Kintsugi Heroes

Kintsugi Heroes is an Australian registered charity that uses lived experience storytelling to reduce loneliness and isolation, strengthen community connection, and restore dignity and agency to people who have experienced adversity.

Inspired by the Japanese art of Kintsugi, we believe that the parts of our lives we are told to hide can become the source of strength, connection, and hope for others. Through podcasts, books, community events, and collaborative storytelling projects, we help people tell the stories they need to share and create meaningful personal connections across diverse communities.

We address growing social isolation, stigma, and disconnection by creating safe, trauma informed spaces where lived experience can be shared with care and consent. Independent letters of support from participants and partners consistently highlight the safety, professionalism, and ripple effects of our storytelling model, with stories often shared peer to peer within workplaces, community groups, and families.

Our priorities include giving back to the communities we serve, ensuring that people overcoming struggle and facing adversity have the opportunity to be heard, and expanding awareness through authentic storytelling. We believe that if a story impacts and touches even one person deeply, then it has meaning. Funding will support ethical content production, participant safeguarding, community engagement activities, and the organisational capacity needed to continue delivering safe, inclusive, and sustainable storytelling initiatives.

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