Pride Foundation Australia is proud to have awarded a total of $27,406.00 to three deserving projects in respect to our large grant round supporting LGBTQIA+ people living in regional and rural areas of Australia, earlier this year.
Please join us in congratulating these three organisations in the successful funding of their respective projects. Read on to learn more about each of these projects.
Inclusion Solutions – WA
Project: Infinity X Career Program (Regional and Remote National Pilot)
Inclusion Solutions is a not-for-profit community development organisation. They believe that all people, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, background or ability, should have the opportunity to participate in community life and enjoy all the good things the community has to offer. As a training, mentoring and consultancy organisation, Inclusion Solutions work together with others to strengthen communities of all shapes and sizes, creating spaces where all people feel welcome and included for who they are.
The Infinity X Career Program, initially developed in 2024, through a Department of Communities Grant, aims to supports female-identifying and non-binary/gender diverse LGBTQIA+ individuals with disabilities (aged 18-30) seeking career exploration and development. This intensive 6-week program equips participants to pursue their dream careers. By addressing lived experience from a strengths based perspective, and acknowledging the role of mental health, education, and family support on career outcomes. Inclusion Solution’s program provides self-advocacy tools, job search strategies, exposure to role models, and essential skills like financial literacy and self-care strategies that are safe and inclusive.
SunnyKids Ltd – QLD
Project: Rainbow Boundaries: SunnyKids’ LGBTQIA+ Healthy Relationships Workshops
SunnyKids provides essential support services to children and families experiencing domestic and family violence and hardship. Their integrated support network provides a range of life-saving services to thousands of families each year.
SunnyKids will deliver healthy relationships workshops for LGBTIQA+ individuals in regional and rural Sunshine Coast. Led by knowledgeable LGBTQIA+ staff with DFV experience, these workshops will cover communication skills, consent, setting boundaries and fostering healthy connections. Participants will have a safe space to share experiences, increase their knowledge of available support and learn healthier communication methods.
Held across 9 Sunshine Coast libraries and the LGBTI Community Centre for a total of 11 sessions, these workshops provide an inclusive environment for learning and growth, aiming to prevent future hardship or domestic and family violence.
Slade Consulting – VIC
Project: Collective Care Teams: Community Working With Communtiy (CCT:CWWC)
Slade Consulting is the brainchild of Ren, a Social Worker with over 10 years experience in counselling and education. Ren specialises in individual counselling with teens and adults who are trauma survivors, neurodivegent people and with people from LGBTIQA+ communities. Ren also brings a depth of experience as an educator in LGBTIQA+ critically reflective practice, mental health, and challenges in today’s human service fields.
CCT:CWWC brings together evidence based theories, and practices in supporting the queers who support queers in rural and regional Victoria. It will run as a group supervision model that will be semi-structured in nature, allowing workers to engage in peer support and sharing, as well as the facilitator providing more structured learning opportunities. CCT:CWWC will utilise Omni Insight’s Octo-Specrum of Queer Delight model that incorporates, collective care models, somatic processing, necro-political, queer, and crip theroies, as well as encouraging members to revel in queer joy (placed through an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy model).
