Previous Community Grants recipients

East African Community Association
Woden
Amount: $2,000
East African Community Association will hold a Mental Health awareness workshop for local women to promote positive mental health and wellbeing and foster community connection.

Scullin Community Group
Scullin
Amount: $10,000
RECONNECT will establish local community groups that connect residents to reduce social isolation, build relationships and foster peer-to-peer support. The program builds community connection through weekly social activities such as crafts, music, walking and conversation.

Assisted Community Living
Sydney
Amount: $9,000
Gig Buddies for Better Mental Health connects adults with learning disabilities and / or autism with community volunteers to attend events together. The project addresses social isolation amongst this vulnerable group and highlights the benefits that friendship and participation have on mental health.

CatholicCare Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains
Springwood
Amount: $2,000
Community Women's Circles is peer support group for local women in the Blue Mountains to develop meaningful connections with others and foster resilience and confidence, to support themselves and their families through challenging or difficult times.

Central Coast ARAFMI
Bateau Bay
Amount: $2,000
Yakkalla Wellbeing and Recovery Project is a series of education and recreation workshops to improve mood and wellbeing. The project empowers participants to develop strategies in managing stress and responding to their physical and mental health needs.

Central West Womens Health Centre
Bathurst
Amount: $10,000
The Wellness Garden is a community garden for women to connect with each other and their community. While learning how to work a vegetable garden, participants will also be provided with support, education and skills to develop strategies to maintain positive mental health.

Cultural Diversity Network
Westmead
Amount: $2,000
Bringing Sunshine will educate immigrant, refugee and asylum seeker communities in Westmead about what positive mental health looks like, and how it can be maintained.

GLENRAC
Glen Innes
Amount: $9,840
Fire Break Dinners is a series of activities and events for the Glenn Innes community aimed at reducing social isolation, building connectedness and developing a safe environment for sharing and peer support.

Homes North
Gunnedah and Moree
Amount: $8,800
Share The Journey is a series of workshops for regional Aboriginal women to share their journey and build community connections. The program will support participants to develop mental health and wellbeing skills and create positive links with local services.

Home-Start National
Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
Amount: $10,000
The Family Connections and Wellbeing Project will appoint a Mental Health and Wellbeing Coordinator to connect with and offer support to isolated and vulnerable parents and children. The project will encourage parents and children to meet others and strengthen their relationships with their community.

House To Grow
Sydney
Amount: $10,000
Growing Healthy International Students promotes positive mental health and wellbeing for Sydney International students. The project will improve mental health literacy and will equip international students with skills in emotional intelligence to prevent and detect mental health issues.

Key Into Australia
Sydney
Amount: $10,000
Strengthening Social Connections is a support network for newly arrived migrant women in Sydney to build social connections within their local communities. The support groups aim to create meaningful social connections and develop a sense of belonging and inclusion that enhances the mental wellbeing of migrant women.

Mentoring Men
Hornsby
Amount: $9,650
Getting Out and Speaking Up is a one-on-one mentoring program for men to discuss issues they may be facing. The project will help build men’s self-awareness, reduce the impact of worry and build positive connections between men, their families and communities.

Mood Active
Surry Hills
Amount: $2,000
Mood Active's Education and Exercise Program is a four-week education and exercise program that supports people with mild to moderate mental health issues to get active, join others in the community and develop skills to establish positive life habits.

Nambucca Valley Phoenix
Bowraville
Amount: $2,000
Resilience: Advancing Despite Adversity is an art program and exhibition promoting and celebrating community resilience. The art program will support people who have experienced disadvantage to connect, learn new skills and ways to express themselves and create new goals through art practice.

Older Women's Network NSW
New South Wales
Amount: $2,000
Movement for Mental Health is an online movement-based program that encourages connection for isolated older women. The project helps participants to connect and engage in positive strategies for their mental health.

Port Macquarie Neighbourhood Centre
Wauchope
Amount: $10,000
Community Connect Family Fun Days is a series of community events for communities in the Hastings area affected by drought, bushfire and pandemic. In addition, the events will provide practical recovery information and planning, connect people to further support and develop volunteer groups for recovery building.

SCARF Inc
Wollongong
Amount: $10,000
Fostering Friendship is a befriending program that connects volunteers with vulnerable refugees in the Illawarra. The project helps participants create meaningful connections and enhances wellbeing for vulnerable people.

The Men's Table
Regional New South Wales
Amount: $10,000
The Men's Table will establish three new Tables in regional NSW communities affected by drought, fires and COVID to help address the social isolation and loneliness men experience. Men’s Tables connect men and provide an opportunity for them to talk about the issues that are impacting their lives, benefitting their mental well-being and supporting stronger communities for the long term.

The YMCA NSW
Parramatta
Amount: $9,911
Y Uplift is a 6-week active wellness program for young people who are experiencing mental health or life challenges. The program will support participants to improve their wellbeing and create connections through participation, discussion, and teamwork.

Tinonee Outreach
Tinonee
Amount: $10,000
Community Connect For Better Health is a series of community gatherings that encourages community members to reconnect and make new social connections in the wake of the November 2019 bushfires. The events will provide opportunities for counsellors and mental health clinicians to provide informal mental health support and other recovery advice in an approachable, accessible and non-confrontational environment.

Wollumbin Family Support
Murwillumbah
Amount: $4,500
Valuing Me is a support program for women in the Northern Rivers region to develop self-determination skills and positive self-esteem after the experience of domestic violence.

YP Space MNC
Kempsey
Amount: $9,233
YOUth Fit reduces barriers young people face in accessing safe fitness activities. The project will encourage children and young people in youth homelessness crisis accommodation in Kempsey to implement regular exercise to help reduce the impact of stress, anxiety and depression.

YWCA Australia
Goonellabah
Amount: $10,000
Mental Health Life Skills will deliver a series of co-designed group activities to support young people in Goonellabah manage their mental health and wellbeing. The project will decrease the stigma of talking about mental health and wellbeing issues and develop lifelong skills for maintaining positive mental health.

Anglicare N.T.
Darwin
Amount: $2,000
Speak Up and Speak Out is an event for young people in the Darwin and Palmerston community to share their experiences and stories on a range of topics relevant to them and their mental health. The event aims to reduce the stigma around mental health while inspiring the creation of community-based initiatives and empowering young people to be more involved in decision-making processes relating to youth mental health and wellbeing.

Red Dust Role Models
Nauiyu
Amount: $10,000
Strong Young Men and Boys of Nauiyu is a men's cultural health camp that empowers Aboriginal youth to engage in culturally safe narrative therapy activities, look after their mental health and support those around them.

Teachabout
Jilkminggan
Amount: $10,000
Supporting Community Connections and Leadership will work with local Aboriginal community members in remote Jilkminggan to design and facilitate school holiday programs and activities. The project will prioritise meaningful social and cultural connections to act as preventative diversions for youth poor mental health.

TeamHEALTH
Darwin
Amount: $2,000
Reducing Suicide Re-attempts is an outreach program that connects with at-risk individuals through meaningful recreational activities in a safe environment. The program aims to build rapport and support participants to improve their awareness of and access to specific mental health support.

Bundaberg & District Neighbourhood Centre
Bundaberg
Amount: $2,000
Opening Doors is a series of facilitated connection activities that build mental resilience and allow participants to enjoy social connections and improve their mental health and wellbeing.

Community Focus Association
Maroochydore
Amount: $10,000
Wellness Recovery Action Plan empowers people living with mental health challenges by self-designing a plan for life. Facilitated by people who have experienced mental health challenges and ongoing recovery, the program develops people’s capacity to participate in meaningful relationships, improve confidence and create the possibility for trying different or new ways of engaging in their lives.

Endeavour Foundation
Cannon Hill
Amount: $10,000
Breaking The Barriers is an education program that demystifies mental health and wellness among people with intellectual disability. The project will educate people with intellectual disability and their families about mental health, how it may present differently and provide information about when and where to seek further support.

Ethni Inc
Upper Coomera
Amount: $2,000
Ethni Conversations is a mental health and well-being program designed by and for young women from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds. The project will create a safe, social space for young women where they can connect with like-minded peers, talk about the challenges they face and be equipped with tools to help them navigate life.

Help Enterprises
Eagle Farm
Amount: $2,000
Healing Paints is an art healing program for First Nations Women who have experienced domestic violence and trauma due to the loss of a family member. The program will provide an avenue to explore emotions, relieve stress and enhance emotional wellbeing.

Highways And Byways
Injune, Surat, Mitchell and Wallumbilla
Amount: $6,705
Seeds of Connection is a series of connection workshops that promote emotional, physical and community nourishment. The project will provide wellbeing activities such as yoga and meditation for small drought-affected communities in south-western Queensland.

Kanyini Connections
Doonan
Amount: $7,800
Hoofbeats Sanctuary provides equine-assisted therapy programs that support children living with the consequences of trauma, neglect or abuse. Through incidental experiential learning, participants develop positive strategies to maintain mental health.

Salty Souls TKL
Sunshine Coast & Gold Coast
Amount: $10,000
Stand Tall is a surf therapy program for underprivileged youth to learn positive mental health strategies and re-engage with the community through learning to surf. The program connects children with further support and mentors and promotes recovery in a supported environment.

Special Needs Fraser Coast
Hervey Bay
Amount: $5,050
Get Your Happy On for Parents and Caregivers is a series of evidence-based workshops for caregivers of children with a disability to better manage their mental and emotional health and to effectively engage with the local community. The workshops will teach self-care tools and resilience strategies, develop informal peer networks and mentors and improve confidence to participate in the community.

The Carers Foundation
Cedar Creek
Amount: $10,000
Carers Mental Health Resilience Project provides workshops and programs to help carers learn new strategies to manage stress and developmental health resilience. In addition, the project provides opportunities for carers to connect with each other and create meaningful friendships and ongoing support connections.

Tin Can Bay Community And Mens Shed
Tin Can Bay
Amount: $2,000
Tin Can Bay Community and Men's Shed will develop new programs that reflect the diversity and needs of the community, engaging a wider range of the community and developing deeper community connections.

United Synergies
Gympie
Amount: $10,000
healthy headspace will establish a youth engagement committee and LGBTIQA+ youth group to give a voice to Gympie youth and support them to promote mental health awareness within the Gympie community. The youth groups will co-develop a series of workshops where young people can share experiences, build transferable skills, connect and learn strategies to positively impact mental health and wellbeing.

Welcoming Intercultural Neighbours
Rockhampton
Amount: $2,000
Promoting Cultural and Linguistically Diverse Migrant Women's Resilience provides art workshops to migrant women in the Rockhampton region. The workshops aim to strengthen peer-support and promote resilience.

Coonalpyn Community Hub
Coonalpyn
Amount: $10,000
Community Connect will establish new interest groups for the Connalypn community to experience meaningful connections that enhance the mental wellbeing with the community.

Moving A Head
Mt Barker
Amount: $3,000
Chuckle and Knuckle Your Way Through Depression is a 12-week course for men experiencing depression. The project teaches participants positive strategies to maintain mental health and wellbeing.

Northern Volunteering SA
Salisbury
Amount: $9,810
Mariposa Trails Wellbeing and Resilience Cultural Project engages with local Hispanic communities to address the stigma surrounding mental health. Using informal community education and culturally appropriate activities, the workshops will explore community wellbeing and suicide prevention messages.

Uniity
West Croydon
Amount: $9,000
Connections Across Generations brings people of different ages together to connect over common interests including arts, culture, books, food, and children. The project will connect community members and increase participants’ sense of belonging.

Hobart Women's Shelter
South Hobart
Amount: $2,489
DRUMBEAT After School is a hand drumming project for children and young people at Hobart Women's Shelter. The project will enhance and increase the sense of community within the shelter and provide participants with new strategies to maintain positive mental health.

Live Well Tasmania
Wynyard
Amount: $9,764
Engaging Our Community is a series of workshops such as art, yoga and goal setting for economically disadvantaged community members in the Waratah-Wynyard community. The workshops will provide a safe, non-judgemental and welcoming environment to encourage peer connections.

Relationships Australia Tasmania
Hobart
Amount: $5,100
Stay ChatTY Youth Positive Mental Health Campaign will provide tools, support and opportunity for Stay ChatTY’s Youth Reference Group to design and implement a for-youth, by-youth mental health promotion initiative for the post-COVID-19 period.

Ballarat And District Aboriginal Co-operative
Ballarat
Amount: $10,000
Positive Mental Health for Aboriginal Youth in Ballarat is a camp for local Aboriginal youth to visit country and experience healing in a culturally safe environment. The project will allow participants to share their experiences and challenges of their mental health with their peers, without judgement and within a supportive community framework.

BPD Community Victoria
South Melbourne
Amount: $2,000
The Borderline Personality Disorder Community Family & Friend’s Group is a peer-led support group for family and friends who have a loved one with Borderline Personality Disorder. This project will evaluate the group's effectiveness and identify how the group may better support one another.

Budgeree Hall Reserve Committee
Budgeree
Amount: $7,200
Budger-Tea is a series of morning teas for the community of Budgeree. The project seeks to strengthen community connections and provide a safe environment for peer-led support.

Cabrini Outreach
Greater Shepparton Area
Amount: $2,000
Addressing The Mental Health Care Gap connects temporary visa holders including people seeking asylum to mental health services. The project will provide culturally appropriate screening tools for service providers to recognise mental health deterioration and connect people with the right supports.

Charlton Neighbourhood House
Charlton
Amount: $2,000
Charlton Community Connection Health and Wellbeing Program will hold free movie screenings for the Charlton community to promote community connection and relationships.

Coonara Community House
Upper Ferntree Gully
Amount: $2,000
Lifting Community Spirit will implement an online and face-to-face social group in the Coonara community to engage and connect community members and strengthen the community sense of belonging.

Djerriwarrh Employment & Education Services
Melton
Amount: $9,000
Just For Dads and Father Figures provides tools and support to empower father figures and parents. The project will connect participants to support and referral options, and create peer-led Dads Groups to promote mateship, community and connection.

Geelong Ethnic Communities Council
Norlane and Corio
Amount: $10,000
New Links Visiting Program connects people from refugee backgrounds with local volunteers to visit and connect with them regularly. The program creates meaningful social connections between refugees and broader community and improves wellbeing, sense of belonging and self-worth.

Gellibrand Cricket Club
Newport
Amount: $3,000
Gellibrand Cricket Club will raise awareness of youth mental health. The project will encourage conversations among the club's young members regarding their mental health and provide ongoing support for participants.

Goulburn Valley Sports Assembly
Goulburn Valley Region
Amount: $10,000
On the Front Foot connects the Goulburn Valley sporting community with local community mental health services. The project aims to break down barriers to mental health services by offering workshops and a platform to promote positive mental health messaging and referral pathways in sport, ensuring early intervention is in front of mind.

Kensington Neighbourhood House
Kensington
Amount: $10,000
Tackling Mental Health addresses the trauma and associated mental health impacts of testing positive to COVID-19 amongst Australian Somali residents in Kensington. Through local forums, the project will share stories of resilience and explore strategies to promote positive mental health and wellbeing.

Kyneton Community & Learning Centre
Kyneton
Amount: $10,000
Friendship, Entertainment, Enjoy, Discover is a series of fun, inspiring and informative morning and afternoon teas to welcome and engage isolated and vulnerable people living in Kyneton. The project aims to develop community connection and provide information and resources of local community support.

Longbeach Place
Chelsea Heights
Amount: $5,776
Zooming Along! Connecting Seniors Socially will provide socially isolated seniors in the Chelsea community with training and assistance to use the online conferencing system, Zoom. By upskilling this group, participants will be able to connect with a variety of online groups and workshops such as yoga, technology classes and online social activities.

Monash Mens Shed
Glen Waverley
Amount: $5,000
Check Mate is a weekly program for men to check in and let others know how they are feeling and obtain support if necessary. The project is designed to engage men in the City of Monash to discuss their issues and seek support from their peers and provide strategies for positive mental health and professional referrals.

Phillip Island Community & Learning Centre
Cowes
Amount: $2,000
Strong, Safe and Well will establish two new community groups - a book club and a walking club - to support local women in the Phillip Island community to rebuild their confidence post-COVID-19, enhance their mental well-being and establish positive and lasting social connections.

Tatura Community House
Tatura
Amount: $2,000
Helping Hands Tatura Men's Group connects with men through local activities - such as fishing and computer classes - to provide mental health information and create community connection.

Willum Warrain Aboriginal Association
Hastings
Amount: $9,980
Strong Sistas builds positive social and emotional wellbeing and connection for Aboriginal women through cultural practices including, weaving, possum skin workshops and camps.

WiNE Network
North East Victoria
Amount: $2,000
Share and Connect is a series of online coaching sessions for women in North East Victoria. The project will develop a network of like-minded peers to learn from and support each other professionally and personally.

Women's Information Support And Housing In The North
Preston
Amount: $8,100
Art for Recovery and Wellbeing is a series of art workshops to support homeless women to recover from trauma, manage anxiety and depression, and forge close connections to other women with shared experiences.

Zoe Support Australia
Mildura
Amount: $2,000
Resilient Mothers aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young mothers in Mildura. Through the weekly supported playgroup, the project provides important information and an opportunity to connect with vulnerable mothers in an informal setting.

Capital Woodlands and Wetlands Conservation Association
Fyshwick
Amount: $10,000
The Jerrabomberra Wetlands Women’s Yarning Circle engages culturally displaced Indigenous women who had recently been incarcerated. The program focuses on individual well-being and strategies that will help re-integrate this marginal group by connecting them with culture and community.

Baptistcare Hopestreet
Willmot
Amount: $9,800
Together in Willmot is a community initiative that draws on skills and energy of local residents to design and deliver events and activities. The project will train, mentor and coach 10 local residents to be 'Community Placemakers', empowering them to take action within their neighbourhoods.

Community Life Batemans Bay Inc
Batemans Bay
Amount: $2,000
'Resilience and Wellbeing for Eurobodalla' connects the drought affected Eurobodalla community through free mental health and wellbeing workshops, helping to build the resilience of local farmers and businesses in this challenging time.

Coutts Crossing Croquet Club Inc
Coutts Crossing
Amount: $2,400
The Coutts Crossing Croquet Club helps people connect and support one another by bringing together youth and older residents through the sport of croquet. The project will create opportunities for intergenerational support through a spirited weekly croquet tournament.

Forbes Business Chamber Inc 
Forbes
Amount: $2,000
The Community Training Program is a series of skills training and development workshops. The workshops will upskill the local Forbes community who are suffering through the current drought and help to build the resilience of local farmers and businesses in this challenging time.

Greater Sydney Landcare Network Inc 
Greater Sydney
Amount: $10,000
Get Your Hands Dirty! uses environmental issues to engage and empower youth in Sydney. Building on the interest and commitment of many young people to be active in relation to environment and sustainability, participants are trained and supported to set up and run their own projects that reduce environmental impact.

Hills Rotaract Club Inc 
Baulkham Hills
Amount: $2,000
Teen Mental Health First Aid supports young mental health leaders to host free Mental Health First Aid courses for local youth. The project will empower young people to support their peers and take the lead on issues they care about.

Jesuit Refugee Service 
Westmead
Amount: $10,000
Tech to Connect provides digital skills training and access for people seeking asylum. The project builds the confidence and skills of asylum seekers, increasing their opportunities for employment and ultimately helps them to feel a sense of belonging and connect with the local community.

Kirinari Community Services
Katoomba
Amount: $2,000
The Hive is a multifaceted creative space for people with a disability. By developing the skills of people with a disability through creative projects (such as art, furniture and woodworking) participants learn important communication and life skills to better connect with the wider community.

Kogarah Community Services Inc 
Kogarah
Amount: $10,000
New Life, New Identity concentrates on combatting feelings of isolation and related mental health issues in the Chinese Migrant Community of Sydney's Southern regions. The program has been designed for, and with, the group it seeks to engage, to provide support and information to the residents in addition to helping them to connect them with each other.

Milton Ulladulla Men's Shed Inc 
Ulladulla
Amount: $1,198
Eat, Meet and Participate brings people together through regular free lunches. The project will encourage social connections and participation in community life for diverse people in the community who may be socially isolated, such as those suffering from mental health issues or those from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Project Youth Inc 
Menai
Amount: $10,000
The RAISE Program is a series of supported group activities designed to improve the employability and confidence of young parents in Sydney. The program provides access to community services and delivers work readiness training courses to help young parents build the best possible futures for themselves and their families.

South Coast Women's Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation 
Nowra
Amount: $10,000
Healing Our Women supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in rural NSW who are victims of domestic violence. Through gardening, storytelling, food education, art and writing, the project helps the women strengthen their friendship networks, build resilience and connect positively with their community and country.

South West Arts Inc 
Deniliquin
Amount: $10,000
South West Arts project is centred around a youth-led radio station. The project is about upskilling, empowering and providing opportunities for young people. Participants manage the radio station and lead conversations about issues important to them with the guidance and support of industry professionals.
The program promotes engagement in societal issues, provides vocational training and empowers young people to play an active role in their community.

Souths Cares PBI Ltd
Redfern
Amount: $2,000
The Leadership and Cultural Camp engages young Aboriginal people with their education and local communities and builds leadership and teamwork capabilities. The camp provides the opportunity for participants to disconnect from the 'hustle and bustle' of Sydney and social media, make meaningful connections with their Aboriginal culture and helps them create positive futures.

Sutherland Shire Family Services 
Engadine
Amount: $10,000
Respectfully Curious is a social space for LGBTIQ+ young people to develop life skills, explore their identity, gain knowledge and build connections. The project supports the group to connect in a safe and supportive environment.

Sutherland Shire Refugee Connection
Sutherland Shire
Amount: $2,000
The Refugee Settlement and Integration Project is a community-led initiative that connects the local community with new refugee families, helping them to settle into community life.

Swansea Community Cottage Inc 
Swansea
Amount: $2,000
First Aid for Mind and Body is a series of accessible physical and mental health first aid training workshops. Born out of a community-identified need for greater access to health and well-being educational programs, the program will increase coping capacity and resilience in the community and help to destigmatise mental illness health conditions.

Taree Basketball Association Inc 
Taree
Amount: $10,000
The Taree Wheelchair Basketball League is the first ongoing sporting program for people with a disability in rural NSW community of Taree. The program provides access to specially designed wheelchairs for players to fully participate and engage in a social and inclusive activity.

The Benevolent Society 
Paramatta
Amount: $10,000
The Cooking for One or Two program is a specially devised initiative for isolated elderly residents. Up to 30 participants will engage in a five week cooking program. The program will help build social connections, reduce feelings of isolation and enhance the group’s overall mental health and well-being as well as provide some additional life skills that can boost self esteem and independence.

Yumaro Limited 
Moruya
Amount: $10,000
The Ability to Connect Transport Project opens new doors for people living with disability in Eurobodalla and Shoalhaven, NSW. Over 200 people are expected to benefit from the new shared bus service to enable better access to work, education and employment services.

Artback NT
Borroloola
Amount: $10,000
The community-led Malandarri Festival in remote NT showcases traditional and contemporary dance practices of Borroloola's (Gulf of Carpentaria) Indigenous Peoples. The festival will connect the local community, support ongoing cultural exchange and provide local employment opportunities.

Gurrumul Yunupingu Foundation 
East Arnhem and Gunbalanya
Amount: $10,000
The Indigenous Children Song Project is an initiative of East Arnhem and Gunbalanya communities. Concerned with sharing cultural identity to build understanding and connection, Indigenous children's songs will be translated and performed by local community members into English to be shared with a wider audience. The project will provide a culturally safe opportunity for young people in remote communities to engage and contribute to their local community and learn about Indigenous culture.

Incite Arts Inc 
Alice Springs
Amount: $2,000
Move Masters empowers people with a disability from the Central Desert region to connect and participate in the performing arts. The program is an opportunity for people with a disability to participate meaningfully in community activities while promoting disability leadership.

Katherine Isolated Children's Service Inc
Katherine
Amount: $8,640
Books For Remote Children provides access to early learning books and promote literacy and education skills by sending books to children living in remote areas of the greater Katherine NT region. The project will build on the existing mobile playgroup service to identify socially and geographically isolated children living on pastoral stations and in Indigenous communities who will benefit from literacy resources.

Community Living Association
Nundah
Amount: $2,000
Scammers’ Group Peer Education equips people with an intellectual disability to protect themselves from fraudulent activity. The peer-led workshops will raise awareness and provide the skills and knowledge for participants to keep connecting to their communities both online and offline.

Digital Inclusions – North QLD Inc
Cairns
Amount: $2,000
Digital Inclusions’ Volunteer Training program trains local volunteers to deliver digital literacy courses for the local Cairns community. The program will develop the leadership skills of the volunteer community, and will give people the skills they need to access important services online and stay connected.

PTSD Resurrected Inc 
Southport
Amount: $10,000
The Love in Action project identifies a particular need among Queensland Veteran and Service individuals suffering from PTSD to feel valued and reconnected with society. Willing participants will be invited to become part of volunteer teams who reach out to and deliver care packages to local people experiencing homelessness across the Gold Coast.

The Migrant Centre Organisation Inc
Labrador
Amount: $9,650
The Migrant Centre's Men's Club is a support group for men from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. By providing culturally appropriate activities identified by the group, the program will promote positive mental health and resilience, improve knowledge of well-being and grow meaningful connections with other participants and the community.

The Women’s Shed Coolum Inc 
Coolum Beach
Amount: $10,000
The Women's Shed Coolum provides opportunities for women from diverse backgrounds to take on new challenges and build confidence and skills through a variety of educational and interactive workshops. The shed is an inclusive and welcoming environment that brings women together in a safe space to learn and grow.

Toowoomba Womens Shed Inc 
Toowoomba
Amount: $5,000
The Toowoomba Women's Shed provides a place for local women to connect with each other while they support the wider community. This project provides the tools they need to sew items that benefit local community members through charities and nursing homes.

Townsville Intercultural Centre Ltd 
Cranbrook
Amount: $2,000
After the recent Townsville flooding, local culturally diverse communities identified the need to learn about preparing for and accessing services in the event of a natural disaster. The Strengthening North Queensland CALD Communities workshops will empower individuals with the skills and knowledge needed in times of emergency.

Advancing Whyalla Inc
Whyalla
Amount: $10,000
ARCHies Coffee Chat Connect program provides a safe and supportive space for local residents who might be experiencing loneliness. The program provides training and education programs, and builds community connection through weekly social activities such as storytelling, skills share, exercise and trivia.

Can:Do 4Kids
Welland
Amount: $10,000
Can:Do 4Kids provides children who are blind, vision impaired, deaf or hearing impaired with fun and engaging activities. The children will learn social skills in a mainstream setting and build connections with others going through a shared experience.

Careship Coorong 
Coonalpyn
Amount: $9,000
Silver Trail is an inclusive community project supporting people living with dementia. Silver Trails provides safe and supported activities on a rural South Australian social care farm, increasing the well-being and self-esteem of participants and supporting inclusive community activities.

Edithburgh RSL & Bowling Club Inc 
Edithburgh
Amount: $2,000
The Edithburgh Legends connects seniors and people with a disability to socialise and participate in community life. The series of activities provides the means for isolated and disadvantaged people to meet with others, share information, and learn new skills.

Housing Choices SA 
Adelaide
Amount: $2,000
Great Day Out supports Housing Choices SA residents to meet with others and enjoy positive social experiences. By focusing on eliminating barriers to participation, the project supports and prioritises those residents with limited or no social connections.

Clarendon Vale Neighbourhood Centre
Clarendon Vale
Amount: $2,000
Create Zone helps young people connect through music, art and other recreational activities. Combining artistic and technical capability, the program helps young people develop supportive relationships and create positive futures.

Geeveston Community Centre Inc 
Geeveston
Amount: $7,540
Let's Get Digital is a training program that builds digital literacy skills for local Geeveston residents over the age of 50. The project will empower people with low digital literacy to access core services online and participate in community life.

Rural Alive and Well Inc 
Oatlands
Amount: $10,000
Rural Alive and Well (RAW) helps people in rural and disadvantaged Tasmanian communities connect. Workshops will provide Adult Mental Health First Aid training, bringing people together to improve their wellbeing and strengthen communities.

Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities Inc
Werribee
Amount: $9,340
The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities’ Wellbeing Program engages Melbourne-based carers from ethnic communities to improve their own wellbeing and reduce social isolation. The project will provide opportunities for participation in a variety of group sport and fitness activities.

Anakie & District Community Group Inc
Anakie
Amount: $2,790
The Anakie and District Community Group’s project reduces transportation barriers for isolated members of the community. The project ensures everyone in the local community can access vital services, and provides residents an opportunity to form social connections with each other and the wider community.

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Inc 
Footscray
Amount: $10,000
The Community Engagement & Development Program project uses sport and the arts to build connections and security. Through organised social group activities, participants will learn new skills, express their creativity and have the chance to be active in sports teams and family friendly activities to aid their adjustment and settlement in a new life in Australia.

Bonnie Doon Community Centre 
Bonnie Doon
Amount: $2,000
The Social Table is a series of casual conversations over free monthly meals for local residents in this small rural town. Designed to engage the community and support social connections, the project helps people feel like they belong in a safe and inviting space.

Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre 
Carlton
Amount: $10,000
The Make It Work Employment Program connects migrants and refugees with local businesses to provide training and employment. These valuable connections will help set them on pathways for a prosperous future in Australia.

Carringbush Adult Education 
Richmond
Amount: $9,985
Literacy for Life improves the literacy of adults from diverse backgrounds through weekly tutoring sessions. The project will engage and train volunteers to carry out the program, empowering and building skills for participants to engage with the wider community.

Clonbinane Community Action Group
Clonbanine
Amount: $9,135
The Clonbinane Community Action Group is concerned with disaster preparedness in a region that is prone to high fire risk. Local women will be trained to use chainsaws and take leadership roles to improve community response capability and disaster readiness.

Community Abundance Inc 
Mulgrave
Amount: $10,000
Community Abundance upskills and supports community leaders to promote harmony and social cohesion in their local setting. Focused on Dandenong's South Sudanese communities, the program will build the capability of participants to resolve local disputes. The new skills will help leaders to respond to social issues in their community in a cooperative and consultative way.

Community Four Ltd 
Dandenong
Amount: $10,000
Hazara Women Learning to Drive is focused on developing a useful skill among Hazara women creating new lives in Australia. A community-led initiative, the chance to achieve a VicRoads Learners Permit is seen as a key step in enabling the participants' independence and removing barriers to engaging in the wider community.

Maldon Neighbourhood Centre Inc 
Maldon
Amount: $10,000
Creating Social Connections builds the leadership capacity of the community to address the issue of social isolation in rural Victoria. The project will help develop co-design programs and services to benefit the community.

Melbourne Fringe 
Melbourne
Amount: $2,000
Melbourne Fringe Festival's Deadly Fringe helps to reduce barriers that First Nations artists and producers experience. By holding Yarning Circles for Indigenous people to connect and encouraging cultural awareness and respect, Deadly Fringe provides cultural support and connection for underrepresented artists.

Minus18 Foundation Inc 
Collingwood
Amount: $10,000
Minus18 will recruit and train LGBTIQ+ youth from diverse backgrounds to participate in and lead engagement activities in underserved areas. Empowering this group will help expand the voice for LGBTIQ+ youth and play an active role in a thriving community.

Ocean Mind Inc 
Torquay
Amount: $10,000
Ocean Mind is a mentoring program centred on surfing and friendship for young people at risk of or experiencing mental health challenges. The program fosters a sense of connection and builds self-efficacy and confidence while developing local community connections.

Raillery Hub Inc 
St Arnaud
Amount: $2,000
Tapping in to the Fountain of Youth helps young people connect to the community. By combing art programs in a welcoming space, the program gives participants an avenue to express themselves and engage with the wider community.

Reynard Street Neighbourhood House 
Coburg
Amount: $5,040
Inclusive Community Gardening connects socially isolated community members with a disability or illness through weekly supported gardening workshops. The project will provide safe, friendly and supported training, enabling broader participation in the community garden.

State Coal Mine - Rescue Station Arts Inc 
Wonthaggi
Amount: $9,836
The Artworks project connects vulnerable people by engaging them in the arts. Through a series of art workshops, the project will provide social connections and support and develop community engagement and leadership skills.

Sustain: The Australian Food Network 
Pakenham
Amount: $10,000
The United African Farm Initiative connects African migrant communities at a farm in Longwarry. By sharing skills, knowledge and culture from their own traditions with their new country through farming and food, the project fosters a sense of belonging and inclusion.

Upper Beaconsfield Community Centre Inc 
Upper Beaconsfield
Amount: $10,000
The Upper Beaconsfield Community Centre seeks to connect and empower local volunteer groups, enabling a more effective and coordinated response in times of emergency. Through co-design group activities, the groups will strengthen community networks and help their communities thrive.

Yarraville Community Centre 
Yarraville
Amount: $2,000
Youth Space Yarraville is a new space for young people to connect, socialise and support one another. Instigated by local youth leaders, Youth Space will engage young people to build friendships, support their peers and feel more connected to the community.

Yooralla
Regional Victoria
Amount: $2,000
Your Empowerment Support (YES) Is a self-advocacy group run by people with a disability to give participants the opportunity to have their voices heard on issues important to them. The project will support transport costs for participants regional Victoria communities of Drouin and Seymour to attend meetings, giving them the opportunity for to make connections and develop leadership skills.

Youth Albury Wodonga Inc 
Wodonga
Amount: $10,000
The North East Wilderness Leadership Program is a youth focused initiative. Highly interactive, the program is delivered via a 10 day camp designed to empower 24 disengaged young people to reconnect, identify and pursue their potential and act as role models for others in their community upon their return.