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- Rockdale volunteer receives Presidents Award for years of service at Greenwood 27/11/2008 In the lead up to International Volunteer Day (5 December), Rockdale’s Martin Spiteri will be formally recognised for his work caring for older people, when he is presented with The Benevolent Society’s President’s Award in a ceremony at Greenwood Cottage on Tuesday 2 December.
- A new style of leadership for our complex and challenging times 27/11/2008 Leadership may be an issue that continues to fascinate people across the globe - as underscored by a Google search that delivers some 166 million results – but our concept is fuzzy, inconsistent and contradictory, says leadership expert Robbie Macpherson.
- Child Protection: band aid solutions won't help, total reconstruction and guaranteed funding will 24/11/2008 The Benevolent Society has urged the NSW Government to deliver a comprehensive plan on how it will act to improve the system for protecting vulnerable children and families, and give a clear commitment to funding it, following the release of the report by the Special Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW.
- Abuse of older people often missed and wrongly attributed to falls or illness 24/11/2008 Leading international expert Professor Laura Mosqueda, of the Irvine Center of Excellence in Elder Abuse and Neglect, University of California says that the abuse of older people is often hidden, as she speaks at a seminar in Sydney.
- Time for a new approach to leadership 21/11/2008 In today’s wider moral corporate environment, what sort of leadership is needed? According to academic, consultant and researcher Dr Amanda Sinclair, it is easier to define what it is we don’t want.
