Awards

John McKenzie, Chief Legal Officer of Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) has been awarded the Law and Justice Foundation Justice Medal.

Susan Barton – the founder of the Lighthouse Foundation - has been named the winner of BrainLink’s Women of Achievement Award.

Hunger relief charity, Foodbank WA has been named as a finalist in this year’s Banksia Environmental Awards for its efforts to reduce food waste and implement recycling strategies.

Professional services firm PriceWaterHouseCoopers has taken out two awards at the Australian Charities Fund’s Inaugural Workplace Giving Awards, with cancer support charity RedKite and home entertainment retailerJB Hi-Fi also among the award winners.

Australians are being encouraged to nominate individuals and organisations that make a positive contribution to the lives of people with disability for the fifth annual National Disability Awards.

The 5th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards, aimed at showcasing how Not for Profit organisations around the world can use video to spread their message, are now open for public voting.

The public profile of social enterprise in Australia continues to rise, with the School for Social Entrepreneurs awarded the inaugural Macquarie Social Innovation Award.

After more than 1.3 million nominations and votes, the winners of the 2010 Mashable Awards have been announced including a must-follow Not for Profit.

Excellence in organisational performance by Australian Not for Profit organisations has been recognised in the 2010 Givewell Good Giving Charity Awards, with The Australian Wildlife Conservancy and Starlight Children’s Foundation taking out the top awards.