Cheltenham Community Centre
Cheltenham Community Centre will deliver a 12-month inclusive activity program for people with intellectual disability. Two weekly sessions will offer movement, drama, games, creative activities and opportunities to socialise in a safe and welcoming community setting. Around 25-30 people are expected to participate each week, building confidence, friendships, wellbeing and a stronger sense of belonging.
DJÄKAMIRR Co-op
MAYPILAMA is a feature documentary sharing the story of Yolŋu First Nations women restoring cultural authority in maternal care through the Djäkamirr initiative. The grant will support Yolŋu leaders from Galiwin'ku to attend the Darwin launch & Melbourne premiere, ensuring the voices behind the story are present to engage audiences and media.
ECOllaboration
River Patrol is a volunteer-led program that removes litter from the Maroochy River catchment, helping to protect local waterways, aquatic life and water quality. Operating weekly, the program addresses litter pollution caused by recreational traffic and has removed more than 40 tonnes of litter from the river system to date.
The Footpath Library
The Footpath Library aims to enrich the lives of children experiencing homelessness by providing free excellent quality books. The Footpath Library will partner with 10-15 shelters in Greater Sydney, Central Coast and Hunter regions to distribute ‘literacy kits’ with age-appropriate books and activities to be given to children who are currently experiencing homelessness.
Great Southern Reef Foundation
Sea Country Stories: The Great Southern Reef will explore the cultural significance of the Great Southern Reef while highlighting how changing marine environments, including harmful algal blooms, affect Country, community and culturally important species.
Green Music Australia
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Cleaner Campsites tackles one of the biggest environmental challenges in live music: campsite waste. Through a combination of behaviour change campaigns, a digital tool (Camping Buddy), expanded gear hire, and onsite engagement stalls, we will help festival-goers reduce waste and make lower-impact choices.
Lifeline Loddon Mallee
Lifeline London Mallee delivers a domestic violence aware training program that builds community capability in recognising and responding to domestic violence. Participants will learn how to recognise domestic and family violence early, how to respond safely and in a trauma‑informed way, and how to connect victims to appropriate support.
Meals With Impact
Meals With Impact is a social enterprise that empowers women from migrant and refugee backgrounds to find employment through a shared love of food. Through its 10-week training and employment program, participants develop practical skills in food manufacturing, workplace communication, digital technology, financial literacy and food safety, alongside workplace experience and job readiness support.
Open Table
Open Table's Open Pantry program transforms rescued food into nourishing meals, pantry staples, and moments of connection. Through weekly lunches, a daily community pantry, and bimonthly markets in North Fitzroy and Fitzroy, it offers free, welcoming access to food — helping reduce waste, ease financial stress, and build a more connected local community.
Prace
Prace will run a Future Fit program which supports young people aged 16-20 in Melbourne's outer north who are no longer in school and face barriers to further study or work. Through tailored group learning, individual mentoring and a practical hospitality and customer service taster, the program rebuilds confidence, strengthens employability skills and reconnects participants with pathways into education, training and employment.
The Reconnect Project
The Reconnect Project project will provide 100 high quality, fully refurbished laptops to primary and high school students attending the lowest socioeconomic schools in Tasmania. Each laptop will be securely erased and fully refurbished by neurodivergent young adults who are receiving training and employment in the organisation's repair workshop.
Rethink Recycling
Rethink Recycling will design and build the RRC Cube. The RRC Cube is a compact, portable STEM recycling system designed to make hands-on circular economy education more accessible. The project creates an innovative education platform providing for the foundation of practical STEM learning across schools and community settings.
Wildlife Unlimited
Wildlife Unlimited is working to support the recovery of the Spot Tailed Quoll in east Gippsland. The Spot-tailed Quoll (STQ) is a keystone species for east Gippsland and of cultural importance to traditional owners. This project will support recovery of the STQ in east Gippsland by installing solar panels on cellular-enabled cameras deployed in 3 remote locations.
Women of Colour Australia
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WoCMentorWoC is a national online mentorship program pairing Women of Colour with experienced WoC mentors across 4 months. This program builds leadership confidence, career capability and networks for lasting gender-equal change.