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Grant recipient
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Project
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Grant amount
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Individual applicant (name withheld)
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Stand Up Snacks - a pilot to support emergency department staff through bite-sized conversations about mental health, resilience and stress-relief. It will combine discussions with hands-on mini workshops, mediation and gentle exercise to support wellbeing.
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$5,445
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Girl Guides ACT & SE NSW Region
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Mental Health First Aid Training program for Girl Guides Leaders in the ACT - training to equip group leaders with skills to respond to the mental health needs of their members.
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$4,500
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Council on the Ageing (COTA) ACT
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A glimpse into the effects of COVID-19 seclusion (working title) - utilising theatre to explore how recent experiences have affected our older citizens, their mental health, feelings of loneliness and isolation and their outlook into the future.
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$10,000
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The Street Theatre
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Tsunami/Resilience - a creative seed bank for systemic change - assisting artists to re-build, rejuvenate and re-imagine their futures in a combination of live workshop, livestreaming, recorded access and mentored processes.
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$10,000
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The Scout Association of Australia, ACT Branch
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Standing up - a recovery focused short film festival for young people exploring the theme 'standing up' following challenging times.
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$8,900
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Individual applicant (name withheld).
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Queer Zumba -taking an innovative approach to dance, fitness and social opportunities for Canberra's LGBTIQ+ community to promote mental health and wellbeing.
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$7,100
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Good Omen Goodeze
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GOG’s Community Threads - a series of therapeutic creative wellbeing groups with participants knitting or crocheting projects such as lap rugs, beanies, quilts and soft toys. Items produced will be gifted to patients in Canberra’s Intensive Care Units and Palliative Care.
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$8,410
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University of Canberra
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Strength Becomes Her - a strength training program for women to promote mental health and wellbeing for women who have experienced domestic or family violence.
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$10,000
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Havelock Housing Association
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Nurturing Havelock Community Well-being Leadership Program - a leadership and peer mentoring program for residents of Havelock House Community Housing to promote connection, personal development and confidence, that also has positive impacts for their mental health and wellbeing.
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$10,000
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The Food Co-op
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Pick it, Cook it, Eat it - Together <3 - utilising ANU Co-Op’s rooftop garden to offer meetups where participants can grow, cook and eat healthy meals together, promoting living skills development, social connection and mental health and wellbeing supports to multicultural students.
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$3,095
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Ngunnawal Primary School
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Five Ms for Mental Health - a nine week series of workshops including music, movement, meditation, mixed media and mingling for young parents and their children within the Ngunnawal Community, with indoor and outdoor experiences held at the Ngunnawal School.
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$9,100
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Charles Conder School
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Family Support - supporting parents and carers through training a staff member to deliver the evidence-based Circles of Security and Triple P Parenting and Seasons for Growth programs. The programs support management of behaviours of concern and emotional difficulties in young people within the Coder School community.
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$9,350
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Campbell High School
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Seasons for Growth - a 10-week grief and loss education program that will run at Campbell High School to support students aged 12-16 who are experiencing grief or loss exacerbated by or related to COVID-19.
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$550
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Taiwanese Association of Canberra
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Online Reunion - targeted mental health and wellbeing online support for the Canberra Taiwanese community.
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$4,350
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