Congratulations to Yooralla!
Their project “My Identity…My choice” has been chosen for the first PFA-Myer grant round for 2019. They will receive $20,000 towards the development and delivery of two LGBTIQA+ awareness training modules that will be developed in collaboration with Inclusion Melbourne. Once the project is complete, the modules will be freely available for disability services nationally. Rod Carracher, the Chief Practitioner at Yooralla, had this to […]
Ruth McNair at Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System
On Wednesday 17th July, Pride Foundation Australia’s Chair-person Dr Ruth McNair was one of several LGBTIQA+ advocates who spoke at the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. Speaking from her experience as a GP at Fitzroy North’s Northside Clinic, she provided examples and evidence on the lack of services for LGBTIQA+ people in rural […]
LGBTIQA+ Disability Research Project- Pride Foundation Australia and Deakin University
After the success of our Disability Forum in February, and our work with Inclusion Melbourne last year, Pride Foundation Australia has continued our focus on LGBTIQA+ Disability and raised funds for a new project with Deakin University. Ruth McNair and Ian Gould attended the first meeting to get updates on progress, plans, and met half […]
Supporting LGBTIQA+ Refugees and Asylum Seekers
This year, Pride Foundation Australia identified LGBTIQA+ refugees and asylum seekers living in Australia as one of our areas of focus for 2019. We have been working alongside our LGBTIQA+ refugee and asylum seeker advisory group to identify the priority issues that would benefit from our funding, including grant rounds, commissioning research, and supporting collaboration. In the lead […]
Meet Ruby Mountford – Our New Marketing and Administration Officer
Ruby (who uses they/them pronouns) joined the team in late April, and as their first bit of official business, worked with Ruth to successfully apply for a place in Our Community’s Social Fundraising Fellowship. Since then, they have been developing and implementing our end of financial year fundraiser, as well as learning the ins and […]
Pride Foundation Australia Disability Forum February 2019
A very successful forum on LGBTIQ disability was held in Melbourne as part of the Midsumma Festival with over 60 people filling Hares and Hyenas to capacity. Thanks to Ian Gould for leading the disability work for Pride Foundation and coordinating the forum. Our Chair: Prof Rhonda Galbally AC Our 7 panel members: Jax Jacki Brown; Bethany […]
Pride Foundation at Midsumma, Melbourne and Fair Day, Sydney 2019
It was great to chat with many of our supporters and donors who dropped in to the stalls at Midsumma Carnival and Fair Day to see our new look for the first time. Particular thanks to Cathy Kirwan, our Communications Manager, for expertly guiding us through the name change; and to PJ Calhoun for their […]
GALFA Rebrands to Pride Foundation Australia
The new name Pride Foundation Australia (PFA, formerly GALFA) was launched at our stall at Midsumma Carnival in Melbourne last month, closely followed by our introduction in NSW at Fair Day. Our new web site will be following soon. We have had very positive responses to this new direction, which is a visual reminder that […]
LGBTIQ disability evidence building project
GALFA has commissioned research involving interviews with LGBTIQ people living with disability to understand their intersecting identities as well as their experiences in health and social services. This work was seed-funded by GALFA, with additional funding of $50,000 just received from the Victorian State Government. We are working with an expert team at Deakin University, […]
GALFA at Midsumma, Melbourne 2019
GALFA will be at Midsumma Carnival at our stall on Sunday 20 January. Please come by to say hello. We are also hosting a special event in association with Quippings focusing on LGBTIQ disability. ‘Doubling Down: A discussion on Disability and LGBTIQ’ will include a panel of people living with disability hosted by Rhonda Galbally. […]
GALFA-Myer Foundation grant round outcomes 2018
We partnered with the Sidney Myer Foundation in two grant rounds in 2018, both focused on LGBTIQ Australians living with disability. In June we awarded a grant of $14,388 to Mellem Rose at Spectrum Intersections at Aspergers Victoria. The project is called ‘Interpreting the Spectrums: Understanding Barriers to Healthcare for the LGBTIQA+ Autistic Community project’ […]
An Update to our Statement of Purpose
We have had a busy year, working to build our reach and impact. We have made grants of $15,000 in two grant rounds with the Myer Foundation (total grants of $35,000), $5,000 to Switchboard for a suicide prevention initiative, and $10,000 in twenty ‘small grants’. We have also supported our sub-fund The Channel to grant […]
