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community at the Human Rights Campaign’s 2024 Los Angeles dinner on Saturday evening, March 23. “Thanks to our president, marriage equality is now a law, he ended the ban on bisexual and gay men … Read more
Most of the $640 million in new charitable donations Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott is dishing out will go to nonprofits pushing extreme left-wing causes, including helping migrants who commit crimes and boosting male-born transgender athletes who want to compete against women. Scott will provide 67 migrant-advocacy organizations a combined $122 million for … Read more
Mark Knopfler has rounded up a stellar list of names for Teenage Cancer Trust’s new single (Image: Joby Sessions/Guitarist Magazine/Future via Getty Images) It’s a long journey from a 1970s cyclone to 83-year-old Ringo Starr picking up his drumsticks. But, if you want to trace the arc of the charity single, then this is its … Read more
Joe Powell-Main was a promising Royal Ballet student when a recurring knee injury and car accident at 14 seemed to end it all. For years, he was “made to feel like I don’t belong,” but fought back and built a dynamic new dance career. Tonight, Joe will take to the stage at the charity gala … Read more
Yesica Jaimes of Lancaster, a student in the Los Angeles Mission rehabilitation program, prepares pork tamales with chili sauce on Christmas Day, Monday, Dec. 25, 2023, at the mission in Los Angeles. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer) Aqueda Baeza of Lancaster, a student in the Los Angeles Mission rehabilitation program, prepares pork tamales with … Read more
Faith. Hope. Charity. Sure, Christmas brought its usual supersized feasts and gift-giving flurries. But across Los Angeles County, Christmas Day for millions inspired Masses and spiritual services celebrating the birth of Jesus, prayers for peace during violent times around the world, and efforts to feed and clothe the poor across a region still beset by … Read more
