Not-for-profit seminar series - Victoria
PilchConnect provides regular seminars on legal issues that affect not-for-profit community organisations. These seminars are provided with the generous pro bono support of PILCH member law firms and guest presenters - for more details see our partners and supporters.
PilchConnect's seminar series on common legal issues for not-for-profit organisations are:
- aimed at small to medium not-for-profit community organisations
- held at different venues in Melbourne's CBD area
- presented by our member law firms and/or PilchConnect lawyers, and
- are sometimes limited to 2 people per organisation per seminar (due to seat availability).
2013 seminar program
| Date |
Title |
Details |
| February 25 |
Legal issues in managing volunteers |
Details |
| March 20 |
Intellectual property for community organisations |
Details |
| May 2 |
Associations rules changes (*NEW IN 2013) |
Details |
| May 30 |
Fundraising |
Details |
| June 12 |
Internal disputes |
Details |
| July 17 |
Managing employee conflict in the not-for-profit workplace |
Details |
| July 23 |
Legal issues in managing volunteers (repeat seminar) |
Details |
| August 20 |
Tax |
Details |
| September 24 |
Legal issues for social enterprises (*NEW IN 2013) |
Details |
| October 1 |
Associations rules changes (*NEW IN 2013) (repeat seminar) |
Details |
| October 23 |
Social media |
Details |
| November 20 |
Not-for-profit and charity law update (Geelong) |
Details |
| December 4 |
Charity Law and Regulation - the Year in Review |
Details |
More sessions may be made available throughout the year. To stay informed of our upcoming training, sign up to PilchConnect's free monthly e-bulletin.
Fee structure
Half day seminars (3 hrs includes morning tea)
$50 small orgs (up to 10 EFT employees)
$100 larger orgs (more than 10 EFT employees)
Full day seminars (includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea)
$100 small orgs (up to 10 EFT employees)
$200 larger orgs (more than 10 EFT employees)
PilchConnect is a not-for-proft organisation set up by PILCH (a Victorian community legal centre) to provide free and low-cost legal assistance to not-for-profit community organisations. The fees charged for the not-for-profit seminar series simply cover the costs of running training.
PilchConnect strives to make our seminars accessible to small-medium NFPs, and we appreciate that many organisations have limited resources and rely heavily on the work of volunteers. We considered that a tiered fee structure was fairer to both smaller and large organisations. Most of the organisations that attend PilchConnect seminars will fall into the ‘small' organisation category - for both small and larger organisations we consider that the fees represent excellent value for professional legal information training.
As always we appreciate your feedback. PilchConnect can be contacted by 
email connect@pilch.org.au or call us on 
1800 706 220.
Past seminars
Past seminar topics include not-for-profit tax concessions, governance issues, running AGMs and meetings, legal issues in managing volunteers, employment law, occupational health and safety, intellectual property, and insurance.
Details on the seminar series in previous years are listed below:
2011 Not-for-profit seminar series
2012 Not-for-profit seminar series
If you would like to suggest a legal topic or area for our seminar series, please
email connect@pilch.org.au or call us on 1800 706 220.