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The Scouts’ motto is ‘Be prepared’, so when the fires hit NSW in the summer of 2019-2020, the 1st Braidwood Scouts of NSW sprung into action to serve their community. Malcolm Campbell, the Scouts Leader in Charge, with his wife Chris (the Scout Group’s Publicity Officer), along with their kids – Scout members Charlie and Henry, began fundraising for the local fire station through Return and Earn; the drink container deposit scheme in NSW. Malcolm and Chris celebrating their special Scouts Group. Image: 1st Braidwood Scouts Facebook. “Whilst the local firefighting services prote...

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Social enterprise: why entrepreneurship isn't always about making money 7 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 7 minutes to read A fundraising project started by Kerikeri young entrepreneur Anika Beren resulted in a $16,000 donation to the Bay of Islands Animal Rescue charity. Photo/Peter de Graaf. A fundraising project started by Kerikeri young entrepreneur Anika Beren resulted in a $16,000 donation to the Bay of Islands Animal Rescue charity. Photo/Peter de Graaf. Jane Phare is a senior business reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjane.phare@nzme.co.nz In the final part of our series Jane Phare finds out wh...

When Secure IT’s Darren Perera heard that internet services were needed at a support camp set up by bushfire relief effort BlazeAid, he reached out to the SMBiT association to see what could be done. West Perth’s Qbit Computers director Fabio Suffell immediately brainstormed with his team for possible IT solutions to help improve the living conditions for the Brigadoon volunteers’ camp, set up in response to the devastating bushfires that happened late January to early February 2021. In the middle of a COVID-19 lockdown, a bushfire broke out in Western Australia that burnt through 9,000...