ACT Health Deed of Grants (Strategic Policy)
Recipient | Project Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
A Gender Agenda Inc. | Organisational capacity building. | $167,000 |
Australian Capital Territory Council of Social Service Inc. (ACTCOSS) | Funding for ACTCOSS to provide development support to the NGOs funded under the Community Assistance and Support Program. | $75,480 |
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) | Funding to support the CIT skills for Carers program, which provides flexible training for family carers through short courses, workshops and on an individual basis if required. Funding to provide a foundational skills and cultural arts program for the Ngunnawal Bush Healing Farm. | $120,292 $102,000 |
Capital Health Network Ltd | Deed of Grant for Health Pathways, an online clinical referral portal used by health professionals to refer patients to local health services. | $190,000 |
Community Options Inc. | Coordination of in-home (non-clinical) support services for people with end-stage illnesses and their families. | $100,000 |
Men's Link | Free counselling program to support younger boys in the 10-12 year age bracket who are experiencing a service gap between children’s services and youth services. | $50,000 |
Orange Sky Australia Ltd | Funding to support the provision of Orange Sky Australia’s mobile laundry service for homeless and vulnerable people in the ACT. | $50,000 |
Volunteering and Contact ACT Ltd | Funding to support Volunteering and Contact ACT, promoter and key enabler of volunteering services of social, personal and economic value in the ACT. | $46,500 |
Healthy Grants Canberra
Healthy Canberra Grants is the major funding activity of the ACT Health Promotion Grants Program (ACTHPGP). It provides funding for community-based activities to improve the health of Canberrans, with a focus on preventing chronic disease.
A large proportion of the burden of disease in the ACT community is a result of chronic disease conditions. The aim of Healthy Canberra Grants is to fund activities to address the lifestyle risk factors that contribute to these conditions.
Healthy Canberra Grants provides funding for programs which use a population health approach to:
- support healthy ageing
- reduce smoking-related harm
- reduce alcohol-related harm
- reduce overweight and obesity through improving eating habits and increasing levels of physical activity.
Multiyear grants continuing from 2015-16 – 2017-18
Recipient | Project Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Bluearth Foundation | Mighty Movers aims to improve movement and physical activity outcomes for children in early learning settings. | $78,206 |
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education Ltd (FARE) | Pregnant Pause – Swap the pub for your bub is a social marketing campaign to help reduce foetal alcohol spectrum disorders which can occur as a result of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. | $91,521 |
Healthy Kids Association Inc. | Increase the sale of healthy menu items through the provision of a range of resources and workshops for ACT school canteens. | $74,275 |
Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Clinic/Health Service (ACT) Inc. | The Winnunga Healthy Weight Program aims to improve overweight and obesity levels in local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, through the establishment of an obesity management service. | $235,000 |
YMCA of Canberra | Nutri‐Ys Canteen aims to develop a sustainable model to increase the availability of healthy homemade meals for sale in ACT food services, consistent with the National Healthy School Canteen Guidelines. | $209,380 |
Grants provided 2016-17 – 2018-19
Recipient | Project Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Arthritis ACT | The program will offer a range of group-based strength and balance classes for the over 65’s with the aim of improving function and balance. | $67,925 |
Australian Breastfeeding Association | The program will provide information and resources for a diverse range of breastfeeding families in the ACT with the aim of building breastfeeding awareness, knowledge, skills and social networks for ACT families and increase rates of continued breastfeeding. | $59,544 |
Chinese Language and Culture Association Inc. | The Chinese community physical activity program aims to increase the physical activity levels of the Chinese migrant population and promote healthy lifestyles. | $23,100 |
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education Ltd (FARE) | The Alcohol Truth: Know What's In Your Drink program aims to inform university students about alcohol issues and empower them to make informed choices about their alcohol consumption | $116,005 |
OzHarvest Ltd - Canberra | The Nutrition Education and Sustenance Training (NEST) program aims to equip often marginalised groups with skills and knowledge of healthier eating choices and food preparation behaviours. | $49,676 |
Reclink Australia | The Blokes Business program will provide opportunities for men from often marginalised backgrounds to get together, discuss life issues, participate in skills-based activities and increase engagement in the broader community. | $73,139 |
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia - ACT Branch | The Quit for 2 through Community Pharmacy program aims to promote the benefits of smoking cessation for pregnant women through ACT community pharmacies. | $60,000 |
Focus on Healthy Ageing
Recipient | Project Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Dementia Australia ACT | The Fill Your Bucket community campaign aims to raise awareness of, and promote the benefits of, modifiable lifestyle risk factors for dementia in the 40-65 year age group. | $161,891 |
Belconnen Arts Centre | Dance for Wellbeing ACT will provide people diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, Dementia and Multiple Sclerosis opportunities to improve muscle strength, gait fluidity, balance, cognitive function, power and confidence through dance. | $41,900 |
Health Promotion Innovation Fund
The Health Promotion Innovation Fund provides grants of up to $15,000 for innovative, community-based health promotion projects of up to 12 months duration that aim to reduce overweight and obesity, reduce smoking and alcohol-related harm, and support healthy ageing in the ACT population.
Recipient | Project Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Amaroo School | The Nutrition Education: Ready Made Lunches project aims to increase the range of healthy foods available for purchase by students and staff at the school. | $15,000 |
Community Services #1 | The CS#1 Nutrition Support Program project aims to deliver a nutrition education program specifically tailored to the needs of their client groups. | $14,577 |
Narrabundah Early Childhood School | The Nutrition for Life project aims to deliver a nutrition education program that focuses on healthy lunchboxes for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families that attend their Koori preschool. | $5,852 |
Nutrition Australia ACT | The Teaching Nutrition in Secondary School project aims to develop and deliver a professional development module for secondary school teachers so that they have increased knowledge and confidence to teach nutrition education. | $14,900 |
Pedal Power ACT | The Big Skills for Small Bicycles project aims to deliver a skills-based program that supports families to confidently teach their children to safely ride a bicycle. | $14,763 |
St Clare's College | The Healthy Bodies project aims to enhance the healthy food and drink environment at the school in conjunction with their canteen provider and through the establishment of a kitchen garden program. | $2,653 |
The Food Cooperative Shop | The Real Food featuring the Food Co-op project aims to pilot a series of free cooking and nutrition classes for ANU students to provide them with the knowledge and skills to prepare healthy and inexpensive meals. | $14,660 |
University of Canberra | The project aims to encourage older Canberrans to participate in physical activity in a range of natural outdoor settings across the ACT. | $12,424 |