Anglicare Knit In 2007
Calling all enthusiastic knitters, or would be knitters: the Anglicare Knit-in 2007 is on Wednesday July 4 in the ballroom of Government House from 9am to 3pm. So dig out your knitting needles, find...
View ArticleKnitting for AIDS babies
A couple of weeks ago Maureen Cocks sent out a call for some wool on the 720 Breakfast program.
View ArticlePatch Adams
After numerous phone calls and emails requesting a copy of the Patch Adam's interview, we bring you Geraldine Mellet's chat with the original clown doctor ...
View ArticleCouple caring for the homeless now homeless themselves
Perth couple Bev and John Lowe have been feeding the poor and homeless in Perth for 12 years. But they're being kicked out of the Northbridge kitchen they prepare nightly meals for dozens of people.
View ArticleHappy 50th Birthday Charlies
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is turning 50 and Eoin Cameron was there to help celebrate.
View ArticleSurfireval of the fittest
When you're fighting a fire, the last thing you want to be doing, is carrying your mate to the front of the fire truck because their dodgy back is playing up again.
View ArticleCooking With Kindness
When grief strikes it's hard to know how to help. But, as Kate Nelson - our Floral Apron Cook - reminds us, the simple and practical gesture of providing a nourishing meal is a kindness that will be...
View ArticleWA's volunteer ambos 'stretched'
How many of us actually volunteer in our spare time? Listen to Glenn Barndon's interview with Merle Isbister and Michael Jack.
View ArticleLogging protest from tourist tower
Protesters have scaled Perth's belltower to highlight their opposition to logging of forests in the South West.
View ArticleCycling the Nullarbor, 4000 kilometres , 20 hours a day
What's the longest cycle you've ever done? A few hours? Or if you're a keen cyclist maybe you've been on a long tour ride of ten hours in a day? But imagine riding for more than 20 hours for seven or...
View ArticleWA town swells for 10 year Vietnam reunion
So many inland Australian rural towns struggle to attract many visitors. You'd think Bruce Rock would be one of them. Bruce Rock is three hours drive east of Perth, on the edge of WA's wheatbelt and...
View ArticleCalls for more volunteers to pick up the phone
Do you know the names of you neighbours? When was the last time you saw them? After a woman was found dead in her home six months after she passed away, many are asking if we have lost a sense of...
View ArticleWOW - Celebrities and athletes abseil for Wear Orange Wednesday
Wear Orange Wednesday, or WOW, is a part of National SES Week (November 7-14) and marks the time and effort SES volunteers put into to their work.
View ArticleFrederick Beales lost his father in WWI, fought in WWII and volunteers on...
Frederick James Beales was born in 1918 but his life has been shaped by war ever since. On Remembrance Day he will do what he does every other day of the year, volunteer at the Citiplace Community...
View ArticlePerth's Homeless Connect provides free food, clothes, services and pampering
Around 600 people gathered in Russell Square, Northbridge, for Perth's third Homeless Connect.
View ArticlePerth youths capture their view of the world
The Camera Recycle Project is a non-for-profit organisation that gives youths from disadvantaged background the opportunity to be "Community Reporters" and express themselves creatively while learning...
View ArticlePerth's cupcake love for flood victims
Aspiring master pastry chefs in Perth baked into the night for a good cause. Raising money for flood victims in a unique way, volunteers created over a thousand cupcakes for the Cupcakes of Love for...
View ArticleVolunteering tourism is a fast growing trend
Volunteering in far flung destinations often comes from a desire to give back but could 'voluntourism' be doing as much harm as good?
View ArticlePerth footballers help Brisbane clean-up
An AFL football club from Perth is helping the flood recovery effort in Brisbane's western suburbs. The team is staying with the Sherwood District Football Club, cleaning up the ground and neighbouring...
View ArticleOAM for WA bee enthusiast
A West Australian bee enthusist is amungst those on the honours list for an Order of Australia Medal this Australia Day. Eduard Planken has been a strong advocate in the development of the bee industry...
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