Health Directorate
Healthy Canberra Grants
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 2014-15/2016-17
Recipient | Project Purpose | Amount |
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Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT | Increase ACT community awareness of alcohol issues and reduce alcohol‐related harm. | $58,000 |
Australian Drug Foundation | Good Sports ACT fosters healthy environments in ACT sporting clubs and organisations by increasing the provision of healthy food and drink choices, reducing exposure to tobacco and reducing risky drinking. | $142,240 |
Canberra Environment Centre | Grow Together aims to increase healthy eating practices for children in Early Learning Centres. | $20,563 |
Companion House Assisting Survivors of Torture and Trauma | The Healthy Futures: Gardens, Healthy Eating and Getting Active project aims to promote and support healthy lifestyles and physical activity in migrant communities. | $55,325 |
Jervis Bay School | The Jervis Bay School Gardens Project aims to increase healthy eating in primary school aged children including proficiency and confidence of cooking skills and knowledge of fruit and vegetables. | $44,696 |
Nutrition Australia ACT | Establish a Nutrition Support Service to increase access to healthy food and drink choices and support healthy eating environments. | $154,000 |
Wirrpanda Foundation | The Wirra Club aims to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people who make healthy lifestyle choices. | $163,673 |
Multiyear Grants Continuing from 2015-16/2017-18
Recipient | Project Purpose | Amount |
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Bluearth Foundation | Mighty Movers aims to improve movement and physical activity outcomes for children in early learning settings. | $118,815 |
Companion House Assisting Survivors of Torture and Trauma | The Healthy Growing and Ageing project aims to reduce and prevent harmful alcohol and tobacco use in young people from refugee backgrounds and to increase healthy physical activity in older people in refugee communities in the ACT. | $90,294 |
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education Limited (FARE) | Pregnant Pause – Swap the pub for your bub is a social marketing campaign to help reduce fetal alcohol spectrum disorders which can occur as a result of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. | $90,976 |
Healthy Kids Association Incorporated | Increase the sale of healthy menu items through the provision of a range of resources and workshops for ACT school canteens. | $71,025 |
Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Clinic/Health Service (ACT) Incorporated | 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. | $205,000 |
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. | $100,464 |
Grants Provided under 2016-17/2018-19 Healthy Canberra Grants
Recipient | Project Purpose | Amount |
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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. | $65,000 |
Australian Breastfeeding Association | The program provides 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 increasing rates of continued breastfeeding. | $98,834 |
Chinese Language and Culture Association Incorporated | The Chinese community physical activity program aims to increase the physical activity levels of the Chinese migrant population and promote healthy lifestyles. | $15,200 |
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education Limited (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. | $123,605 |
OzHarvest Limited - 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 provides 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. | $71,028 |
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 |
Grants Provided under Healthy Canberra Grants: Focus on Healthy Ageing
Recipient | Project Purpose | Amount |
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Alzheimer’s 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. | $98,539 |
Belconnen Arts Centre | Dance for Wellbeing ACT provides 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. | $23,450 |
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.
Round One Grants
Recipient | Project Purpose | Amount |
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Alzheimer's Australia ACT | The Give It A Go project aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people in the ACT living with dementia and their carers through participation in physical activity and nutrition information sessions. | $15,000 |
Amaroo School | The Yum To Tum project aims to enhance healthy eating attitudes and behaviours in the Amaroo School community, particularly students in Years 7-10, through planting, harvesting and cooking fruits and vegetables. | $15,000 |
Kirinari Early Childhood Centre | The Fun Family Food project aims to promote healthy eating and physical activity choices amongst the children, families and staff at Kirinari Early Childhood Centre. | $14,968 |
Lyons Early Childhood School | The Healthy Lifestyles At Lyons #2 project intends to give students and families in the school community a better understanding of where fresh food comes from, the importance of healthy nutrition and how to prepare healthy meals. | $13,000 |
Mount Rogers Primary School | The Mount Rogers Primary School Bike Skills project aims to increase students’ physical activity levels by promoting safe, active travel to and from school. | $10,000 |
Pedal Power ACT | Cycle Works is a workplace based project designed to improve the health and wellbeing of employees by developing physical activity opportunities that promote cycling for commuting, recreation and general transport. | $15,000 |
Tuggeranong Link Community Houses and Centres | The Seniors Strive For Five project aims to provide an all encompassing seniors active lifestyle program to improve participants overall quality of life. | $14,912 |
Round Two Grants
Recipient | Project Purpose | Amount |
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Recipient | Project Purpose | Amount |
Arthritis ACT | The Body-time To Exercise project aims to improve the health and well being of people living with arthritis through participation in a tailored physical activity monitoring and coaching program. | $14,985 |
Capital Region Muscular Dystrophy Inc. | The project aims to improve the quality of life of people with Fascioscapulohumeral Dystrophy by enabling participation in an evidence-based exercise and lifestyle management program. | $15,000 |
CIT Student Association | The Supporting Healthy ACT Apprentices project aims to build the nutrition literacy of ACT apprentices, as well as resource them with tools that will assist them to make healthier food choices and improve their dietary behaviours. | $15,000 |
Monash Primary School | The Growing Good Habits @ Monash project aims to improve healthy eating knowledge and behaviours of the Monash Primary School community to enable them to make healthier choices for themselves and their families. | $6,254 |
Nutrition Australia ACT | The Fuel Up With Food project aims to improve the nutrition knowledge of young people and adults in trades-based industries and empower them to make healthier food and drink choices. | $14,916 |
Nutrition Australia ACT | The Nourishing Little Minds project aims to empower parents and carers of young children to develop a healthy eating culture within their families and establish healthy eating habits for their children. | $14,900 |
Tuggeranong Child and Family Centre | The Freshen It Up project aims to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families of the Narrabundah Early Childhood School community to assist them to plan and prepare healthy meals for their families. | $14,852 |
Mental Health Community Grant Funding Program
Grants are provided to increase employment opportunities for mental health consumers in the Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug, Community Development, Youth Work and Community Services areas. Priority is given to mental health consumers not currently engaged in education, training or employment at the time of application.
In consultation with community mental health stakeholders a grant is provided to address highlighted contemporary issues and develop relevant policies/resourcing for those volunteering in ACT community mental health sector.
Recipient | Project Purpose | Amount |
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Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) | The CIT are funded to provide Certified Mental Health Consumer Training Program under a “scholarship scheme”. | $37,652 |
Volunteering/Contact | VCACT is funded as a Mental Health Volunteers “peak body/ information and referral service. | $46,500 |