Meet Working It Out: Our 2019 Major Grant Recipient
Working It Out is proud to receive the 2019 Pride Foundation Australia – Sidney Myer Foundation funding grant for their project “LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Practice for Disability Services”. Working It Out, Tasmania’s gender, sexuality and intersex status support and education service is the 2019 recipient of this partnership grant between PFA and the Sydney Myer Foundation. […]
Pride Foundation at Midsumma and Mardi Gras 2020
Thanks to all of those who came by our Midsumma Carnival and Mardi Gras Fair Day stalls in recent weeks. It was a great opportunity to explain our work and the role of philanthropy by and for the LGBTIQA+ community. And special thanks to our Board member Colin Krycer who facilitated both stalls with his […]
Our Small Grant Recipients for Round 4, 2019
Four times each year, Pride Foundation Australia offers up to $500 in funding to five individuals, organisations and communities working on projects that directly benefit the LGBTIQA+ community, who would otherwise be limited by the constraints of other funding programs. We’re thrilled to announce the recipients for the December 2019 Small Grants! Rainbow Community House […]
Congratulations to Working It Out: PFA-Myer Grant Recipient
Working It Out has been chosen as the second PFA-Myer grant round for 2019! For over twenty-one years, Working It Out has been Tasmania’s dedicated LGBTQIA+ support, advocacy and education service. They will receive $20,000 towards the development of face-to-face training on LGBTQIA+ inclusive practices within disability support services, and will build on the work […]
Small Grant Spotlight: Barn Dance 2019
In August this year, Vic Park Pride, GRAI, Loton Park Tennis, Bears Perth and The Pinnacle Foundation held Perth’s first Barn Dance! Pride Foundation Australia was able to help support this fantastic event for the LGBTIQA+ community with one of our small grants, and we were delighted to hear that the night was a roaring […]
Queer Displacements: Sexuality, Migration & Exile – Canberra Conference
On November 14th the first Queer Displacements conference opened in Canberra. “Queer Displacements: Sexuality, Migration & Exile” was the first conference in Australia to focus on the contemporary issues facing LGBTIQ+ people seeking asylum and refugees. What a wonderful, challenging, and enlightening event it was! I had the great privilege to attend and present a […]
Meet Our Grant Recipients for Round 3 2019
Four times each year, Pride Foundation Australia offers up to $500 in funding to five individuals, organisations and communities working on projects that directly benefit the LGBTIQA+ community, who would otherwise be limited by the constraints of other funding programs. We’re thrilled to announce the recipients for the September 2019 Small Grants! Rainbow Disability SA […]
An Update on Our Work Around LGBTIQA+ Refugee and Asylum Seekers
Through the work of our expert LGBTIQA+ Refugee and Asylum Seeker advisory group, we have developed a list of key issues. These include: Connecting with other LGBTIQ+ refugees and asylum seekers in Australia – they find it very difficult to connect with each other Information access – they also find it very difficult to access […]
An Award Winning LGBTIQ+ Disability Initiative
Pride Foundation Australia were recognised for ‘Excellence in Creating Inclusive Communities’ at the 2019 Victorian Disability Awards this month. Our LGBTIQ+ Disability Initiative, lead by board member Ian Gould, received a Highly Commended award. The award was presented by the Victorian Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers, Hon Luke Donnellan. We send our thanks to […]
Big Returns for Small Investments
Pride Foundation Australia believes in philanthropy as a force that initially makes small changes, from which big things grow and bigger changes happen. Since Pride Foundation Australia started our disability initiative, we have seen a new collaboration between Thorne Harbour Health and Inclusion Melbourne on a project to provide advocacy training for LGBTIQ+ people with […]
Congratulations to Jake Lewis and the team at VALID
They’ve just reached the end of the Pride Foundation initiated Victorian Government grant to scope the needs for a self-advocacy group for LGBTIQA+ people living with disabilities. Jake and the team have achieved some incredible things throug this project: They’ve developed a Needs Assessment Questionnaire, promoted it and received 160+ returns. We’ll be sharing the […]
Congratulations to our Round 2 Small Grant Recipients
Each project has received $500 towards their project. LGBTIQ Library Exchange Family Access Network (FAN) received a PFA grant to start a LGBTIQ+ book exchange for clients living in their LGBTIQ+ specific transitional properties. Come Out and Play Bushrangers Basketball is the first LGBTIQ+ club to enter into women’s basketball associations in Victoria. With the […]
