Brave Foundation equips expecting and parenting young people with resources, referrals, and education opportunities to facilitate happy, healthy, and connected families. Our vision is a future where every young parent and their child thrives and belongs, and we do this by unlocking the boundless potential of young parents.
Founded, designed, and led by a village of individuals with shared lived experience of young parenthood, Brave is Australia’s first national not-for-profit dedicated to supporting expecting and parenting young people.
Our innovative mentor program and pathway plan framework was co-designed with young parents and is underpinned by the evidence-based ‘First 1000 Days’ model that supports early years of life. We work with young parents up to the age of 25, provided that they started their parenting journey in their teenage years.
The personalised program matches an expecting or parenting young person with a SEPT Mentor working virtually, from local hub sites, community organisations or via outreach across most Australian States and Territories. Mentors work together with the expecting or parenting young person on what is important to them including (but not limited to) education and workforce participation; goal-setting; career path guidance; health and wellbeing; navigating financial and housing assistance; and help with everyday parenting skills. The program is available to participants for 12 months, however it can be reduced or extended depending on the parent’s personal circumstances.
Djirra is a specialist Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation in Victoria with over 23 years’ experience accompanying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, and their children, on their individual journeys.
Djirra finds solutions through Aboriginal women sharing their stories, journeys, and experiences. Djirra celebrates women’s strength and resilience and is committed to a future without family violence.
We rely heavily on donations to support our vital services and programs, and advocating for the safety of Aboriginal women and their children.
Djirra offers statewide services and supports to Aboriginal people who have experienced, or are at risk of, family violence.
Djirra delivers holistic, culturally safe, specialist family violence services and programs, including:
– Cultural, wellbeing and personal development workshops and practical support through the Koori Women’s Place and its signature early intervention and prevention programs Sisters Day Out®, Young Luv® and Dilly Bag;
– Support and case management services;
– Legal assistance with intervention orders, child protection, family law and victims of crime matters; and
– Workshops, support and legal assistance for Aboriginal women in prison.
Djirra amplifies the voices of Aboriginal women. Djirra advocates for system-wide change to improve access to justice and eliminate systemic violence and racism, while drawing from the strength and resilience of Aboriginal women.
Aboriginal women’s self-determination is Djirra’s foundation.
QENDO, founded in 1988, is a leading Australian and New Zealand organisation dedicated to supporting individuals affected by endometriosis, adenomyosis, PCOS, and infertility. Our vision is a world where those affected by reproductive health conditions are heard, supported, and provided with the resources they need to live fulfilling lives. Our mission is to empower individuals affected by endometriosis and pelvic health conditions to advocate for themselves, feel validated, and improve their quality of life.
We address the significant challenges faced by individuals with endometriosis, adenomyosis, PCOS, and infertility, conditions that are often misunderstood or misdiagnosed. These issues affect millions across Australia and New Zealand, and many suffer in silence due to lack of awareness, support, and accessible information. As an organisation with over three decades of experience, we are uniquely positioned to address these needs through our established programs, resources, and community support.
Our current priorities include expanding our national support networks, advancing public education, and improving access to resources through digital platforms like our QENDO App and our newest project 'ManageEndo' to expand support in rural communities. Funding will allow us to expand our support services, including our face-to-face ‘QENDOMeets’ support groups, and continue to advocate for greater investment in research and healthcare for these conditions affecting now 1:7 woman+.
Sussex Street Community Law Service Inc is a not-for-profit non-government community-based organisation. We provide access to accountable, non-judgmental and effective legal services to low income people in the community.
The strength of Sussex Street Community Law Service is the range of services available in one place and our ability to assist our clients in a holistic way.
The model used by the service as described below enables Sussex Street to deliver a valuable service to the community. Our vision is to increase community access to justice for people, who are socially disadvantaged.
The Childhood Cancer Association (CCA) believes every child with cancer, and their family, deserves the highest standard of care and practical, hands-on support from the time of diagnosis, throughout treatment and into survivorship, or bereavement.
In 1982, CCA was formed by a group of parents of children with cancer who responded to the needs they had identified themselves.
This group, with the help of Paediatric Oncologist Dr Michael Rice AM, began to build the services that now form the basis of what we do, and as such, the Childhood Cancer Association is now the key organisation in South Australia supporting children with cancer and their families.
We are currently providing support to more than 450 families.
We support South Australian families, as well as families from the Northern Territory and country Victoria and New South Wales, whose child receives treatment in Adelaide.
Our support is ongoing from diagnosis, throughout treatment and beyond; and free for the entire family – the child with cancer, siblings, parents, grandparents and extended family.
Support services are delivered by professional Psychologists and are tailor made for, and very specific to, each family’s situation and include:
– Accommodation (for country families and respite),
– Family Support Programs (including hospital visits, formal counselling and grandparent and sibling support),
– Bereavement Support & Programs,
– Educational Assistance,
– Practical and Financial support.
The Childhood Cancer Association does not receive any local or federal government funding.
MACS is a not for profit organisation built by people with disabilities for people with disabilities, we believe in freedom and dignity for all. Our goal is to enhance comfort and lifestyle – to enable independent living, without structures or constraints.
We provide short duration drop-in support to people with disabilities, offering a flexible service that operates 24/7 – primarily overnight when access to other service is often unavailable. Our team provide planned and unplanned call in support and can help for as little as 15 minutes or up to 1 hour, giving care recipients and their families peace of mind someone is just a phone call away when they need support.
MACS on-call service is a vital support system, enhancing client well-being and optimising their safety through dedicated, overnight support.
Cancer Council Western Australia is WA’s leading cancer charity working across every aspect of every cancer. Currently, one in two Australians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. In WA alone, there are almost 14,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed each year. We’re determined to change that, which is why we are working, every day to get closer to a cancer free future.
As a community-funded organisation, we rely on donations and support to deliver our work across four main pillars:
– Support: We offer a range of services to ensure no West Australian has to face cancer alone. We currently help over 33,000 people across WA each year.
– Research: We fund world-class research that targets cancer from every angle. Since our research funding program began in 1963, we’ve contributed over $65M to 1307 local research projects.
– Prevention: We know that preventing cancer is one of the most effective ways of creating a cancer free future. We develop and deliver programs such as Live Lighter, Make Smoking History, SunSmart and Find Cancer Early that encourage and empower people to lead healthier lifestyles to help reduce their cancer risk.
– Advocacy: We work with the community to change laws and policies to reduce cancer risks and improve cancer care.
An investment in Cancer Council WA’s programs and services is an investment in the community you live in. Thank you for helping us support all West Australians, to ensure no one has to face cancer alone.
Butterfly Foundation is the national charity for all people in Australia impacted by eating disorders and body dissatisfaction, as well as for the families, friends, and communities who support them. While over 1.1 million Australians are living with an eating disorder, less than a third of those receive treatment or support. Butterfly changes lives by providing innovative, evidence-based support services, treatment and resources, delivering prevention and early intervention programs and advocating for the needs of our community.
Butterfly highlights the realities for those seeking treatment for recovery, and advocates for improved access to effective, affordable care. Throughout its work Butterfly also emphasises the critical importance of prevention and early intervention strategies in limiting the development of, and suffering from, negative body image and eating disorders. Because Butterfly recognises that eating disorders often arise from poor body image, we deliver a range of prevention programs to schools and workplaces.
Butterfly operates a National Helpline that includes support over the phone, via email and online, reaching 20,000 people each year. The Helpline is staffed by trained counsellors experienced in assisting with eating disorders and body image issues. We also provide a wide range of programs for service providers and recovery groups.
Butterfly is committed to helping people find support. Our vision is for all people in Australia to live free of eating disorders and negative body image. Our strategic goals are to reduce stigma and increase help-seeking, to prevent eating disorders and body dissatisfaction from developing, and to improve treatment and support.
Microlend’s mission is to alleviate poverty and suffering by providing loans to the world’s poorest people, enabling them to start small businesses that support their family and benefit their community. This aligns with the U.N.’s #No.1 Sustainable Development Goal
In terms of addressing poverty, donations often disempower people because they become reliant on the donations. By helping the world’s poorest people into small businesses, we provide them with an ongoing source of income and helps the economy within their community. When the loan is repaid the money is used to finance another business. By using the repaid loan repayments for new loans, Microlend aims to create a cycle of economic empowerment that transforms the lives of people in poverty across the developing world.
Microlend Australia’s approach to this challenge is unique.
– 100% of your donations go towards funding the loans for the poor. All administration and fund raising costs are absorbed by the volunteers and founders of Microlend Australia
– Microlend Australia is totally run by volunteers and pro-bono contributions. There are no salaries paid which means that administration costs are kept to a minimum.
– Every business created is designed to be self sustaining. Even the overseas Microfinance centres themselves are designed to become financially independent.
– Microlend Australia provides simple, yet effective training and ongoing mentoring/support for each new borrower.
– Microlend Australia can see every loan that has ever been issued, as well as what stage the repayments are at, using cloudbased accounting software.