PFA Attends Better Together Conference – June 2024, Geelong
Pride Foundation Australia was very pleased to be involved at the Better Together conference in June in Geelong. We sponsored $15,000 for over 20 refugees to attend the conference, including their accommodation and transport from as far afield as Mackay in Queensland. We were pleased to meet several people at our stall throughout the conference, […]
Pride Foundation Australia Sponsors Registrations to the Better Together Conference for LGBTQIA+ People Seeking Asylum
Pride Foundation Australia is happy to announce that we have arranged the sponsorship of 50 free registrations specifically for LGBTIQA+ refugees and people seeking asylum to attend the Better Together 2024 conference in Geelong in June this year. Better Together is an annual conference exploring the current issues facing LGBTQIA+ Australians, and we are hoping […]
PFA x Aurora Joint Grant of $20,000 in Ignite Pride Grants Round 2023
We’re pleased to announce that for another year running, Pride Foundation Australia has partnered with the Aurora Group to offer a joint grant to the total of $20,000 as a part of Aurora’s Ignite Pride Grant program. The Ignite Pride Grants are designed to fund small, community-driven projects. Our commitment of $20,000 has meant that […]
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 […]
Congratulations to Jax Jacki Brown for their inclusion on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021
We want to congratulate our colleague and friend of Pride Foundation Australia, Jax Jacki Brown for their inclusion on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021. Jax has been involved with Pride Foundation Australia over the past six years as a member of our LGBTQIA+ Disability Advisory Committee, among the many other admirable projects they have […]
Pride Foundation Australia & Aurora Group Grant Round Announcement
The PFA Board of Directors and the Aurora Group are very pleased to announce the successful applicant to our inaugural grant round. Different Journeys – for their project Building Bridges between Autism and LGBTQI Communities Different Journeys is an autistic peer support group based in Melbourne. Using the grant, they will employ LGBTQI+/Autism community members to […]
Join Us: What LGBTIQA+ people with disability are saying in 2021
Join the Pride Foundation Australia and Deakin University for highlights of Pride Foundation’s granting program, including launch of the More Than Ticking a Box 2021 report. The world-first qualitative study on the lived experiences of LGBTIQA+ people with disabilities, led by Deakin’s Dr Amie O’Shea, Lecturer in Disability and Inclusion. We will showcase projects and […]
Pride Foundation Australia at Better Together Conference 2020
Pride Foundation Australia’s Ian Gould and Ruby Mountford presented at the Williamstown Town Hall for the 2020 Better Together, and LGBTIQ conference. The presentation described our ‘social change’ approach to philanthropy and used Pride Foundation’s LGBTIQ Disability priority area to show how we build enduring social change. We showed how our projects were directed at […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
