2024-25 Grant recipients

Journey to Wellness

Provides mental health and wellbeing healing camps for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Central Queensland.

Enough – Unravelling Anxiety

Delivers a theatre-in-education production targeting young people, focusing on anxiety in Cairns and Hinterland, Mackay, North West and Townsville.

Connections to Recovery

Helps young people in the Wide Bay understand suicide risks and access peer and community support.

Delivered in partnership with the local emergency department.

Big Sis

Supports young women from culturally diverse backgrounds through peer-led programs across the Gold Coast, Metro North and Metro South.

Discovery Coast Social Prescription Community Coach

Improves wellbeing literacy across the Wide Bay region.

Kuku Balkal Kaykayanda (Giving Words to all the Children)

Helps young people in Mossman build connections and strengthen cultural pride through creative arts and digital media projects following recent natural disasters.

The Bamboo Parenting Program

Supports mothers in North Queensland to improve their mental health and wellbeing using the First 1,000 Days Framework.

Generation Us

Supports young people in West Moreton to build wellbeing, suicide prevention awareness and confidence to seek help.

Murilla Mums and Bubs Connect

Supports the wellbeing of rural women and their babies on the Darling Downs during the first two years after birth.

Masterclass for Mums

Supports women in Mackay through an 8-week program that helps them navigate the challenges of motherhood.

Improves wellbeing during the first 2,000 days of a child's life.

Supporting LGBTQIASB+ young people’s mental health

Delivers 60 psychosocial support groups for 100 LGBTQIASB+ young people in Metro South and Metro North.

Builds resilience, connection and belonging to improve wellbeing.

Inkingi: Pillars of Strength and Mental Wellbeing for African Migrants and Refugees

Supports African migrants and refugees in Metro South through a weekly program.

Provides individual, group and peer support to improve wellbeing and stress management.

Ageless Play

Connects older people and children aged 0–5 through weekly intergenerational playgroups on the Gold Coast, Metro South and Townsville.

Reduces social isolation and supports wellbeing.

Our Strengths, Our Future, Our Community

Supports First Nations young people in remote North Queensland communities to co-design and broadcast radio plays that reflect local stories and experiences.

BikeShed: Empowering Mental Wellbeing in Bowen

Supports people to improve their wellbeing and build social connections through group bike rides, bike repair workshops and peer support.

The Sounds of Them Project

Delivers lived-experience wellbeing podcasts and builds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid trainer capacity in South West Queensland.

Creative Industries, Social Enterprise, Repair and Restoration (CISERR)

Supports young males aged 15–18 in Wide Bay through a 16-week program.

Helps young people who are disconnected from mainstream education and at risk of entering the youth justice system.

TMSG Eco-Enzyme and Gardening Hub for Wellbeing

Helps newly arrived refugees and vulnerable migrant women in Townsville build connections through bilingual support and storytelling.