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Hope Scholars

Hope Scholars

 The Hope Scholars program is an initiative that supports the education of young leaders from disadvantaged backgrounds in a number of developing countries, including India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Many have faced significant social and economic hardships, but continue this important work. Meet our amazing Hope Scholars

Nexus Network

Nexus Network

 

The Nexus Network is a network of individuals from diverse cultural, vocational and educational backgrounds focused on supporting positive social change and creating social capital. Members assist with a number of Nexus’ consultations and collaborations. Members of the network are placed with a number of charitable partner organisations as teams. Join Now

 

 

Nexus News

Nexus News

Youth Services - Frank Perrone
"I would like to thank Nexus Foundation for their great work undertaken to the benefit not only the young people in the City of Whitehorse but marginalised young people in the Eastern Region to access training, education, and employment opportunities that otherwise may not have been possible without Nexus' involvement."

Nexus Consulting

Nexus Consulting

 The Nexus consulting group affords support to NPOs, Charities, community organisations and individuals that have a desire to seek positive change in their communities and require assistance in achieving their desired change. The assistance afforded may be research, training, project facilitation, stakeholder engagement, innovation strategy, partner identification, monetary or in kind assistance, or merely championing their change effort.

BCLP

The Business & Community Leadership Program

  The Business and Community leadership program is an innovative leadership development program that seeks to expose candidates to contemporary leadership practices. Candidates are exposed to thought leaders from a number of different spheres. The program affords candidates the opportunity to work with and contribute to a number of different community projects and charitable organisations. Enrol for 2010
Welcome to the Nexus Foundation Website

Nexus Foundation Australia is a catalyst for social change. Nexus exists to create social capital, and forge relationships between, individuals, community groups, NPOs and other civil sector agencies to improve community welfare and address social challenges. We equip, empower, and support individuals and organisations that seek to initiate and drive worthwhile community development initiatives both locally and abroad.

What makes us unique as an organisation is our desire to support change efforts facilitated by other individuals, organisations and charatible enterprises. As such we are an outward looking entity seeking new and innovative partnerships, focused on delivering positive change outcomes that enhance the capacity of our partners and all connencted stakeholders. We seek to grow the human, economic capabilities of our partners and the 'joint' stock of social capital available to all within the polity. It is our desire to serve as an incubator for new ideas. We encourage you to join our consultant and associate network.

 

Nexus Associates 2009

 

Nexus would like to congradulate to BCLP Associates for 2009. They completed a number of worthwhile change projects and were wonderful contributors to the 2009 Leadership seminar series. The 2009 Associates were a diverse cohort from a number of universities locally and abroad. 

The Business and Community Leadership Program (BCLP) aims to introduce participants to new and innovative ideas in the areas of business and community development, while nurturing the leadership propensities of the participants. It aims to create a populous not limited by existing business concepts and models but rather seeks to encourage individuals to develop new and innovative approaches to business, community engagement and governance. Click here to enrol in BCLP for 2010

Featured Network Members

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Michael D'Rosario

Michael is a Lecturer in Finance & Ethics at Deakin University. Michael has also undertaken a Masters in Arts (International Justice) at the University of Melbourne, Michael's research focuses on morality, patriotism, and sovereignty. Michael's other research focuses on diaspora communities, game theory and development economics. In particular it is orientated around the individuals' moral assessment framework. He is currently undertaking his PhD in Econometrics. In addition Michael has completed ...

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Mukund Narayanamurti

Mukund is a Senior Manager in KPMG Australia’s dedicated Asia Markets Group and specializes in market entry advisory services focused on corporate investment activity between Australia and Asia with a particular emphasis on China and India.  Mukund has advised on various significant cross border mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and corporate reorganizations in the infrastructure, energy and natural resources, consumer foods and financial services sectors. Mukund graduated from Deakin University in ...

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James Holman

James Holman is an intriguing young character from the countryside east of Melbourne. Having just completed a Masters of Arts in International Relations and European Studies at the Central European University with a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship he has returned to Australia with a mind to tackle new challenges and embrace new opportunities. His main interests are ‘development through education’ and sees that the model of individual empowerment through training at ...

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Brian D'Rosario

Brian is truly passionate about community engagement and the growth of others. Born in Madras, India Brian understands the nature of poverty, and sees Nexus as a vehicle for positive and sustainable change. After spending his adolescence serving as a naval officer, Brian gave this career away to spend more time with his new family. Upon immigrating to Australia, Brian found himself working in the emerging area of Information technology, ...

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Carlene D'Rosario

Carlene is truly passionate about community development, with a recent trip to the Mekong region of Vietnam serving to catalyse this passion. Having spent time at Hoi Thien Thieu, one of Nexus' partner entities Carlene has a genuine understanding of the problem. Carlene spent time working and playing with the adolescents at the centre. She organised several trips and excursions for the children of the centre. She is passionate about ...

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Greg Judd

After graduating from Deakin University in 2006, Greg worked for over two years with KPMG Australia as a consultant in the Corporate Tax Division of KPMG Melbourne.  In 2009, Greg joined the Corporate & International Tax Division at the Melbourne office of BDO Kendalls Tax Lawyers.  Also in 2009, Greg joined the School of Law at Deakin University, Lecturing in Business Taxation Law.  Greg specialises in corporate and international tax, ...

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Bhavesh Modi

Bhavesh Modi has completed two master’s degrees in business and commerce majoring in finance and international trade and commerce respectively at Deakin University. He has completed undergraduate studied in engineering. He has served at Deakin University as a sessional lecturer and tutor. He has been involved in a number collaborative research projects. In the past he was actively involved with Deakin Business School Society and he has successfully organised many ...

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Nexus Quick Facts

The team

Nexus is managed by a multi-disciplinary team of individuals who share a passion for social entrepreneurship and sustainable development. Nexus is an endorsed tax concession charity (TCC) limited by guarantee. Nexus ...

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Governance

Nexus operates a member based model, with members duly appointing directors of the entity. Nexus is guided by a board of directors. The board appoints all key operational team...

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Hope Scholars

The Hope scholarship program provides funds to some of the poorest children in the developing world. It makes a university education or education at a vocational training centre possible. Many ...

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Social Entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurship is essentially a reference to the actions of an agent of positive social change. A social entrepreneur is an individual who identifies a social problem and utilises what ...

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The Nexus Model

We recognise that many solutions while being theoretically sound do not necessary translate well in all situations. As such our programs are driven by the needs communities, and are motivated ...

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Vision & Mission

Our vision is for a world without poverty and free of conflict, where individuals live without fear of hunger and persecution. A world where compassion is not limited by contrived ...

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Our logo

Our logo symbolises our missions and our vision. It represents the coming together of disparate communities; each arrow represents a disparate segregated community. The central dithered X represents the conduit, ...

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Anchor Social Housing Project

Description: The Anchor Social Housing Project (AHP) is a venture of Anchor Inc. a foster care and community care agency based in the outer East of Melbourne. The project seeks ...

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