Key Indicators | Charity Name | Amount | Summary |
Racing Industry Mental Health | Horse Aid Ltd | $15,000 | Assisting in retraining and rehoming ex-racehorses which provide unique equine assisted healing programs for serving and ex-serving defence personnel and first responders dealing with mental health challenges from service trauma. |
Mental Health Disability Support All Racecourses
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Morris Children’s Fund | $10,000 | Music Therapy program conducted weekly across the school term by a specialist teacher who works with Special Needs Schools using music as a medium to unlock the students’ hidden potential and capabilities. |
Canterbury / Bankstown Disability Support | Cerebral Palsy Alliance | $15,000 | Funding to support the furniture fit out of the new, world-class disability centre in Roselands. Support would be acknowledged through permanent signage in the centre which will open early 2025. |
Parramatta Randwick Mental Health | Kids with Cancer Foundation | $16,000 | Financial Assistance program funding for 8 x families who have a child aged 0-12 years being treated for cancer at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead or Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. |
Randwick Mental Health | Lifeline Direct Limited t/a Lifeline Eastern Suburbs – Bondi | $15,000 | Lifeline will support the ongoing psychological safety of 14 frontline volunteers who answer calls from the Bondi centre. |
Liverpool Sustainability | St Vincent de Paul NSW | $10,000 | Liverpool Men’s and Outreach Vans serves disadvantaged communities across Liverpool and Fairfield, currently delivering essential food and staples to numerous clients daily. This pilot initiative aims to transition from providing basic food items to offering high-quality, nutritious meals to those in need. |
Randwick Mental Health | The Humour Foundation | $10,000 | Clown Doctors directly support the mental health and well-being of children in the Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick. |
Mental Health | Sydney Breast Cancer Foundation | $20,000 | New Mental Health initiative for one weekly clinic with a psychologist for patients undergoing breast cancer treatment. |
Mental Health | Dandelion Support Network Inc | $10,000 | Funding to support the purchase of essential nursery items such as bassinets, cots, prams and car seats for families in need across Greater Sydney. |
Parramatta Liverpool Mental Health | Learning Links | $17,390 | Learning Links psychologists will work with vulnerable children weekly to address a variety of conditions and concerns including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger management and poor social skills in 2 school communities and up to 30 children supported. |
Parramatta Mental Health | The Westmead Institute for Medical Research | $13,430 | Purchase of wearable devices for WIMR’s Brain Dynamics Centre, where researchers are focused on developing more effective science-based treatments for mental health disorders by investigating sleep-wake patterns and circadian rhythms in young people with serious mental health disorders. |
TOTAL | $151,820 |
Full details of the ATC Foundation and how to apply for funding can be found here.