Granting Success
From large grants to small, every dollar counts when it comes to delivering excellence for our communities. Here’s what a successful application can achieve for my clients and the communities they serve.
building futures: constructing 5 new homes for aboriginal staff in derby
$2, 957 817 secured through the North-West Aboriginal Housing Fund for Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation to construct 5 brand new homes for Aboriginal staff and their families. One home to incorporate additional upgrades for disabled access, supporting Elders and/or staff with special needs. This project will be invaluable to the community of Derby with increasingly limited housing options.
Mito NDIS Navigation Service: empowering children and families
$45,000 received from Cecilia Kilkeary Foundation torwards the delivery of the Mito Foundation’s comprehensive NDIS Navigation Service. This service supports people living with mitochondrial disease to; navigate a lengthy and complicated NDIS application process, understand how the NDIS can help and access easy to understand resources regarding how the NDIS works and how to apply.
Strong, sustainable and connected: protecting Country and Culture
$125,000 from Lotterywest for Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation to purchase a new vehicle for their Yimardoo Warra Ranger Program and to deliver a social and emotional wellbeing-focussed back to country trip. These activities will enable Walalakoo to achieve the land management and cultural heritage objectives within their Healthy Country Plan and support intergenerational knowledge transfer.
Mito Community Summit 2024: Travel Grants
$10,000 secured from the Department of Social Services’ National Disability Conference towards travel grants for the mito (mitochondrial disease) community to attend the 2024 Mito Community Summit. The Mito Community Summit iconnects the Australian mito community including patients, carers, and family members with leading clinicians and researchers who showcase the latest in mito research and provide tips on navigating the health system.
Enhancing resilience along the martuwarra
$265, 850 received from the WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development for Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation to assess and address the impacts of ex-tropical cyclone Ellie on the lands, waterways and cultural heritage of Nyikina and Mangala people. Walalakoo will assess damage to sites of Cultural significance and emerging environmental threats, developing a plan to build resilience for the future.
Balanggarra Ventures Capacity building through exchange Program
$234,480 secured for Balanggarra Ventures through the WA Government’s Aboriginal Employment Enabling Program to deliver a traineeship for 15 Aboriginal young people together with G’Day Group. Participants will spend up to 6 months of the year on exchange with G’Day Group, providing year-round employment in an otherwise seasonal industry in the Kimberley.
Mito Connect Event Series
$13,720 secured through the Global Advocacy Alliance’s Rare Mental Health Impact Grants for Mito Foundation’s Mito Connect Events Series. This event series will bring together mito community members (including people living with mitochondrial disease, friends and family members) and mito experts with a focus on fostering lasting peer connections and information-sharing in a safe, inclusive environment.
Steering change: strengthening governance to harness economic opportunities
$415,000 from the National Indigenous Australians Agency’s PBC Capacity Building Fund for Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation. This funding will ensure Balanggarra’s growth is accompanied by robust corporate governance and compliance, sustainable economic growth, strong asset management and quality land-use planning.
Walalakoo Junior Rangers: connecting kids with Country and Culture
$660,000 from the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) towards the establishment of a Junior Ranger Program in Derby Western Australia. Fostering career pathways in conservation and supporting intergenerational knowledge transfer for Nyikina and Mangala young people.
Pathways to progress: PBC Capacity Building
$770,500 over 3 years from the National Indigenous Australians Agency PBC Capacity Building fund. Supporting Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation to build organisational capacity in business development, grant writing and land use planning. Embedding strong Cultural governance policies and procedures to realise members’ aspirations for Country and culture.
Walalakoo Women’s ranger program: Empowering leaders in conservation (design and planning)
$150,000 won through the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attraction’s Aboriginal Ranger Program Fund Round 7 to scope and plan a dedicated Women’s Ranger Program. Funding will contribute to a series of co-design workshops with Nyikina and Mangala women, including Traditional Owners, to identify program priorities, target locations, format and aspirations for Country.
Enhancing infrastructure on balanggarra country
$300,000 secured through Lotterywest for Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation to enhance infrastructure across their Native Title Determination area. Given the vastness of the determination, this funding is vital for Balanggarra to erect and maintain fences and to install gates and land access signage supporting ongoing conservation and land management including in Kalumburu and Wyndham.