| 2021 | 2020 | |
| HEALTH | $ | $ |
| Black Dog Institute | ||
| ‘Anchored’ is a Black Dog Institute mental health app to promote wellbeing and prevent depression for workers. The app incorporates risk screening and a 30-day mental health challenge proven successful in reducing the risk of depression by almost half. BDI proposes to modify this app and adapt its content for people who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19. The aim is to include content related to welfare, employment support, non-work examples and coping with uncertainty. |
25,000 | – |
| Cerebral Palsy Alliance | ||
| Funding will go towards pressure mapping equipment that provides heat maps of pressure distribution, highlighting problem areas. This will allow therapists to prescribe the correct positioning equipment, seating adjustments and modifications to ensure that pressure injuries are prevented, and our clients’ comfort, safety and wellbeing is maximised. Additionally, funding will go towards two Rifton Activity Chairs, one for babies and one for toddlers, which will allow children to sit fully supported to engage in activities such as therapy, feeding and play. |
25,000 | – |
| Raise Foundation | ||
| Funding will support the in school mentoring program at Davidson High School in NSW. Students are provided with one hour of mentoring a week for 23 weeks from trained volunteer mentors. Each school program is supported by a Raise Program Counsellor onsite each week. | 25,000 | – |
| OTHER | – | – |
| TOTAL HEALTH | 75,000 | – |
| 2021 | 2020 | |
| EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY | $ | $ |
| Australian Schools Plus | ||
| Thirlmere Public School, in the Macarthur Region of NSW, has been hit by two crises in the past nine months – bushfires in December 2019 and COVID-19 since Term 1, 2020. This project is part of its COVID-19 response, aiming to lift student engagement and therefore academic performance, by improving the school’s focus on learning progress rather than grades. This funding will provide professional development for teachers in classroom practice and data analysis, classroom resources to support a change in teaching practice, and new software to deliver growth-focused reporting for students and parents. |
25,000 | – |
| Giant Steps Australia | ||
| Giant Steps runs a school and intervention services for children and adults with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). As an essential disability service Giant Steps has continued to operate throughout the pandemic, however, COVID-19 has had a significant impact on revenue and staff capacity. Funding will be used towards the cost of casual staff, personal protective equipment and COVID cleaning supplies, all of which are required to ensure Giant Steps is able to deliver consistent and essential support for young people with autism and their families. |
25,000 | – |
| Western Sydney University | ||
| The University has established a Student Hardship Fund, seeking donations in support of food vouchers, bill and rent assistance and IT support. This funding, matched by Western, will ensure students have access to basic living needs and remain in education. |
30,000 | – |
| OTHER | – | – |
| TOTAL EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY | 80,000 | – |
| 2021 | 2020 | |
| SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS | $ | $ |
| Asylum Seekers Centre Inc | ||
| During the pandemic, without any financial support or income, people seeking asylum, especially children are in financial crisis and in need of fresh food, groceries and essential hygiene products. They need digital connectivity to attend their tele health appointments and access resources to search for a job, attend school, vocational and university classes remotely. The program also delivers necessary medication and creative packs for children to access recreational activities while on school holidays or in isolation. |
45,000 | – |
| Barnardos Australia | ||
| The COVID Crisis Care project aims to support over 1,000 high-risk children, young people and mothers affected by domestic violence. The Family Centres in Auburn, Penrith and Western NSW, offer help with emergency accommodation, safety planning, food and relief items, medical and mental health care, household goods, care packs, onsite playgroups for young children, financial and legal support, COVID safety packs (masks, etc) and group life skills sessions for families to learn and share life experiences. Funding will go towards emergency supplies, housing, educational support and transport. |
50,000 | – |
| Inala | ||
| Funding will contribute to the significant costs of providing the personal protective equipment and enhanced cleaning protocols (including disinfectant of touch points) required during the COVID-19 pandemic. These are important initiatives which are required as per guidelines from NSW Health and are helping to ensure all members of the Inala community remain healthy and well. |
25,000 | – |
| Karinya House Home for Mothers & Babies Inc | ||
| Funding will go towards the ‘Engagement of Client Support Workers’ on weekdays to provide additional direct client support. Karinya House has implemented a split Casework Team and reduced volunteer engagement to minimize infection risk, ensure continuity of service and remain fully operational. One of the drawbacks of this is a more limited capacity for caseworkers to provide intensive life-skill support to residents, as resident needs have had to be prioritized. This project will support the engagement of case aid support each weekday for six months. |
25,000 | – |
| OzHarvest Limited | ||
| OzHarvest rescues quality, surplus food from commercial outlets and delivers this at no cost to charities feeding people in need. COVID-19 has seen the need for food be doubled in charities across Sydney, and people who had previously never needed food relief are coming for help. This funding will go towards putting an OzHarvest yellow van on the road in Sydney over six months. This van will deliver fresh produce, nourishing cooked meals and nutritional food hampers to vulnerable communities across Sydney. |
20,000 | – |
| Royal Far West | ||
| The family accommodation facility will be a designated “Pop Up” shelter for women with children experiencing domestic violence (July – December 2020), with baseline accommodation costs being met by NSW government. This funding is to provide additional wrap-around care for those staying during this time. By providing scheduled child-care and age-appropriate recreational activities for children, alongside a coordinated therapeutic recreation program (yoga, drumming, cooking classes, etc) for mothers, this will support self-care, stress relief, connection & resilience. |
50,000 | – |
| StreetWork Australia | ||
| KickStart is StreetWork’s flagship program and provides one-on-one mentoring to at-risk young people. Each participant has an individually developed case management plan, documenting their short and long-term goals as well as a final ‘graduation’ strategy. Youth Case Workers act as mentors and provides positive role modelling of consistent behaviours and establishing boundaries, with the aim of empowering each young person to turn their life around. This grant will enable StreetWork to expand KickStart and deliver an additional 555 mentoring sessions to at-risk young people in the community. |
25,000 | – |
| The Marmalade Foundation Limited | ||
| This funding aims to reduce the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for over 500 vulnerable women by providing emergency relief. We hope to avert a crisis, relieve distress and meet immediate essential needs. Also, it will provide technical in-house support for setting up on-line group platforms as well as a general emergency fund. |
25,000 | – |
| Women’s Community Shelters Limited | ||
| Following the COVID-19 pandemic, WCS urgently needed funds to expand and pivot service delivery towards outreach and employ additional Case Workers (Outreach) to support increasing demand on the shelter staff and network. Emergency funding will support improved physical and mental health as well as quality of life for all Australians. |
50,000 | – |
| Youth Off The Streets | ||
| The funding will support the alcohol and other drugs services like Dunlea in Merrylands, which has experienced a cut in funding. This will help towards ensuring the delivery of these important services. |
30,000 | – |
| OTHER | – | – |
| TOTAL SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS | 345,000 | – |
| GRAND TOTAL | 500,000 | – |