Paul Ramsay Foundation

01/06/2026

Our friends at The Ian Potter Foundation have now opened EOIs for their Community Wellbeing grants program. The program seeks to fund initiatives delivered by organisations supporting people with disabilities, or otherwise marginalised individuals primarily with the objective to secure employment pathways. EOIs close on 18 June - find out more https://loom.ly/1wzpqOM

The Foundation seeks to identify and support those organisations which have well thought out projects that seek to help vulnerable members of the community to overcome the challenging circumstances in which they find themselves.

28/05/2026

Our friends at Infoxchange are seeking responses for their annual Digital Technology in the NFP Sector Survey, which provides a picture of how not-for-profits across Australia and New Zealand are using technology – what’s working, what’s holding them back and where support is needed. By taking part, you’re ensuring the real technology needs of organisations in the NFP sector are seen, understood and acted upon.

The survey takes 15 minutes to complete and is for anyone working or volunteering for a charity or not-for-profit operating in Australia or New Zealand.

📝 Complete the survey by 5 june: https://loom.ly/CnS8U60

Digital Technology in the Not-for-Profit Sector Survey 2026.

28/05/2026

This National Reconciliation Week we asked Chief First Nations Officer Michelle Steele what it takes for philanthropy to be All In for reconciliation. Her top tips:

1. Listen deeply to First Nations communities and back their aspirations for the future

2. Invest in long-term relationships and move at the speed of trust

3. Support solutions shaped, led, and governed by First Nations peoples

4. Shift more decision-making power and funding directly to First Nations-led organisations and initiatives

5. Value First Nations ways of knowing, being, and doing - including community-defined measures of success and impact.



Artwork: ‘Gaagal’ (Ocean) 2024, by Gumbaynggirr / Bundjalung artist Otis Hope Carey

25/05/2026

Our social security system should be there when we need it, just like other important services such as Medicare and public education.

The system of compulsory activities outsourced to private providers is difficult to navigate and threatens those already in precarious situations with having their only source of income cut off without notice.

“On Centrelink, you’re required to do a certain amount of mutual obligations,” says Jesse. “If you don't do those things, your payment will get suspended. You're already stressed because you don't have a job. You don't have enough money to buy food or to do what you need to do. And then they will harass you as if you're a criminal. It doesn't help people get work at all.”

PRF partner The Antipoverty Centre is a collective of activists, advocates and researchers with direct, contemporary experience of poverty and unemployment. Its goal is to help ensure the voices and rights of people on the lowest incomes are at the centre of social policy development and discourse.

Join Antipoverty Centre for the online launch of a new mini documentary featuring Jesse, with a panel discussion to hear more from people with living experience of Australia’s social security system.

📆 17 June, 7.00pm AEST
👉https://loom.ly/7QQvGXA

24/05/2026

If you'd like to have your say about what supports and what undermines wellbeing across the social change sector, this week is your final chance to contribute to the global State of Changemaker Wellbeing Survey. Run by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Center for Healthy Minds, in partnership with The Wellbeing Project, and Humin, this global research study will help ground future conversations and decisions about sector wellbeing in evidence, not assumptions. Insights from this research will help inform learning, dialogue, and action across the field.
Only takes 5-10 minutes to complete: https://loom.ly/4RBQySw

State of Changemaker Wellbeing Survey

20/05/2026

Our friends at Westpac Scholars Trust have opened applications for the 2027 Westpac Social Change Fellowship, supporting people already leading positive change across Australia.

Fellows receive up to $50,000 to invest in their leadership, with a development experience shaped around their needs, and a network of peers alongside them.

If you or someone in your network is already creating meaningful impact and ready to take it further, this is well worth a look.
💻Find out more and apply here: https://loom.ly/FAE9POA
📆Applications close Tuesday 16 June, 5pm AEST.

11/05/2026

Are you looking for the right fellowship, funding pathway, or leadership development opportunity to strengthen your impact? Our friends at Sidney Myer Fund and The Myer Foundation, Westpac Scholars Trust and Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity are joining forces for a special collective briefing, bringing together leading philanthropic fellowship programs that support purpose-driven leaders across Australia and the region. Together, they will share what their programs are designed to support, who they are looking for, and how purpose-driven leaders can engage with these opportunities more strategically.

📆Wednesday 20 May, 12pm (AEST)
💻Register for the online event: https://loom.ly/nIb-4ig

Discover three major fellowships supporting purpose-driven leaders in one info session. May 20, 12 PM AEST. Free to attend.

06/05/2026

🎉A huge congrats to the 2026 PRF Fellows announced today; five leaders driving systemic change to stop disadvantage in Australia through community-led innovation: Janine Dureau, Jeanette Pope, Levi-Joel Tamou, Monica McKenzie and Todd Fernando.

The five Fellows each receive up to $250K over 18 months to pursue bold, transformative ideas, and join a collaborative network of leaders building new possibilities for their communities and for the systems that shape people’s lives.

"The PRF Fellowship is about investing in the person as much as the project," says PRF Chief Impact Officer Carolyn Curtis. “By giving courageous thinkers the space, resources and trust they need to pursue ideas that can shift systems and create lasting change, we can uncover new pathways to a future where people and places have what they need to thrive."

Learn more: https://loom.ly/I44_Qjs

Paul Ramsay Foundation today announced the five recipients of the 2026 PRF Fellowship Program, a cohort of leaders driving systemic change to stop disadvantage in Australia through community-led innovation

05/05/2026

“Real progress means more than simply inviting lived experience and community-based knowledge into the room," says Morgan Cataldo about new research on the role of Lived Experience Leadership. "It means being accountable, acting on what’s heard and being willing to be changed by it.”

'On Our Own Terms', a research report convened by Morgan in collaboration with Robyn Martin, Perrie Ballantyne, Suzi Hayes and Kelsey Dole from RMIT, reveals the hidden costs of leadership grounded in lived experience – and possibilities for true systems transformation.

The findings, drawn from in-depth conversations with lived experience and community leaders across Australia, invites readers to reflect on what it means to lead from lived and living standpoints — including the opportunities this creates, the tensions it surfaces, and the personal and political costs it can carry.

Read more: https://loom.ly/KQpaJHw

New research on the role of Lived Experience Leadership in solving societal challenges shows that it is a mature, community-anchored discipline reshaping systems – and calls on institutions to recognise its legitimacy and authority.

30/04/2026

How can social purpose organisations engage with AI to deliver better outcomes? Join our friends at The Smith Family for a webinar on 21 May for some practical insights, including lessons about responsible adoption, opportunities and risks, and some real world use cases in a not-for-profit context.
More information and registration here: https://loom.ly/ppgS4ns

Join us as we explore real-world examples of Al adoption at The Smith Family and the not-for-profit sector to deliver better outcomes. Hear from an expert panel as they share their practical insights, early results and candid reflections on navigating the opportunities and risks associated with Al.