Grant stories

  • Helping Ballarat community organisations get and stay connected

    Charities and community groups often rely heavily on technology - but access to facilities and equipment can be out of reach, both logistically and financially.

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    Fund amount:
    $50,000

    Program area:
    Other

    Location:
    Grampians

    Year:
    2022

  • Lived experience of gambling harm the key to change

    A passionate new team member at the Alliance for Gambling Reform is playing a powerful role in removing stigma and driving change to reduce and prevent gambling harm.

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    Fund amount:
    $140,000

    Program area:
    Other

    Location:
    Statewide

    Year:
    2022

  • Lived experience the key to trauma support

    Survivors of trauma will play a crucial role in an innovative Lived Experience Council at Australia’s leading trauma and disaster mental health center.

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    Fund amount:
    $66,000

    Program area:
    Other

    Location:
    Statewide

    Year:
    2022

  • Funding to Support Advocacy for Asylum Seekers

    A leading social justice legal centre is able to employ a senior solicitor to protect and promote the human rights of asylum seekers, thanks to Ross Trust funding.

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    Fund amount:
    $150,000

    Program area:
    Other

    Year:
    2021

  • Riding out the storm with the community

    Victorians were shocked by the severe storms and floods that ravaged Gippsland and the Dandenong Ranges in the winter of 2021 – but The Ross Trust has been there to support the communities as they ...

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    Fund amount:
    $130,000

    Program area:
    Other

    Location:
    Statewide

    Year:
    2021

  • Helping Afghans in crisis

    The Ross Trust is providing critical support to Refugee Legal - an independent community legal centre specialising in refugee and immigration law, policy and practice - to enable them to provide vi...

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    Fund amount:
    $85,000

    Program area:
    Other

    Location:
    Global

    Year:
    2021

  • Supporting communities in COVID crisis

    The Ross Trust is providing desperately needed emergency assistance to Victorian communities that are heavily impacted by COVID.

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    Fund amount:
    $90,000

    Program area:
    Other

    Location:
    Statewide

    Year:
    2021

  • Helping East Gippsland children to ‘build back better’

    A three-year grant from the Ross Trust will enable the Children’s Wellbeing Initiative to continue its efforts to ensure children in East Gippsland have a voice in the region’s recovery from years ...

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    Fund amount:
    $239,896

    Program area:
    Other

    Location:
    East Gippsland

    Year:
    2021-2023

  • Champions pitch to reduce gambling harm

    The Alliance for Gambling Reform will work with an additional 50 people who have experienced the serious harm cause by gambling, and harness their storytelling skills as part of a strategy to refor...

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    Fund amount:
    $110,000 over three years

    Program area:
    Other

    Location:
    Statewide

    Year:
    2020

  • Almost $300,000 awarded to support COVID-19 response

    Grants to support some of the most marginalised people in our community, are the final grants awarded by the Ross Trust as part of its almost $300,000 rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Program area:
    Other