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Governance Institute hires new national director of education and training

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... training at the NSW Institute of Psychiatry. During this time the Institute of Psychiatry transitioned to become the mental health portfolio of the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI), under the direction of the Mental Health Commission of ...

Social Ventures Australia launches $7 million Resolve Social Benefit Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Ventures Australia (SVA) has gathered $7 million in capital to fund a social benefit bond to fund a program addressing mental health services. Elyse Sainty, SVA director impact investing The Resolve Social Benefit Bond (Resolve SBB) will fund the Resolve ...

Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... 60,000 beneficiaries, including 126 school supported, 319 jobs created, 1072 people with disabilities supported, 669 mental health sessions delivered and 11501 MWh of renewable energy generated. Respondents also reported that since inception, ï¬nancial ...

ACSI calls for better ASX disclosure of mental health and safety

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... More than 90% of ASX200 financial companies and 75% of mining and utilities companies have commitments to workplace mental health and safety, but barely one third publicly disclose information on the effectiveness of those programs, according to research ...

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Haven in Caboolture, Qld to fund the purchase of crisis accommodation; and to Central Coast ARAFMI in NSW to support mental health carers and people living with mental illness. SEFA has allocated "over AU$500,000" to each of the three projects, said ...

SuperMIND calculates costs of mental illness, suicide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund and their insurers more than AU$200 million between 2007-2011,according to SuperFriend, a not-for-profit mental health foundation. Shane Fielding, principal of group risk at IFS Insurance Solutions Improving support for mental health ...

Cbus Super to target suicide prevention initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... track the incidence of suicide," Lockwood said. "We will also work with providers in the industry that roll out mental health intervention programs to help them better direct the programs they provide, because the research showed there's a clear demonstration ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... "some form of treatment" for HIV/AIDS, he said. Marshall spoke of a partnership with beyondblue, a not-for-profit mental health organisation. Abigroup wanted to target mental health as it related to the construction industry, and Marshall noted that ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... routinely managed and reported in some industries, other issues, such as flexible working arrangements, gender, mental health and professional development are also being emphasised in companies' strategic focus and reporting. Geraldine Margery "To be ...

Henry Davis York reports increase in pro bono, energy and travel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... sessions in 2012 to 18 in 2011. Henry Davis York also undertook a number of steps to address emotional resilience and mental health in the workplace, noting that the legal industry has 2.5 times the national average of depression. Meanwhile, Henry Davis ...