WENTY LEAGUES IS PROUD TO SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Wenty Leagues has been fortunate enough to distribute a total of $630,559.50 in funding to community projects in the Cumberland area. These organisations were presented with funding that went towards supporting initiatives to help improve the quality of life for many individuals and groups in the community. From the various organisations supported through this scheme, Wenty Leagues was proud to present much-needed funding to the following organisations:

Organisation: Assistance Dogs Australia 
Purpose: Aged, Disability or Youth Services
Program: Assistance Dogs Unleashed – Empowering 8 children and adults living with disabilities to retain their Assistance Dogs

Unleashed by Assistance Dogs Australia empowers 8 children and adults with disabilities like Autism, PTSD, and physical impairments. These incredible dogs help break down barriers, boosting confidence to empower them to work and participate in daily life Access Test (PAT) to ensure safety and competence. ADA also fosters strong, independent dog-handler partnerships to enhance community integration for up to eight years through
Amount: $5,000

Website: Assistance Dogs Australia

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Organisation: BE UNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION
Purpose: Community Nursing or Therapy or Mental Health Services
Program: 2x Positive Mental Health Program for Big-Kids at (at 3 high schools)

UNSTOPPABLE KIDS is a school-delivered program designed to help Big-Kids (high school students), understand symptoms of ‘adverse mental health’. The program teaches coping strategies to prevent severe symptoms and cultivate mental strength and ‘positive mental health’ by learning resilience, confidence, self-awareness and communication skills.
Amount: $23,595

Program: Positive Mental Health for FAMILIES / Domestic Violence Mothers
10-week program targeted to families/women. The program teaches coping strategies to manage mental health, build mental strength and ‘positive mental health’ by learning resilience, confidence, self-awareness and communication skills, harnessing personal strengths, learn to set goals and more.
Amount: $32,205

Purpose: Community Education Programs
Program: Positive Mental Health – 12 Weeks Adults Program 

The program teaches coping strategies to manage mental health, build mental strength and ‘positive mental health’ by learning resilience, confidence, self-awareness and communication skills, harnessing personal strengths, learn to set goals and more.
Amount: $6,727.50

Website: Be Unstoppable Foundation

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Organisation: Blues Wheelchair Basketball 
Purpose: Health Promotions Initiatives
Program: Pathways Program  

 

Wheelchair Basketball Pathways program accommodates for athletes from junior level to the National League level. We provide opportunity to be active with a likeminded group and activity involving both able bodied and people with a disability.
Amount: $20,000

Website: Blues Wheelchair Basketball Club 

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Organisation: Boronia Multicultural Services Inc
Purpose: Community Education Programs

 

Program: Champions in Prevention (CiP)  
The project will raise awareness of the drivers of violence by providing community education to dads and their sons. Sessions will focus on healthy masculinity and talk down ideas and principles of the Man Box. Through the program, fathers will teach their sons the importance of respecting women, challenging gender norms, questioning gender stereotypes. Training will address attitudes that promote superiority of men over women and the belief that caring responsibilities are for women.

Amount: $6,321

Website: Boronia Multicultural Services

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Organisation: Brain Foundation 
Purpose: Community Education Programs

Program: Brain Foundation – Acoustic Neuroma
Foster a greater understanding of the disease. Increased funding can translate to heightened public interest and support, resulting in greater community awareness of Acoustic Neuroma.

Amount: $2,500

Website: Brain Foundation

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Organisation: Camp Quality 
Purpose: Early Childhood Health/Child and Family Services
Program: Recreation Program access for Cumberland Families impacted cancer

9x Cumberland based families who are registered with Camp Quality access to our core Recreation Programs over the next 12 months so we can support them during their cancer journey based on their needs.
Amount: $31,000

Website: Camp Quality 

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Organisation: CareFlight 
Purpose: Health Promotions Initiatives
Program: Lumify Hand-held Ultrasound Probe for Care Flight’s Rapid Response Helicopter

CareFlight’s Rapid Response service supports seriously injured people involved in severely traumatic incidents such as a motor vehicle accident, falls, recreational accidents, and near-drowning. Every minute saved is vital in emergencies – often making the difference between life and death for the patient. CareFlight is seeking funding to purchase a new ultrasound probe for our existing Lumiy handheld ultrasound to support the diagnosis of critically injured and sick patients in Sydney.
Amount: $6,099

Website: CareFlight 
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Organisation: Dandelion Support Network 
Purpose: Family Support/Emergency or Low-Cost Accommodation
Program: Improving the mental health of families struggling with the rising cost of living from the Cumberland LGA

Dandelion will provide new and preloved cots, bassinets, prams and car seats to disadvantaged families along with clothing, toys and linen, to improve the safety and wellbeing of their children. By removing some of the financial stress, we hope to improve mental health and provide the best start possible. Requests to our service increased by 32% last year due to the rising cost of living and we need additional financial support so we can provide essential nursery items for these families
Amount: $10,000

Website: Dandelion Support Network

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Organisation: Eat Up Australia
Purpose: Health Promotion Initiatives

Program: Feeding Hungry Schoolkids in Cumberland

Eat Up Australia will provide lunches to kids in the Cumberland LGA who go to school without food and would otherwise go hungry, so that they don’t need to worry about where their next meal is coming from. eat Up Australia is currently supporting 10 schools within the Cumberland LGA.
Amount: $13,385

Website: Eat Up Australia

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Organisation: Escabags
Purpose: A1 – Family Support / Emergency or Low-Cost Accommodation

 

Program: Escabags – Escape Bags 
Escabags provides free ‘Escape Bags’ to families and individuals fleeing domestic and family abuse
across Australia. We provide single adult and parent/child bags, they are non-gender specific as we
proudly support everyone. They are filled with the essential items needed in the initial days after
leaving whilst seeking further support.
Amount: $10,000

Website Escabags

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Organisation: Fair Fight Foundation Ltd
Purpose: Health Promotions Initiatives
Program: The Supertee Project

 

The Supertee is a medical garment cleverly disguised as a superhero costume helping children battling life-threatening conditions. Its design allows parents and hospital staff to bypass most of the necessary medical equipment that children must be connected to when confined to their hospital beds.
Amount: $20,000

Website: Supertee Project 

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Organisation: Family of League
Purpose: A1 – Family Support / Emergency or Low-Cost Accommodation

 

Program: Wellbeing Support for Men, Women and Children of the Rugby League Community 
The Family of League Foundation is a registered charity providing financial and emotional support to individuals and families in need of assistance from within the rugby league community. Financial grants and immediate relief packages are provided to help people through tough times and/or improve their quality of life when suffering debilitating illness or disability.
Amount: $10,000

Website: Family of League 

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Organisation: Food Bank NSW & ACT
Purpose: C1 – Early Childhood health/ Child and Family Services
Program: Schools Breakfast 4 Health Program (SB4H).

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, Food Bank NSW & ACT provides a School Breakfast 4 Health program gives students living in the Cumberland LGA the opportunity to regularly eat a wholesome, nutritious breakfast. With quality food products to registered schools, free of charge, this ensures all children that are unable to start the day with breakfast at home, have access to a nutritious breakfast before school.
Amount: $7,500

Website: Food Bank NSW & ACT

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Organisation: Foster Care Angels Inc.
Purpose: Community Nursing or Therapy or Mental Health Services

 

Program: Foster Carer Support – Coping When A Placement Ends

This project will support a high potential Year 9 girl in the Cumberland area currently experiencing disadvantage, to achieve her academic potential through covering the cost of one year of her four-year scholarship ($5,000). Each scholarship has a total value of $20,000 across the four years, and includes a laptop, mobile broadband, IT support, online homework help, personal tutoring and a prepaid school expenses card.
Amount: $4,500

Website: Foster Care Angels Inc.

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Organisation: Good360 Australia Ltd 
Purpose: Early Childhood Health/Child and Family Services
Program: Bridging the Digital Divide for Victim/Survivors of domestic and family violence

Good360 will provide everyday essentials to local communities that are feeling under pressure due to issues related to Financial Literacy/Relief, Community Welfare and Social Services. Helping up to 5,000 local people with toys, furniture, school supplies, clothes, toiletries and cleaning supplies all the items that they need to further employment and education or make a safe home.
Amount: $12,500

Website: Good 360 Australia

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Organisation: Heartbeat of Football Foundation Limited
Purpose: Health Promotion Initiatives

Program: Heart Health Matters – Community + Sport

The Foundation promotes healthy hearts across all sports and will deliver Heart Health Days for the benefit of the community of different sporting clubs within the Cumberland LGA, (a known hotspot for heart health related issues). Together we can save lives through preventative screening and education.

Amount: $10,000

Website: Heartbeat of Football Foundation

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Organisation: Holroyd School
Purpose: Community Education Programs
Program: Communication Support for Students with Special Needs

 

Boardmaker is an online communication service that enables our teachers to develop communication symbols to assist our students’ learning and understanding. Many of our students are nonverbal are rely solely on visuals for communication. An online subscription to Boardmaker will be used to implement intensive communication programs and provide a whole school approach to communication.
Amount: $6,737

Website: Holroyd School

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Organisation: Karabi Community and Development 
Purpose: Home and Community Care and Disability Services

Program: Seniors Knitting for Community

Seniors coming together to knit items to support charities, disaster victims, those with a disability and for the homeless.
Amount: $5,000

Website: Karabi Community and Development Services 

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Organisation: Koori Kids 
Purpose: Community Education Programs
Program: ANZAC Day Initiatives
The Anzac School Initiative Competitions bring a coordinated educational component to the ANZAC. The competitions have been overwhelmingly successful over the past few years. Schools who participated in a variety of competitions are delighted to be able to continue to participate in ANZAC Schools initiative in 2023. Entry is open to all primary school students in the region.
 Amount: $450

Purpose: Community Education Programs
Program: Operations Christmas 
Operation Christmas is an initiative that was formed by Koori Kids with the support of some high-profile Australians with the aim of spreading Christmas cheer to both underprivileged kids and those hospitalised at Christmas.
Amount: $750

Purpose: Community Education Programs
Program: Road Safety – Speak Up 
The recent serious incidents and tragedies have again highlighted the need for heightened awareness and the initiative’s aim is to provide an added educational component. The aim of these initiatives is to provide students with a greater understanding and to build greater awareness on the importance of road safety and assisting in reducing road Trauma.
Amount: $600

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Organisation: Learning Links
Purpose: Community Education Programs
Program: Speech Therapy in Schools – Empowering Children to Learn, Communicate and Thrive

Learning Links Speech Pathologists will work at Holroyd High School to support students who have speech, language and communication challenges that are affecting their ability to learn, make friends and reach their full potential. Our Speech Pathologists will support up to 32 students with weekly evidence-based therapies to help combat their challenges at a vital stage of their development. They will also support teachers to best address speech challenges in their classrooms.
Amount: $18,750

Program: The Youth RAW Project – The Youth Resilience and Wellbeing Project

Learning Links’ Youth RAW Project is a youth-led project to address the barriers that youth face in relation to achieving sound and resilient mental health and wellbeing. Guided by Learning Links psychologists, Youth Forums at Greystanes High School will design, develop and implement a whole-school program to boost connection and wellbeing. Our psychologists will then, based on the priorities identified by the Youth Forum, engage in a wide range of evidence-based interventions.
Amount: $38,775

Website: Learning Links  

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Organisation: Little Wings Ltd
Purpose: Early Childhood Health/Child and Family Services
Program: Little Wings Children’s Hospital Flight Program – Cumberland Council

 

Since 2012, Little Wings has provided free, safe and professional flight and ground transport service for seriously ill children and their families located in regional NSW. Our aim is to reduce the emotional and financial stress associated with traveling long distances to seek specialised medical treatment in Sydney and Newcastle. We are seeking financial support for 12 flights for children from rural, remote and regional NSW requiring treatment at the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network.
Amount: $20,000

Website: Little Wings

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Organisation: Minifit
Purpose: Health Promotions Initiatives
Program: Fitness Clinics

 

School Holidays Clinics for Boy and Girls educating about Movement, exercise and the importance of living a healthy lifestyle through nutrition, hydration and sleep.
Amount: $37,250

Website: Minifit

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Organisation: Morris Children’s Fund Inc.
Purpose: Aged, Disability or Youth Services
Program: Music Therapy for children with multiple disabilities at 3 Special Needs Schools

 

The program is conducted each week of school term (40 weeks per year) by Rhythm Village who works with Special Needs Schools using music as a medium to unlock the students’ hidden potential and capabilities. Generally run in group sessions, each student is given the opportunity to ‘shine’, to create sound and music, to explore their own creativity and push their physical boundaries.
Amount: $13,600

Website: Morris Children’s Fund Inc.

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Organisation: Odyssey House NSW
Purpose: Drug and Alcohol/palliative Care/Women’s Health/Aboriginal Health
Program: Assertive Support

The program takes a proactive and consistent approach to engage and support clients in Alcohol & other Drugs (AOD) treatment. We will provide a range of services beyond typical service delivery, which is crucial for the overall treatment success. It includes pre-admission and continuation of care, assertive outreach, and services outside regular hours. Clients will benefit from increased access, higher success rates in beginning and completing treatment, and greater chances of long-term success.
Amount: $5,000

Website: Odyssey House NSW

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Organisation: Our National Heart Pty Limited
Purpose: Health Promotion Initiatives
Program: Heart of the Nation App Infrastructure Development and Support

Heart of the Nation operates a national register of AEDs. The grant received will go towards funding to assist us in building the robust system of infrastructure and technology that will allow us to take the platform to government so that it can become the “official” national register of AEDs – something which our country presently does not have.
Amount: $10,000

Website: Our National Heart

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Organisation: Parramatta District Rugby League Referees Association.
Purpose: Health Promotion Initiatives
Program: Enhancing the training, development and inclusivity. 

The project will enable us to continue offering specialised coaching and support to female referees within our Association. It’s quite clear after one of our own Kasey Badger made her NRL debut as a NRL referee last year that there is a need for more female to be involved.  We seek to promote inclusivity and diversity within our organisation by actively recruiting individuals from less fortunate backgrounds, Veterans & Ex-Serving Members. The funds will be utilised to implement recruitment initiatives and outreach programs aimed at attracting individuals who may not have had access to such opportunities otherwise, this allows them to have a sense of belonging
Amount: $4,500

Website: Parramatta District Rugby Referees Association

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Organisation: RizeUp
Purpose: Family Support/Emergency or Low-Cost Accommodation

 

Program: Safe homes, brighter futures, for 5 Cumberland families, including 10+ children, escaping domestic and family violence.

This project addresses the urgent need of 5 women and 10+ children escaping domestic violence in Cumberland. RizeUp selects and transports personalized, comprehensive furnishings and our community volunteers wrangle flat-packs, turning empty houses into violence-free homes. Victim-survivors will feel safe and supported in their trauma recovery journey, free of financial burden, to reengage with education and community activities. We prevent families facing the choice of violence or homelessness.
Amount: $7,2000

Website: Rize Up 

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Organisation: Ronald McDonald House Charities – Greater Western Sydney 
Purpose: Family Support/Emergency or Low-Cost Accommodation
Program: Room Sponsorship

 

Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Western Sydney’s (RMHC GWS) home-away-from home enables families with seriously sick or injured children to stay together, during one of the most stressful times of their life. Our unique service includes accommodation, education services and home-cooked meals, at a cost to the charity of around $160/family per night. We have 60 rooms in our purpose-built House & Room Sponsorship provides a critical source of funding, but also
connection to the community
Amount: $31,600

Purpose: Family Support/Emergency or Low-Cost Accommodation
Program: Meals with Heart
Ronald McDonald House continually strives to make a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of children with illness and disability, and their families – this includes providing a safe and supportive home for families and a nourishing, home cooked meal that is appreciated by parents and carers after a long day spent beside their child’s hospital bed. Providing a simple home-cooked meal makes an incredible difference for all of the families that stay at Ronald McDonald House.
Amount: $3,000

Purpose: Home and Community Care
Program: Essential House Supplies
Ronald McDonald House continually strives to make a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of children with illness and disability, and their families – this includes providing a safe and supportive home for families and a nourishing, home cooked meal that is appreciated by parents and carers after a long day spent beside their child’s hospital bed. Providing a simple home-cooked meal makes an incredible difference for all of the families that stay at Ronald McDonald House.
Amount: $2,000

Purpose: Home and Community Care
Program: School Holiday Program
In-house activities run by our Ed Services team are one of the many ways we provide “holistic” support to families with sick kids. These activities help ensure patients and siblings continue to have social interaction, stay active, challenge themselves, learn new skills, pursue interests and remain hopeful. Our school holiday schedule is always jam-packed with activities and opportunities for children to benefit in these ways and more.
Amount: $15,000

Website: Ronald McDonald House Charities – Greater Western Sydney 

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Organisation: Solve-TAD Ltd/Freedom Solutions
Purpose: Aged, Disability or Youth Services
Program: Solving Challenges Reaching Goals

Solving Challenges Reaching Goals aims to improve the quality of life for children and adults living with disabilities. To provide the Assistive Technology (custom-built) equipment needed to help them achieve their goals and to participate and excel in education, social, and recreational activities with their peers. Specifically for parent/individuals who cannot access NDIS funding, have insufficient funds in their NDIS package on cannot afford to purchase the equipment.
Amount: $10,000

Website: Solve – TAD/Freedom Solutions

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Organisation: Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation
Purpose: Family Early Childhood Health/Child and Family Services
Program: Children’s Hospital Institute of Sports Medicine (CHISM) at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

CHISM is a unique clinical service. It is the only dedicated paediatric sport and exercise medicine service in Australia. It provides comprehensive paediatric sports and exercise medicine services to children across the Sydney Metropolitan Area and NSW country areas. Concussion impacts a very large number of children and adolescents, and sadly it is now one of the leading reasons for a young person presenting for emergency care. CHISM exists to help these patients get back to a normal life.
Amount: $10,000

Website: Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation

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Organisation: The Children’s Tumour Foundation
Purpose: Health Promotion Initiatives
Program: NF Hero Community Camp

 

The Children’s Tumour Foundation runs camps for families impacted by the genetic condition Neurofibromatosis (NF). NF causes tumours to grow on any nerve cell in your body, including on your brain and spine. CTF camps provide a safe environment for children and families impacted by NF to connect, play and learn while also providing much needed respite from hospital visits. We’d like to provide funding for families from the Cumberland LGA to attend.
Amount: $3,674

Website: Children’s Tumour Foundation

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Organisation: The Humour Foundation
Purpose: Early Childhood Health/Child and Family Services
Program: The Clown Doctors program at The Children’s Hospital, Westmead (CHW)

Clown Doctors use evidence-informed, humour therapy to improve quality of life for children/families at Children’s Hospital, Westmead (CHW) 4 days/wk. Working with medical staff & specially trained for sensitive work, they address physiological & psychological needs – distracting sick/frightened children, empowering long-term patients, encouraging resilience, providing respite for anxious parents & supporting hospital staff. Around 4500 children from Cumberland LGA are admitted to CHW annually.
Amount: $33,220.00

Website: The Humour Foundation 

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Organisation: The Sebastian Foundation 
Purpose:Community nursing or therapy or mental health services
Program: Open Parachute

The Sebastian Foundation funds a unique, in-school mental health program that uses peer-to-peer methods to teach kids the psychological tools they need to survive and thrive through the challenges of adolescence. This clinically validated, research backed, early intervention style program prioritises mental health education in all young people’s schooling.
Amount: $11,225

Website: The Sebastian Foundation 

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Organisation: The Top Blokes Foundation 
Purpose: Aged, Disability or Youth Services
Program: Improving young male mental health across Cumberland – Top Blokes Mentoring Program

 

Top Blokes Mentoring Program will support 72 young males aged 11-17 who attend the following schools: Pendle Hill High School, Hilltop Road Public School, Sherwood Grange Public School, Chester Hill North Public School and Trinity Catholic College. With qualified youth workers delivering weekly workshops, young males are supported to build a toolkit of skills in mental health and wellbeing, social connectedness and reduced anti-social behaviours.
Amount: $10,000

Website: The Top Blokes Foundation 

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Organisation: UCA – Parramatta Mission 
Purpose: Neighbourhood centre activities, youth drop in facilities
Program: Rich Person Poor Person – Meals Plus 

 

Parramatta Mission will be hosting its inaugural Rich Person/Poor Person Fundraising Dinner. The event is an opportunity for us to put ourselves in the shoes of those experiencing homelessness and disadvantaged during the current cost of living crisis and to better understand the challenges they face.
Amount: $15,290

Program: Meals Plus Grocery Hamper Provision
Purpose: Community Education Programs

The project aims to provide over 300 grocery hampers to individuals and families with children who may be experiencing homelessness, disadvantaged or vulnerable. Parramatta Mission’s Meals Plus service has been supporting the community for over 50 years. With inflation and cost of living at an all time high, we need to provide more than a meal. We have seen a positive outcome to help reduce financial stress and improve overall health and wellbeing through grocery hampers.
Amount: $5,000

Website:  Parramatta Mission 

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Organisation: Variety the Children’s Chairty 
Purpose: Child Protection/ Child Care
Program: Support Variety the Children’s Charity

Children’s Charity The many and varied programs of Variety assist children who are disadvantaged and/or have special needs that are not covered by government programs and include: The provision of grants, supplies and therapy to kids in need; programs which educate and empower kids in need; provides natural hair wigs for children with hair loss caused by medical issues such as cancer treatment; and scholarships to encourage the talents of kids in need.
Amount: $500

Website: Variety the Children’s Chairty

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Organisation: Women’s Housing Company Ltd 
Purpose: Employment Placement/ Advocacy
Program: Purposeful Pathways

In partnership with CWHC, our project will significantly enhance women’s employment capabilities through tailored, trauma-informed support. It is designed to tackle the primary barriers disenfranchised women face when seeking employment, education, or volunteering. By addressing critical issues such as domestic violence and mental health challenges, we can forge pathways to employment and educational opportunities and deliver the community a best practice framework delivered by UNSW CSI.
Amount: $10,000

Website: Women’s Housing Company

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Organisation: Women’s Justice Network
Purpose: Neighbourhood Centre/Youth Drop in activities
Program: Women walking alongside Women and Girls

 

Women & girls exiting custody or at-risk of entering the criminal justice system will receive gender-responsive support and guidance to develop vital social and community networks that will significantly increase the likelihood of a successful return to the community. Volunteer mentors will be trained and supported by workers to facilitate supportive and guided “professional friendships” and will be a positive role model in their lives.

Amount: $4,050

Website: Women’s Justice Network

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Organisation: Youth Off the Streets 
Purpose: Aged, Disability or Youth Services
Program: Engagement and Support Services

Youth Off The Streets Engagement & Support (E&S) Services connects with young people (aged 12-25) experiencing or at risk of experiencing disadvantage. Youth Off The Streets E&S operates at over 20 undeserved have high levels of youth crime and disengagement.
Amount: $4,956

Program:  The Power Within: Domestic Family & Sexual Violence Program for Disadvantaged Young People
Purpose: Aged, Disability or Youth Services

The Power Within is an intensive, school-based program that aims to prevent, intervene and educate young people who are at-risk of becoming survivors of Domestic Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV). The program is delivered at YOTS six accredited, alternative education high schools over the course of a school year. The program teaches young people with limited exposure to healthy family and intimate relationships, how to identify, recognise, and respond safely to the cycle of DFSV.
Amount: $20,000

Program: The Next Steps Transition program
Purpose: Aged, Disability or Youth Services

Chapel School and Step Up College support 55 students who have struggled to thrive in mainstream education due to disadvantage. The Next Steps Transition Program works with at-risk young people to provide them with a planned transition from school into further study, training or employment. It engages parents/carers, caseworkers, counsellors, school staff, employment services and the broader community in the implementation of each student’s plans, with timeframes driven by the individual.
Amount: $25,000

Website: Youth off the Streets

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Organisation: Zen Tea Lounge Foundation
Purpose: Community Education Programs 

 

Program: Bridging the Gap: A Multicultural Community Approach to Domestic Family Violence for Cumberland LGA

Bridging the Gap: A Multicultural Community Approach to Domestic Family Violence by Zen Tea Longe Foundation aims to enhance DFV response through a series of workshops focused on mental health, well-being, and financial literacy, fostering collaboration among police, community groups, and service providers to support and empower multicultural communities.
Amount: $12,500

Website: Zen Tea Lounge Foundation