Vic-Based Volunteers needed for Midsumma January 2023
We’re on the look out for volunteers to help us run our festival stall at the Midsumma Carnival next year. The event will be held on Sunday January 22nd, 2023 at Alexandra Gardens. Pride Foundation Australia would love to hold a stall at this festival, to further broaden the reach of our organisation—but we need […]
Congratulations to the recipients of our Small Grants round 2 for 2022
We’re delighted to share the recipients of our latest Small Grant round for 2022. This round comprises 14 recipients, since the increase in our Small Grants funding per each round. Laneikka Denne Laneikka Denne is an award-winning actor and writer from Western Sydney. She wrote her debut play DEAD SKIN at seventeen, which was awarded […]
Our successful event with iconic Sydney visual artist William Yang
On Wednesday September 21st, Pride Foundation Australia in partnership with Gilbert & Tobin were honoured to hold an event featuring the incredible work of photographer, playwright and visual artist, William Yang. William share his work and experiences through a series of slides and monologues, to a packed out presentation room in Gilbert & Tobin’s Sydney […]
National LGBTQIA+ Refugee and Asylum Seeker Coalition to be formed with support of a $20,000 Maddocks Foundation Grant
Pride Foundation Australia has been awarded a $20,000 Maddocks Foundation Grant to form a National LGBTQIA+ Refugee and Asylum Seeker Coalition. The development of a coalition has been recommended by Pride Foundation Australia’s LGBTQIA+ Refugee and Asylum Seeker Advisory Committee due to the range of issues identified and the need to establish a national voice. […]
A successful dinner for our LGBTQIA+ Refugee Sub-Fund
We held a successful fundraising event hosted by Gilbert & Tobin in Barangaroo Sydney on Thursday 28 July. 21 people attended a sit-down meal and heard from a range of speakers about the issues facing LGBTQIA+ refugees. Dennis Altman spoke of having parents who were refugees and endorsed the need for awareness that LGBTQIA+ displaced […]
Thank you for your support during Pride Month
Over the month of June, we held our annual End of Financial Year/Pride Month fundraiser. Last year, we raised just over $43,500 in support of LGBTQIA+ refugee and asylum seekers, completely smashing our initial target of $30,000. So this year, we decided to set the bar even higher. We asked for your help to raise […]
Our Small Grant Round 1 recipients for 2022
We’re pleased to be able to announce the recipients of our Small Grants Round 1 for 2022. We were able to award nine successful applicants a $750 small grant towards the important work they’re doing in their local communities to support LGBTQIA+ people. Read more about our latest round of Small Grant recipients and their […]
Stace Callaghan and Margi Brown Ash awarded PFA x APT Grant
We’re pleased to announce the inaugural award of our first LGBTQIA+ Arts & Culture in partnership with Australian Plays Transform (APT). As a result of our first call-out for submissions of work late last year, PFA and APT have commissioned Stace Callahan and Margi Brown Ash for their play Wanderings. Stace Callaghan (they/them/theirs) identifies as […]
Meet the third round of Small Grant recipients for 2021
Our second round of Small Grants of up to $750 have been awarded. Please join us in congratulating these six successful applicants and take your time to learn about the projects these individuals and organisations are doing to support LGBTQIA+ communities. The Rural Pride Network The Rural Pride Network provides members of the LGBTQIA+ community […]
TasTAFE acquires e-learning module developed by WIO with PFA-Myer 2019 Major Grant
We are incredibly pleased to report the success that has followed the award of one of our Major Grants. In 2019, Working It Out (WIO) were announced as the recipients of our second Major Grant round in partnership with Sidney Myer Fund. WIO received a $20,000 grant to develop training on LGBTQIA+ inclusive practices within […]
French Connection AU Supports PFA for Third Year During Mardi Gras
For the third year in a row, French Connection have produced a Pride collection, with 20% of the proceeds raised being donated to Pride Foundation Australia. This year, French Connection invited members of Pride Foundation Australia to help them create a campaign that put the spotlight on the work that we do to uplift LGBTQIA+ […]
Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network (MYAN) receives PFA x Sidney Myer Fund Major Grant
We’re pleased to announce that Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network (MYAN) are the recipients of Pride Foundation Australia and Sidney Myer Fund’s second major grant round for 2021. MYAN are the peak body representing the rights and interests of young people from migrant backgrounds. This funding will go towards developing a national survey and consultation to […]
