Volunteering—the New Career for Baby Boomers

Volunteering—the New Career for Baby Boomers

A few weeks after receiving a Public Service Medal honouring his contribution to human rights policy and law in Australia during his 26 years at the Human Rights Commission, David Mason resigned. Resigned from an organisation that for a quarter of a century fulfilled his need to secure greater social justice for marginalised groups of […]

We Have the Power Within Us to Get Ourselves Better

We Have the Power Within Us to Get Ourselves Better

I bumped into my former cello teacher, Heather Stratfold, at a Bach concert a few months ago and she told me about her struggle with chronic fatigue syndrome. She eventually gave up on mainstream medicine and decided to heal herself and she is keen to let other people with the condition know it is possible […]

Waking With a Name for an Orchestra

Waking With a Name for an Orchestra

‘I woke up suddenly, jolted upright at 4.30am on 28 December 2015, with an idea,’ Madeleine Easton, a baroque violinist says. ‘I’m going to set up a Bach orchestra in Australia.’ I’d lived and worked in Europe for 17 years, performing with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the English Baroque Soloists, directing the Bach Cantata series […]

David’s Inspiring Story

David’s Inspiring Story

A few weeks after receiving a Public Service Medal honouring his contribution to human rights policy and law in Australia during his 26 years at the Human Rights Commission, David Mason was faced with a stark choice— work for a new manager who he believed lacked the knowledge and skills to do the job competently— […]