Making a Difference
Hands Across Canberra is a community foundation dedicated to empowering local charities. It does this by raising substantial funds and leveraging philanthropic resources to support community initiatives, strengthen the charitable sector and drive positive change in the capital region.
Since our inception, we’ve raised a significant amount to support local causes. Over $6 million has been distributed to local initiatives since 2010. Our top priority is to drive real social change that leads to improved lives and a healthier, thriving Canberra community.
We work with over 350 charitable partners to achieve this. Our network of charitable partners amplifies our community impact.
We strive to make giving accessible to everyone—whether you’re giving now, planning for the future, donating online or in-person, or choosing between cause-based or pooled giving. We all want to make Canberra a better place for everyone, now and for generations to come.
The most important aspect of our community fundraising is that money raised here, stays here, through our local grant programs.
In 2023-24, we developed opportunities to give back and invest in our community in response to key social and emerging issues. Our supporters contributed through our grant rounds, appeals, and physical events giving time, treasure and talent more generously than ever.
Our EOFY year more than doubled from the previous year, raising $500,000 for Canberra. Over $3 million was raised during the year, and the amount in the Perpetual Fund grew from $1.2 million to $1.8 million through four additional named funds. We also received our first bequest pledge.
JB Were helps us to invest our endowments ethically and intelligently.
Key Reasons why Canberran’s give to Hands Across Canberra:
- Local impact: Money raised stays in Canberra.
- Diverse giving options: Choose how you want to contribute.
- Partnering for progress: We work with local organisations.
- Growing assets: Investing for a sustainable future.
- Ears on the ground: we know our community well and know where the biggest needs are.
Three major campaigns and events this year together raised $1.3 million
Some of the community initiatives in 2023–24 where Canberrans gave generously:
- Masters Builders Association raised $14,500 together with the ACT Cricket Associaton through their Charity Cricket Match in March.
- Canberra Airport Runway Tour, an airside bus tour, raised a total of $9,964.10 throughout the year for Hands Across Canberra
- The Canberra Symphony Orchestra gifted tickets to our network of organisations, providing staff and clients respite
- Synergy and SOLVit generously donated 55 laptops to our network of community organisations, supporting their capacity, volunteers and clients
- Each year the IKEA Christmas Drive asks customers to donate a soft toy for our local charities. Hands Across Canberra distributes these to charity partners preparing hampers for Christmas.
- Spence Friendly Grocer donated funds from a designer burger created for the Canberra Day Appeal 2024 which was launched at the Spence location.
- Events ACT joined hands with Hands Across Canberra to deliver the inaugural Canberra Day Appeal Fun Run. 700 runners supported local causes, raising $5,000.
- Hands Across Canberra participated in major sporting events, providing opportunities for fundraising throughout the year. The Canberra Raiders vs Rabbitohs match raised $10,000 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander supporting charities and the Raiders have become valued partners.
So many initiatives from charities and corporate donors boost the Canberra Day Appeal and other fundraising efforts throughout the year. We look forward to expanding the reach and activation of partnerships as we forge into the new 2024-25 financial year.
Granting for a Canberra where everyone thrives
Hands Across Canberra relies on donations and despite economic challenges, Canberrans demonstrated remarkable generosity this year. Through strategic grant making and capacity building initiatives, we support organisations providing vital services to our most vulnerable residents.
Overall, during the 2023/24 financial year, the Hands Across Canberra Group provided direct funding to charities of $1.5m and mobilized a further $1.2m in conjunction with partner foundations in the ACT to provide a total of over $2.7m to local charities.
Our deep understanding of Canberra’s needs allows us to maximize the impact of every donation. By collaborating with donors, community leaders, and service providers, we ensure our funding aligns with the evolving priorities of our city.
Our commitment to equity, inclusion, and effectiveness guides our philanthropic practices, ensuring that every dollar makes a meaningful difference.
Our 2023-24 grant rounds
The Sue Salthouse Leadership Fund was established to assist people with disability to access opportunities that build skills and experience, and to enhance the representation and leadership capacity of people with disability.
The fund recognises Sue’s hard work championing inclusion and leadership opportunities for people with disability and focuses specifically on women and girls.
Together with partners in community and government, and in honour of the late Sue Salthouse, the Sue Salthouse Leadership Fund ran its second grant round.
Scholarship recipients in 2023 included:
- Karin Holmes: Supervisor training for disability aware counsellors $1,000
- Charlotte Bailey: Attend World Down Syndrome Congress in Brisbane, July 2024 $1,500
- Liz Lea: Mentoring/training in the practical reality of XR and VR worlds with Virtual View $2,400
- Katie Price: Attend mental health services conference $1,100
Hands Across Canberra administers the fund, which was set up with $75,000 of starting funds from the ACT Government’s Community Services Directorate. Hands Across Canberra made a three-year commitment to inject $10,000 for scholarships per year.
Since launch its received philanthropic support and donations from the public, supporters and the Salthouse Family, enabling the fund to grow to its current value of $219,892.
The Canberra Foundations Collaborative is a joint philanthropic initiative between Hands Across Canberra, the Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund, The Snow Foundation, and the John James Foundation.
Together we are channelling the power of collaborative funding for good in our community while fostering a culture of shared understanding, knowledge and cooperation best practice.
We are grateful for support from the Aspen Foundation and Aspen Medical who have dedicated funding to the Collaborative from the start and we encourage more foundations and givers to join the movement.
Since its inception in 2022 we have distributed over $4.2 million to programs supporting vulnerable and marginalised members in our community. The applications from our grant round are seen by multiple funders, reducing the burden on organisations, increasing the likelihood of funding and the ability to fund larger programs.
We take great pride in our consultative approach and understanding of need in the community. In addition to financial support, the Canberra Foundations Collaborative continues to build a stronger, more interconnected community sector through networking and capacity-building events.
These initiatives empower organisations with the tools and resources needed to maximise their impact. To date, we have supported capacity building in grant writing, marketing and leadership to 150 attendees and 100 organisations. We are aligned and emboldened in our vision to contribute to a thriving and highly connected community sector driving positive change in Canberra and the nearby regions.
In 2023-24 the Canberra Foundations Collaborative generously supported the community sector in its third iteration of the Canberra Foundations Collaborative Grant Round. The round resulted in $1.5 million in funding for 63 separate projects across 60 organisations, covering a wide range of sectors and addressing critical social issues including support to: mental health and wellbeing, disadvantage, disability, healthcare, and strengthening engagement and belonging.
In 2024, the collaborative was nominated for most impactful collaboration by Philanthropy Australia.
Please see our nomination video here: https://youtu.be/wJU20MEGBoU
As part of a shared commitment, we developed an Impact Measuring Toolkit to help all the organisations we work with to measure and demonstrate their community impact. This will help us paint a picture of our achievements while finding ways to improve how we meet community needs.
Impact in Action: Featured Grants
The difference we are making together is best represented by our Impact in Action stories which highlight our the incredible work of our grantees.
Named Funds — for Canberra, forever
Hands Across Canberra has mobilised a broad donor base through the establishment of Sub-Funds within our Public Ancillary Trust Fund. These Sub-Funds are part of the Hands Across Canberra Perpetual Fund established to grow over time and create a major pool of funds that will be used to support local charities from the annual earnings of the pool.
The Sub-Funds take the form of
- Named Funds – established in the name of a family group, loved one that has passed away, or a title determined by the founding donor
- Giving Circles – established by a group to regularly make donations for a purpose that is consistent with the objects of the Trust
- Gumnut Funds – small sub-fund to assist in encouraging philanthropy
The principal is invested with the objective of maintaining its value (subject to normal market fluctuations) and a component of the net income generated is then directed towards nominated charities or charitable causes. Over time revenue from the corpus will grow to sustain a dependable grants program to charities.
All these sub-funds are donor advised which means the founding donor is actively involved in the distribution of grants when capacity is available. When Sub-Funds are established the founding donor nominates the beneficiaries that the Trustees will consider in the distribution of funds.
The Named Funds initiative has continued to grow. Receipts in 2023/24 expanded by $639,924 to achieve a balance of over $1.8m. We are grateful to our donors who continued to add to their funds in a year marked by inflation and economic uncertainty.
- ACT Community Fund
- Boorer Family Fund
- Bray Family Fund
- Carolyn Joy Spiers Fund
- Carter and Co Fund
- Chinnery Fund
- Christine Shaw Family Fund
- Hala Batainah Fund
- Hamelin Hall Fund
- Gaul Family Fund
- Keys Family Fund
- Macnjulie Family Fund
- Narrabundah Fund
- O’Donnell Family Fund
- Peter Gordon Family Fund
- Sophie Mobbs Family Fund
- SpencerKaye Fund
- Strickland Fund
- Sue Salthouse Fund
- Thompson Family Fund
- Vince Kalokarinos Fund
Establishing a Named Fund with Hands Across Canberra is a simple, impactful and lasting way to support the issues that are most important to you.
Four easy steps to leave a lasting legacy:
1. Consider your charitable interests
What are you passionate about? Helping children? Youth Homelessness? Support for victims of domestic violence?
When you establish a Donor Advised Fund at Hands Across Canberra, you will have the flexibility to support the charities and causes you care about most.
2. Establish your fund
With a gift of $10,000, a Named Fund can be set up in just a day or two. The fund’s capital will be invested to generate income for annual granting.
3. Grant from your fund
With a Named Fund, you can have as little or as much involvement as you want. You can support eligible charities or our Focus Areas and leave the decision-making to our experts and advisors, who will evaluate hundreds of projects on your behalf.
4. Plan for the future
Planning for the future is important, because your Donor Advised Fund is a lasting legacy that will continue to support the community for generations. You can either appoint a trusted friend or family member as your successor fund advisor, or ask Hands Across Canberra to carry out your wishes in perpetuity.
Bring forward the pleasure of giving by starting a Named Fund with us: get in touch with our CEO, Peter Gordon, by email at gjacobs@handsacrosscanberra.org.au
Accessible and accountable: We will work to make your philanthropy rewarding and ensure you know how your donations are being used.
Flexible donating: You have the choice to donate to any of 300+ organisations supporting a variety of causes in the Canberra region.
Community expertise: From mental-health to homelessness, youth and Indigenous services support, Hands Across Canberra has the local knowledge and community networks to make your charitable giving hits the mark.
Legacy planning: By electing a Named Fund, you can ensure the issues you feel most committed to are being addressed through your ongoing gift. You may wish to specify the cause your philanthropy supports for many generations in the future.
Tax benefits: Donations over $2 to Hands Across Canberra are tax deductible.
Interview with Natasha Cole of the Canberra Women’s Giving Circle
When Natasha Cole and her friends wanted to take action on the challenges climate change poses for our most vulnerable citizens, they wanted to ensure their gift would have an ongoing impact.
The result was the ACT women’s giving circle, a group of friends who meet to raise funds for people who have few other resources to deploy as temperatures rise and weather is increasingly volatile.
So why choose to found a giving circle? Natasha says the choice was easy.
“Giving Circles are great because they mean that everyone who is contributing gets to have a say on how the money raised is distributed. It’s also a reason to get a group of wonderful women (in our case) together for dinner”, she explains.
“We wanted to do things for local Canberrans and people in the surrounding area, so it was really logical to chose a local organisation.
Giving where you live was a clear priority for the group and the giving circle has helped strengthen existing bonds of friendship in a cause that matters to them all.
There were other benefits too: Natasha says the connection with Hands Across Canberra significantly reduced any administration while the group could keep control over where and how their grants would be made.
“In our case we wanted as much of the money as we could to go to people who are struggling locally, which is where Hands Across Canberra and our giving circles really were a great match”, Natasha adds.
Together, we are Canberra – thank you!
As at July 2024: In our thirteen years, Hands Across Canberra has donated over $6 million to over 400 community projects aimed at making a difference to some of our most vulnerable people. Hands Across Canberra has been ensuring its support is spread across all areas of the local community and has funded an extensive range of community needs in a diverse range of sectors.
| Organisation | Grant Purpose | Amount | ||
| Achilles Canberra Running Club | High Visibility Guide Shirts | $2,500 | ||
| A Gender Agenda | Youth Engagement | $10,000.00 | ||
| A Gender Agenda Inc | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Stories of Sexuality and Gender Diversity | $18,000 | ||
| A Gender Agenda incorporated | Capacity grant – developing outreach service delivery online | $10,000 | ||
| Abbeyfield Garran Inc | Abbeyfield Garran lounge room update | $8,000 | ||
| ability.news | ability.news – Journalism Foundation Partner | $15,000 | ||
| ACT CHILDREN’S WEEK COMMITTEE INC. | ACT Children’s Week Inc – Annual Grants / Building Social Capital Program | $5,000.00 | ||
| ACT Council of Social Service | Leading Social Change online modules | $20,000 | ||
| ACT Down Syndrome | Training for effective digital presentations | $6,648 | ||
| ACT Eden Monaro Cancer Support Group | Family Assistance | $5,000 | ||
| ACT Pet Crisis Support | ACT Pet Crisis Support Tiny Vet Clinic | $50,000 | ||
| Adopt Change Limited | Support for Foster Carers During COVID-19 | $5,000 | ||
| Adoptive, Kinship and Fostering Families Association of the ACT and Surrounds Inc (AKFFA) | Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) training | $3,000 | ||
| Advocacy for Inclusion | App development to empower people with disabilities | $2,500 | ||
| AIDS Action Council of the ACT | Innovative employment project (working name) | $30,000 | ||
| AIDS Action Council of the ACT and AGA | LGBTIQ community -retrofit space for a community clinic | $4,500 | ||
| AIME Mentoring | AIME | Digital delivery | $5,000 | ||
| Anglicare NSW South, NSW West & ACT | Extra Food for Arawang Emergency Relief Hub | $5,000 | ||
| Anglicare NSW South, NSW West & ACT | Extra food and household items for Gordon Community Centre Emergency Relief Hub | $5,000 | ||
| Anglicare NSW South, NSW West and ACT | Arawang Emergency Relief Hub Set Up | $4,856 | ||
| Argyle Housing | Winter Shelter | $15,000 | ||
| Arthritis ACT | Art Therapy | $8,000 | ||
| Arthritis Foundation of the ACT inc. | Reach Out | $8,000 | ||
| Assisting Drug Dependents [Directions ACT] | Healthy Food Healthy Me extension project | $10,000 | ||
| Assisting Drug Dependents Incorporated t/as Directions Health Services | Service Access for Vulnerable Clients | $9,000 | ||
| Asthma Foundation of ACT | Develop an education & treatment program with refugees | $6,000 | ||
| Australian Breastfeeding Association ACTSNSW Region | Australian Breastfeeding Association – service continuity | $4,300 | ||
| Australian Capital Territory Council of Social Service Inc | Building Digital Capacity for Transformational Service Delivery | $10,000 | ||
| Australian Kookaburra Kids Foundation | Activity Days for Young People living with Familial Mental Illness | $10,000 | ||
| Australian Relief & Mercy Services – Canberra | Pantry Equipment | $6,000 | ||
| Barnardos Australia | Queanbeyan Homework Club | $11,350 | ||
| Barnardos Australia | Queanbeyan Homework Club | $10,000 | ||
| Barnardos Australia | Queanbeyan Family First | $20,000 | ||
| Barnardos Australia | Barnardos Mentoring Support and Family Fun | $7,500.00 | ||
| Beacon Foundation | ACT High Impact Work Readiness Programs | $25,000 | ||
| Belconnen Community Services | BCS Connected Communities | $10,000 | ||
| Beryl Women | Interpreting services to women suffering abuse | $5,000 | ||
| Beryl Women | Domestic Violence Crisis Start Up packs | $9,900 | ||
| Beryl Women | Computor upgrades | $4,996 | ||
| Beryl Women Inc. | Family Health and Wellbeing Packages | $15,000 | ||
| Better Renting | Protecting vulnerable renters from unfair rental contracts | $8,700 | ||
| Better Renting | Media responsiveness | $1,000 | ||
| Better Renting | The Renter Centre | $12,500 | ||
| Better Renting | Strengthening a network of Canberra housing sector organisations | $2,500.00 | ||
| Bosom Buddies ACT Inc | Financial Support Program | $10,000 | ||
| Boundless Children’s Playground | Benefit from the 2016 Charity House Project | $1,133,000 | ||
| Bruton Basketball Foundation Ltd (BBF) | BBF Lessons 4Life | $30,000 | ||
| Buoyed Up Canberra Yacht Club | Buoyed Up | $10,000 | ||
| C3 Church Monash | Expansion of Free Community Lunch Program | $9,738 | ||
| C3 Church Monash | Essential technology | $2,500 | ||
| Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy | The CAHMA Cafe | $5,000 | ||
| Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy | The CAHMA Cafe | $5,000.00 | ||
| Canberra City Care | Harvest kitchen in Charnwood | $20,000 | ||
| Canberra Community Law | Parachute Pilot: Providing a softer landing for women experiencing domestic violence | $29,000 | ||
| Canberra Community Law | Essential technology | $3,036 | ||
| Canberra Community Law | Evaluation of the Aboriginal Human Rights Program | $10,000 | ||
| Canberra Community Law | Disability Advisory Group Pilot Project | $25,000 | ||
| Canberra Community Law | Connectivity for Marginalised Communities | $1,026 | ||
| Canberra Community Law | Women in Prison Legal Empowerment Sessions (WIPLES) | $15,000 | ||
| Canberra Community Law Limited | Dhurrawang AMC Legal Clinic | $10,000 | ||
| Canberra Community Law Limited | Legal Rights and Responsibilities in COVID-19 | $10,000 | ||
| Canberra Kangaroos Football Club | Canberra Kangaroos Football Club – Pathways to Inclusion for New Australians | $12,000 | ||
| Canberra Men’s Centre | Pilot, early intervention in domestic violence (Connect 24) | $5,000 | ||
| Canberra Multicultural Community Forum | Strengthening resilience for multicultural communities through skill building and Positive co mmunity activities | $15,000 | ||
| Canberra PCYC | Assistance for the establishment of the Canberra PCYC Foundation | $5,000 | ||
| Canberra PCYC | PCYC Play for Change – Tuggeranong | $10,000 | ||
| Canberra PCYC | PCYC Play for Change – Belconnen | $10,000 | ||
| Canberra PCYC | Healthy Relationships program | $10,000 | ||
| Canberra PCYC | Canberra PCYC Youth Engagement Program | $25,000 | ||
| Canberra Police Community Youth Club | Virtual Canberra PCYC | $10,000 | ||
| Canberra Police Community Youth Club Inc | Canberra PCYC Southside Mower Shed | $10,000 | ||
| Canberra Qwire Association Incorporated | OUT and about with Canberra Qwire | $5,000.00 | ||
| Canberra Rape Crisis Centre | Information management | $9,000 | ||
| Canberra Refugee Support | Emergency Income Support for Asylum Seekers | $10,000 | ||
| Canberra Refugee Support Inc | Canberra Refugee Support Scholarships. | $10,000 | ||
| Canberra Refugee Support Inc | Inclusion for children from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds through sport and recreation | $5,000 | ||
| Canberra Refugee Support Inc | Economic empowerment for women from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds | $15,000 | ||
| Canberra Refugee Support Inc | Inclusion for children from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds through sports and recreation | $10,000 | ||
| Canberra Refugee Support Inc | Driving lessons for people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds settling in Canberra | $4,000.00 | ||
| Canberra Refugee Support Inc. | Inclusion through sport and recreation for children from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds | $5,000.00 | ||
| Canberra Refugee Support Incorporated | Emergency Income Support for Asylum Seekers | $10,000 | ||
| Canberra Symphony Orchestra | CSO and Woden School Music Pilot Project | $5,000.00 | ||
| Cancer Council ACT | Smoke Free Streets | $10,196 | ||
| Capital Region Community Services | A kitchen to host the ‘Her Kitchen Table’ program in Belconnen Community Centre | $25,000 | ||
| Capital Region Community Services | Youth Space in Westfield Belconnen | $5,000 | ||
| Capital Region Community Services | Commercial Kitchen – supporting the community to connect over food and developing new skills. | $12,500.00 | ||
| Capital Region Muscular Dystrophy | Power Chair Football League | $20,000 | ||
| Care Inc | Connecting Care through the Cloud program | $9,984 | ||
| Carers ACT | Laugh with Us | $25,000 | ||
| CARHU (with CFMEU Trust) | Build a children’s outdoor playground | $50,000 | ||
| Catholic Care Canberra & Goulburn | MacKillop House | $15,000 | ||
| CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn | Addressing homelessness in the ACT – Pilot Project | $20,000 | ||
| Cerebral Palsy Alliance | Communication equipment for people with disability – giving a voice to those who are unable to speak | $4,000 | ||
| Cerebral Palsy Alliance | GaitRite: physiotherapy equipment for people with disability in Canberra | $10,000 | ||
| Cerebral Palsy Alliance | Early intervention sensory inclusion package | $5,743 | ||
| Cerebral Palsy Alliance | Supporting people living with disability to access therapy online | $24,000 | ||
| Charles Conder Primary School | Wellbeing Dog | $9,995 | ||
| CHC Australia | Digital Literacy Program | $4,800 | ||
| Communities@Work | Assist with establishing the community kitchen program | $10,000 | ||
| Community First Development | Community Development Program | $20,000.00 | ||
| Community Housing Canberra | Rental Readiness – Your Tenancy Passport | $14,200 | ||
| Community Services #1 | Family-oriented Community Transport: A Scoping Study | $25,000 | ||
| Community Services #1 | CS#1 Studio Set Up | $10,000 | ||
| Companion House Assisting Survivors of Torture and Trauma | Supporting asylum seekers and refugees on temporary visas | $10,000 | ||
| Companion House Asssiting Surviors of Torture and Trauma | Supporting asylum seekers and refugees on temporary visas | $10,000 | ||
| Conflict Resolution Service | COVID – 19 Disruption Prevention | $5,000 | ||
| Connections ACT | Fathering after separation program | $10,000 | ||
| Connections ACT | Survival packs for sole father families | $10,000 | ||
| Construction Charitable Works | Construction Charitable Works Case Management and Site Talks | $7,500 | ||
| Council on the Ageing (COTA) ACT | COTA Connects programme | $10,000 | ||
| Council on the Ageing ACT | Measuring the impact of COVID on the mental health of senior Canberrans | $6,520 | ||
| CREATE | Connection Calls: Supporting Children and Young People during the COVID -19 Pandemic 2020 | $10,000 | ||
| CREATE Foundation | Hearing the Voices of Canberra’s Most Vulnerable | $25,000 | ||
| CREATE Foundation | Create Your Future – building confidence through empowerment | $8,874 | ||
| CREATE Foundation | Connecting for Change | $10,000 | ||
| Cyclabilities Inc | Safety Equipment for Program Delivery | $10,000 | ||
| Cystic Fibrosis Association ACT | Essential Safety Items Delivery Assistance | $8,305 | ||
| Dancing Goddesses | Professional services to incorporate organisation | $680 | ||
| Delta Therapy Dogs | Delta Therapy Dog – Reducing Social Isolation | $10,000 | ||
| Directions Health Services | Service Access for Vulnerable Clients | $9,000 | ||
| Directions Health Services | Training for people working with the impact of drugs | $9,984 | ||
| Domestic Violence Crisis Service | School Holiday Picnics | $8,000 | ||
| Domestic Violence Crisis Service | Growing Strong’ Support Group program | $4,974 | ||
| Domestic Violence Crisis Service | DVCS COVID-19 Continuity of Service | $10,000 | ||
| Domestic Violence Crisis Service | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Information | $9,450 | ||
| Doris Women”s Refuge Inc. | Outreach support for migrant women experiencing domestic violence without government income | $15,000 | ||
| Doris Women”s Refuge Inc. | You are my Mother House – I love coming to Doris | $20,000 | ||
| Doris Women”s Refuge Inc. | Children’s participation in community vital for recovery of DFV | $5,000.00 | ||
| Every Chance Incorporated | Every Chance | $5,000.00 | ||
| EveryMan Australia | Domestic violence intervention | $9,600 | ||
| EveryMan Australia | Benefit from the 2016 Charity House Project | $34,333 | ||
| EveryMan Australia | Community order breach support service | $9,400 | ||
| Fearless Women Incorporated | Fearless Women Incorporated Foundation Funding | $40,000 | ||
| Feel the Magic | Virtual Camp Magic ACT | $5,000 | ||
| Focus Supported Living Foundation | Stay Safe program | $5,400 | ||
| Forcibly Displaced People Network | Increasing resilience and community connections for LGBTIQ+ forcibly displaced people | $10,000 | ||
| Friends of Brain In jured Children ACT | KICKSTART: Early intervention program for families of young children with brain injury | $5,000 | ||
| Friends of Brain In jured Children ACT | Bring two specialists to Canberra twice this year for treatment of patients | $4,600 | ||
| Galilee Foster Care | Sleeping bags and t-shirts for youth foster camp | $5,000 | ||
| Getaboutable | Accessible Canberra | $10,000 | ||
| Getaboutable | Accessible Canberra | $17,000 | ||
| Getaboutable | Social inclusion through virtual travel & leisure | $5,000 | ||
| GIVIT | Meeting the urgent need of material goods for local people impacted by COVID-19 | $22,000 | ||
| GIVIT Listed Ltd | Provision of essential relief items for people experiencing domestic and family violence. | $4,700 | ||
| GIVIT Listed Ltd | Supporting Canberrans experiencing economic hardship | $5,000.00 | ||
| Global Sisters | Building Financial Resilience in Disadvantaged Women | $10,000 | ||
| Good Omen Goodeze Ltd | Extended Threads | $10,000 | ||
| Good Omen Goodeze Ltd | Ensuring GOG’s Insurance | $2,104 | ||
| Good Omen Goodeze Ltd | GOG Wellbeing Promotion Initiative | $3,023.00 | ||
| Good360 Australia | Good360 Bridges the Digital Divide for financially vulnerable students of the ACT | $5,000 | ||
| Greek Orthodox Community & Church of Canberra & District | Project Apollo – Connecting elderly community members | $5,000 | ||
| Guide Dogs NSW/ACT | Critical support for older people in the ACT with blindness or low vision in the time of COVID-19 | $5,000 | ||
| Gungahlin Uniting Church and Community Centre | Establish a food pantry | $5,000 | ||
| Hartley Lifecare | Seed funding to establish a specialist information & advocacy service for people with brain injury | $5,000 | ||
| Hartley Lifecare | Improved management systems | $7,920 | ||
| Hartley Lifecare | Benefit from the 2016 Charity House Project | $309,000 | ||
| Hartley Lifecare | Hartley Hall Markets | $10,000 | ||
| Havelock Housing Association | HHA COVID Mental Health Support | $20,000 | ||
| Heart Support Australia | Canberra Heart Support Australia Branch | $4,995.00 | ||
| Helping Hands ACT | Food Donation Forum 2023 | $5,000 | ||
| HelpingACT | Homebridge | $5,000 | ||
| Hepatitis ACT | Hepatitis ACT Food pantry | $5,000 | ||
| Holy Cross Tuckerbox | Development of a permanent kitchen area | $8,360 | ||
| Holy Cross Tuckerbox | Holy Cross Tuckerbox: delivering food relief with dignity. | $5,000 | ||
| HOME in Queanbeyan | Health at HOME | $5,000 | ||
| HOME in Queanbeyan | Cooking for HOME | $9,000 | ||
| I Got You Ltd | Recreational Activities – Building Support Networks and Connections | $3,750.00 | ||
| Justice Reform Initiative | ACT Lived Experience Speakers Bureau Pilot | $60,000 | ||
| Karinya House for Mothers & Babies | Domestic violence liasion worker | $10,000 | ||
| Karinya House for Mothers & Babies | Provide outreach services to clients | $5,000 | ||
| Karinya House for Mothers and Babies | Circles of Security – Building Karinya House Casework Practice | $10,000 | ||
| Karinya House Home for Mothers & Babies | Karinya House COVID-19 Support | $10,000 | ||
| Karralika Programs | Children’s outdoor playground at treatment house | $5,000 | ||
| Kidsafe ACT | Low-Birth-Weight and Low Cost Capsules | $4,978 | ||
| Kippax | Mowershed licensing, website etc. | $68,000.00 | ||
| Kookaburra Kids | Respite and psycho-education for ACT children living in families affected by mental illness | $10,000 | ||
| KULTURE BREAK | Join the Resilience ** | $25,000 | ||
| Kulture Break | Dance Nation – inclusion and well-being through movement | $10,000.00 | ||
| KULTURE BREAK | Social Connection | $8,000 | ||
| KULTURE BREAK | Creative Pathways to Employment – CPE | $17,500 | ||
| Lifeline Canberra | Lifey Leadership Program | $10,756.40 | ||
| LifeLine Canberra | Crisis support training | $9,520 | ||
| LifeLine Canberra | Mental health ambassadors | $10,000 | ||
| LifeLine Canberra | Applied suicide intervention skills training | $10,000 | ||
| LifeLine Canberra | 3 Youth Networx (LyNX) workshops at 3 schools to instil mental health, suicide awareness & resilience skills | $10,000 | ||
| Lifeline Canberra | Crisis Support Services | $15,000 | ||
| Lions Youth Haven Inc | The Farm Skills Program for Youth at Risk – Restart | $20,000 | ||
| Lions Youth Haven Inc. | Lions Community Garden | $10,000 | ||
| Little Luxton | Little Luxton – Coffee for Community | $10,000 | ||
| Little Luxton | Little Luxton – Employment Training Program | $20,000 | ||
| Marathon Health | All Hands on Deck | $5,000 | ||
| Marymead | Sporting Equipment – Young Persons (ages 8 – 13) | $10,000.00 | ||
| Marymead | Individual items for children in care to empower them to create their own space | $5,000 | ||
| Marymead | Essential technology upgrade | $5,000 | ||
| Marymead | Grow the grandparenting program | $10,000 | ||
| Marymead | Access Days Project | $15,000 | ||
| Marymead | Online with Families | $10,000 | ||
| Marymead | Youth in Need | $10,000 | ||
| Marymead Child & Family Centre | Online with Families | $10,000 | ||
| Menslink | Double the capacity of the mentoring program | $9,200 | ||
| Menslink | Early intervention for young men and domestic violence | $9,800 | ||
| Mental Health For Mob Aboriginal Corporation | Mental Health for Mob Aboriginal Corporation | $50,000 | ||
| Mental Health Foundation (ACT) | Mobile Home-Based Service Model | $10,000 | ||
| Mental Health Foundation ACT | Re-vamp website | $5,350 | ||
| Mental Health Foundation ACT | Technology creating access | $4,701 | ||
| Mental Health Foundation ACT | Mobile Home Based Service Model | $10,000 | ||
| Mental Illness Education ACT | Safe and Sound Project – Open Access Mental Health Education | $15,000 | ||
| Mental Illness Education ACT | Parent Hub: Online learning platform | $10,000.00 | ||
| Mental Illness Education ACT | Bullying prevention program | $9,939 | ||
| Mental Illness Education ACT | Trauma Awareness – Digital Exemplar | $10,000 | ||
| Mental Illness Education ACT | Thriving Minds: Empowered Futures | $27,500 | ||
| Mental Illness Education ACT Inc | Mental Health 101 – Youth – Digital Program Exemplar | $15,000 | ||
| Meridian | Meridian Community Garden | $8,000.00 | ||
| Meridian Incorporated (AIDS Action Council) | Impact and Response for sex workers | $5,000 | ||
| Missionworx | Missionworx goes Mobile | $4,000 | ||
| Missionworx | Volunteers Training | $5,000.00 | ||
| Multicultural Hub Canberra | myLEAP – Multicultural Youth Leadership, Engagement and Participation Program | $30,000 | ||
| Music for Canberra Incorporated | Musical instruments for MAP Program | $2,500 | ||
| Music for Canberra Incorporated | Scholarships for Student Musicians | $5,000.00 | ||
| National Heart Foundation (ACT) | Pilot, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander cardiac rehabilitation in the ACT | $5,000 | ||
| NationsHeart Christian Community | Two Door Freezer for NationsHeart Food Hut | $5,000 | ||
| Newborn Intensive Care Foundation | Kill welfare for the disadvantaged at birth | $1,000 | ||
| No Sweat Fashions | Repair of 14 sewing machines to allow participants to complete qualifications and to develop products | $5,000 | ||
| One Box | The One Box ~ A collaboration in Queanbeyan | $50,000 | ||
| Orange Sky Australia | Orange Sky Canberra Laundry Service | $20,000 | ||
| Orange Sky Australia | Orange Sky – Canberra Social Impact Washing Program Implementation | $20,000 | ||
| Orange Sky Australia | Orange Sky Canberra Laundry Service | $10,000.00 | ||
| OzHarvest | OzHarvest Canberra Food Rescue | $10,000.00 | ||
| OzHarvest | OzHarvest Food Rescue | $25,000 | ||
| Ozharvest | Canberra Food Rescue | $5,000 | ||
| OzHarvest | OzHarvest Canberra Food Rescue | $10,000 | ||
| OzHarvest Canberra | Community cooking @ CC Cares | $5,000 | ||
| OzHarvest Canberra | OzHarvest Canberra – Third Van Run | $5,000.00 | ||
| Ozhelp | Benefit from the 2016 Charity House Project | $34,333 | ||
| OzHelp | OzHelp Service Transitions – COVID-19 Response | $10,000 | ||
| Palliative Care ACT | A Toolkit for LGBTQIA+ Palliative Patients | $8,000 | ||
| Palliative Care ACT | Leo’s Place | $9,600.00 | ||
| Palliative Care ACT | Last Goodbyes | $10,300 | ||
| Papergiants | Systems Map AVITH | $30,000.00 | ||
| Paperworks Inc. | Paper Bridges project to assist vulnerable young people to reconnect with their families | $9,648 | ||
| Parentline ACT | Enhancing Mental Health Support for Parents and Carers | $5,000 | ||
| Parentline ACT | Telephone Parenting Advice During COVID | $5,000 | ||
| Parentline ACT Inc. | Parenting Advice for Vulnerable Parents from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Background | $4,900 | ||
| Parentline ACT Inc. | Parenting Outreach Advice at Paint and Plays | $5,000 | ||
| PCYC | Mowershed Southside equipment/vehicle | $55,400.00 | ||
| People with Disabilities ACT (PWDACT) | Addressing barriers to employment for people with disabil ities | $20,000 | ||
| Perinatal Wellbeing Centre | Perinatal Wellbeing Online Interventions – Home Delivered Care and Support | $10,000 | ||
| Perinatal Wellbeing Centre | Furnishing Increased Demand | $2,251 | ||
| Philanthropize Pty Ltd | Adamas Nexus Online | $5,000 | ||
| Post and Ante Natal Depression Support and Information Inc (PANDSI) | PANDSI Specialised Care Pathways Project (PSCPP) | $10,000 | ||
| Print Handicapped Radio of ACT | Support of Radio 1RPH Remote/Home recording and broadcast | $1,900 | ||
| Print Handicapped Radio of the ACT Inc | Radio 1RPH update of facilities and promotion of community engagement | $10,000 | ||
| Print Handicapped Radio of the ACT Inc | Providing a 2022 focus on Radio1RPH community engagement | $10,000 | ||
| Prisoners Aid | Family support | $2,500 | ||
| Prisoners Aid (ACT) | Participate | $10,000 | ||
| Prisoners Aid (ACT) | Storage for Prisoners | $3,000 | ||
| Project Independence | Project Independence Phillip – white goods for House 1 | $5,000 | ||
| Project Independence Ltd. | Independent Work Skills and Confidence Building Program | $12,000.00 | ||
| Queanbeyan Multilingual Centre | Crisis Support for CALD Community | $10,000 | ||
| Queanbeyan Schools as Community Centres | The “Outdoor Classroom”, a welcoming learning | $10,000 | ||
| Raise Foundation | Raise Mentoring Program – Campbell High School | $15,000 | ||
| Raw Potential | Mobile outreach program for at-risk and vulnerable youth | $10,000 | ||
| Raw Potential Canberra | Raw Potential COVID-19 response | $10,000 | ||
| Raw Potential Canberra | Additional mobile outreach support for at-risk and vulnerable youth | $25,000 | ||
| Raw Potential Canberra | Building sustainable growth and independence in the vulnerable young people Raw Potential services | $10,000.00 | ||
| Raw Potential Canberra (YouthCARE Canberra Limited) | Mobile outreach service | $20,000 | ||
| Reading Out of Poverty Inc | Books from Birth | $15,000 | ||
| Rebus Theatre Inc | Acting Out | $15,000 | ||
| Rebus Theatre Inc. | Acting Out – On Screen | $10,000 | ||
| Rebus Theatre Inc. | Rebus Theatre Staff Wellbeing Program | $35,472 | ||
| Respite Care for Queanbeyan Inc. | Respite Care for QBN | $10,000 | ||
| Riding for the Disabled of ACT (PEGASUS) | Equine facilitated learning | $6,300 | ||
| Riding for the Disabled of ACT Incorporated | Farm Skills Program | $9,317 | ||
| Riding for the Disabled of the ACT | Pegasus COVID-19 remote working grant | $1,500 | ||
| Rotary District 9705 Vulnerable Youth Project – led by Rotary Club of Canberra | Ruby’s Place Vulnerable Youth Homelessness Project | |||
| Roundabout Canberra | Roundabout Canberra and Givit Community Collaboration Project | $10,000 | ||
| Roundabout Canberra | Emergency relief packs | $10,000 | ||
| Roundabout Canberra | Roundabout Canberra Corporate Volunteering | $10,000 | ||
| Roundabout Canberra | The Safe Sleep Project | $5,000 | ||
| Safe Shelter | Homelessness support | $5,000 | ||
| Sailability Canberra Yacht Club | Safety and Training Equipment | $3,022 | ||
| Salvation Army | Benefit from the 2016 Charity House Project | $34,333 | ||
| Scouts ACT | “Camping and other outdoor activities for ACT’s disadvantaged youth”. | $5,000.00 | ||
| Sharing Places Inc | Sharing Delights | $20,000 | ||
| Sisters In Spirit Aboriginal Corporation | Awareness Raising Of Aboriginal Women To The Wider Community | $15,000 | ||
| Soldier On | Soldier On Connect Hub | $10,000 | ||
| St Benedicts Community Centre, Queanbeyan | Kitchen support project | $2,000 | ||
| St John’s Care | Staff and volunteer trauma informed training opportunities | $5,000 | ||
| St John’s Care | Christmas lunch support | $2,000 | ||
| St Paul’s Ginninderra Anglican Church | Food Pantry and Community Space Equipment Purchase | $4,831 | ||
| St Vincent de Paul Canberra | The Night Patrol Program, St Vincent de Paul Society Canberra/Goulburn | $10,000 | ||
| St Vincent De Paul Society | Benefit from the 2016 Charity House Project | $34,333 | ||
| St Vincent De Paul Society | VINES: Vinnies, Inspiration, Network, Education, Support | $10,000 | ||
| St Vincent De Paul Society | VINES Youth Group Pilot | $10,000 | ||
| Stepping Stone Social Enterprise Limited | Stepping Stone Social Enterprise Training Program | $10,000 | ||
| Tandem Respite Care | Outdoor shade structures and equipment for respite house | $5,000 | ||
| Technical Aid to the Disabled ACT (TADACT) | Capacity building and improving capability at TADACT | $4,948 | ||
| Technical Aid to the Disabled ACT (TADACT) | Assistance with capital equipment | $10,000 | ||
| Technology for Ageing and Disability ACT | Survive Covid-19 | $10,000 | ||
| Technology for Ageing and Disability ACT | Outreach Mobility Service | $15,000 | ||
| Technology for Ageing and Disability ACT (TADACT) | Intelicare Home Monitoring System | $10,000 | ||
| Tender Funerals Australia | Tender Funerals Canberra Community Fundraising. | |||
| The Brite Notes | The Brite Notes | $3,500.00 | ||
| The Deaf Society | Building healthy relationships | $3,000 | ||
| The Early Morning Centre | Furniture replacement | $5,000 | ||
| The Farm in Galong | The Farm in Galong Tutoring Project | $15,000 | ||
| The Farm in Galong | ASES accreditation | $10,000 | ||
| The Farm in Galong | Farm in Galong FY23 Social Enterprise Initiation Project | $10,000 | ||
| The Farm in Galong | The Farm in Galong COVID -19 response measures | $3,200 | ||
| The Girls Leadership Network | The Girls Leadership Network | $5,000 | ||
| The Humour Foundation | The Clown Doctors program | $14,796 | ||
| The Humour Foundation | Clown Doctors engagement and alternate service delivery activity in response to Covid-19 | $5,000 | ||
| The Men’s Table | The Men’s Table Across Canberra | $50,000 | ||
| The Mill House Ventures | CRN Connect Centre Operations Support | $8,400 | ||
| The Right Direction | Mengineering program | $10,000 | ||
| The Salvation Army | Oasis Youth Services, upgrade/convert existing infrastructure | $15,000 | ||
| The Shepherd Centre | A Sound Start to School program | $9,500 | ||
| The Shepherd Centre | Confident Kids- Social Skills program for children with hearing loss | $9,490 | ||
| The Shepherd Centre | Upgrading and expanding facilities at The Canberra Shepherd Centre – in kind | |||
| The Shepherd Centre – For Deaf Children | ‘Chime Time’ – a world-first music therapy program for deaf children and their families. | $10,000 | ||
| The Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children | Care in Crisis’ – Supporting deaf children in the ACT | $10,000 | ||
| The Smith Family | An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls intervention project | $6,440 | ||
| The Tongan Association of Canberra & Queanbeyan | Empowering women – Home Away from Home project | $10,000 | ||
| The Yellow Van | Commercial dishwasher | $6,000 | ||
| This Is My Brave | This is my Brave Australia / Kanangra Community Garden refurbishment | $5,000 | ||
| This Is My Brave Australia | Mental Health Support | $3,000 | ||
| This Is My Brave Australia Inc. | Community Mental Health and Wellbeing project. | $5,000 | ||
| This Is My Brave Australia Inc. | RedTIMBA Clothes Trailer Project | $5,000 | ||
| Tjillari Justice Aboriginal Corporation | Our Way | $10,000 | ||
| Tjillari Justice Aboriginal Corporation | Galambany Circle sentencing support | $10,000 | ||
| Toora | Building Respectful Families Program | $35,000 | ||
| Toora Women | Toora Connect | $10,000 | ||
| Toora Women | Extension – | $7,500 | ||
| Toora Women Inc | The Complexity Centre | $20,000 | ||
| TransMasc | TransMasc Workshop Series | $5,000 | ||
| Uniting Care | Benefit from the 2016 Charity House Project | $34,333 | ||
| Uniting Care Canberra City, Early Morning Centre | Commercial freezer to store donated food, host Christmas lunch and hampers for shutdown period | $5,000 | ||
| Uniting Care Canberra City, Early Morning Centre | Support hosting of Christmas lunch for guests | $2,000 | ||
| Uniting Care Canberra City, Early Morning Centre | Operate shower facilities and provide hygiene products for guests | $2,000 | ||
| Uniting Care Canberra City, Early Morning Centre | Computer access and literacy | $4,150 | ||
| Uniting Care Canberra City, Early Morning Centre | Essential infrastructure – a fridge | $1,798 | ||
| Uniting Care Canberra City, Early Morning Centre | Benefit from the 2016 Charity House Project | $34,333 | ||
| Uniting Care Kippax | Rock, Rhythm and Roll, and Drop-In Playgroup project | 9,410 | ||
| Uniting Care Kippax | Rock, Rhythm and Roll, and Drop-In Playgroup project | $7,950 | ||
| Uniting Care Kippax | Playgroup for the disadvantaged | $9,640 | ||
| Uniting Care Kippax | Kippax Connections program | $10,000 | ||
| Uniting Care Kippax | UCK – Ginninderry Social Enterprise Hub | $35,000 | ||
| Uniting Care Kippax | SPARK Expansion Computer and Data Bank | $10,000 | ||
| UnitingCare Kippax | Health and Wellbeing for all – activity and connection | $7,012 | ||
| UnitingCare Kippax | Winter Relief kit Stay safe and stay warm | $8,000 | ||
| UnitingCare Kippax | The Lending Program | $19,076 | ||
| UnitingCare Kippax | SPARK Expansion Computer and Data Bank | $10,000 | ||
| UnitingCare Kippax/CRN | UCK – Food and Medicine supplies | $10,000 | ||
| Victims of Crime Assistance League (ACT) | Provision of Remote Service Delivery to Clients | $5,000 | ||
| VOCAL ACT | Volunteers Supporting Victims of Crime | $5,000 | ||
| Volunteering and Contact ACT | Volunteering program for migrants | $10,000 | ||
| Volunteering and Contact ACT | Connections Program – youth focus | $25,000 | ||
| VolunteeringACT | Canberra Food Relief Network – enablers and capacity building project | $20,000.00 | ||
| Warehouse Circus inc. | Warehouse Circus Inclusive Equipment Purchase | $9,680 | ||
| Warehouse Circus Inc. | Jump Start | $5,000 | ||
| WaterAbilities Disability Services Limited | WaterWombats – equipment upgrade | $1,500 | ||
| Wheeleasy | Scaling the WheelEasy Access Information Web App, beginning in Canberra | $50,000 | ||
| Woden Community Service | The Community Placemaking Program | $20,000 | ||
| Woden Community Service | Driving Lessons for vulnerable young people | $24,818 | ||
| Woden Community Service | WCS Community Hub | $5,000 | ||
| Woden Community Service/Raw Potential | Youth Dental Care Service | $5,000 | ||
| Woden Valley RSL Subbranch | SIV Program Response to COVID-19 | $5,000 | ||
| Women With Disabilities ACT | Access to a circus program and documentary | $5,000 |
$5,560,288 |
|
| Women’s Legal Centre ACT | Making legal services accessible for CALD women | $10,000 | ||
| Women’s Shed | Tutors for Women’s Strength and Community | $9,360 | ||
| Women’s Centre for Health Matters | Assistance Beyond Crisis | $10,000 | ||
| Women’s Health Matters | Promoting women’s health and wellbeing in the AMC | $30,000 | ||
| Womens shed canberra Inc. | Womens shed Canberra-Inspire, Create and Build | $10,000 | ||
| Yeddung Mura (Good Pathways) Aboriginal Corporation | Crisis Support Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander detainees and their families | $10,000 | ||
| Yeddung Mura (Good Pathways) Aboriginal Corporation | Ex-detainees as Peer Support leaders to support detainees released from AMC | $10,000 | ||
| Yeddung Mura (Good Pathways) Aboriginal Corporation | Smooth Transition employment Project for Aboriginal detainees released from prisons. | $15,000.00 | ||
| Yeddung Mura Aboriginal Corporation | Dhurrawang community outreach program | $10,000 | ||
| Yeddung Mura Aboriginal Corporation | COV19- Response -Funding to help community in distress | $10,000 | ||
| Yeddung Mura Aboriginal Corporation | Good Pathways Enterprises | $9,500 | ||
| Yeddung Mura Aboriginal Corporation | Dhurrawang Reintegration Program | $25,000 | ||
| Yerrabi Yurwang Child and Family Aboriginal Corporation | Yawarj Mara – Strong Pathways for Youth program | $10,000.00 | ||
| Yerrabi Yurwang Cild and Family Aboriginal Corporation | Yerrabi Yurwang Child and Family Aboriginal Corporation Mother’s Gathering ** | $33,000 | ||
| Youth Coalition of the ACT | Evaluation of the ACT Youth Worker Practice Network | $10,000 | ||
| YouthCARE Canberra | YouthCARE lifeskills camp | $10,000 | ||
| YouthCARE Canberra | Assistance with the ‘tool up’ costs to increase outreach capability | $10,000 | ||
| YouthCo (part 1) | Mobile phone project scoping | $6,000 | ||
| YWCA | FDV service and brokerage | $10,000 | ||
| YWCA Canberra | Clubhouse Crew Disco’s | $9,997 | ||
| YWCA Canberra | Youth Diversity and Inclusion Project | $50,000 | ||
| YWCA Canberra | Lanyon Food Hub – providing essential food to the community | $5,000 | ||
| YWCA Canberra | A high tech digital studio where Tuggeranong youth collaborate with industry mentors | $10,000 | ||
| YWCA Canberra | Richardson Primary School Computer Clubhouse | $10,000 | ||
| YWCA Canberra | A-Z Work Skills Pilot Program | $20,000 | ||
| YWCA Canberra | Brokerage funds and food delivery for vulnerable clients | $10,000 | ||
| ZamZam Foundation Inc | ZamZam Foundation support for Afghan refugee women in Canberra | $15,000.00 | ||
| Zerosuicide Farmstay / Hurst – Meyers Charity | Zero Suicide Caloola Farmstay – Men helping Men | $5,000 | ||
| Total |
$5,943,145 |
in addition to $114,000 in second year grants |
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