Community Projects

Discover and manage storytelling projects that preserve and share cultural wisdom, community stories, and meaningful connections.

46 Total Projects

The Treacher

active
A Curious Tractor
Witta
Started 4/6/2026

Red Tape

active
A Curious Tractor

The Urban Future Forum

Slovenia
Started 4/6/2026

Community Capital Retreat

active
A Curious Tractor
Bowral
Started 4/6/2026

CivicGraph

active
A Curious Tractor

Systemic data infrastructure mapping 587K+ entities and 1.5M+ relationships across civic, corporate, and community sectors. The data layer that powers evidence-based advocacy across the ACT ecosystem.

Started 4/5/2026

ACT Farm

completed
A Curious Tractor

Regenerative agriculture and community food systems. The farm is where ACT's philosophy meets the soil — demonstrating that care for land and care for people are the same practice.

Started 4/5/2026

Black Cockatoo Valley

active
A Curious Tractor

Regenerative land stewardship project connecting First Nations knowledge with ecological restoration. Named for the endangered black cockatoo — a sentinel species whose return signals ecosystem health.

Started 4/5/2026

Smoke Project 1775167039274

active
Confit Pathways

Smoke project created by smoke test

Started 4/2/2026

Basecamps

active
JusticeHub

Community-led basecamp network across Australia. Grassroots organisations working with young people — the living proof that alternatives to detention work.

National, Australia
Started 3/30/2026

Movember

active
Palm Island Community Company

Men's health awareness and fundraising initiative supporting mental health, suicide prevention, and prostate/testicular cancer programs on Palm Island.

Palm Island, QLD
Started 3/28/2026

JCF 2024-2025 Funding Round

active
June Canavan Foundation

During the 2024-2025 financial year, JCF provided funding to 18 organisations aligned with their values, Impact Framework, and targets. Before allocating funding they always ask: Would June like this project?

Started 2/20/2026

JCF Africa Impact Visit 2025

active
June Canavan Foundation

In September 2025, three JCF Board members — Maureen Cummings, Jo Saies and Anne Gripper — flew to Tanzania and Rwanda for a week of shared experiences with three high-impact beneficiary partners: The School of St Jude, The Naramatisho Women's Centre, and The Kula Project.

Started 2/20/2026

15 Down — 5 to Go

active
June Canavan Foundation

As JCF commences the final 5 years, this project captures stories and feedback from the March 28 2026 community gathering and ongoing impact storytelling through the partnership with A Curious Tractor.

Started 2/20/2026

Uncle Allan Palm Island Art

active
Palm Island Community Company

Uncle Allan's Palm Island art collection preserving and sharing cultural expression. Art as documentation, creativity as resistance, visual storytelling holding community memory.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

TOMNET

active
TOMNET

The Older Men's Network connecting older men through meaningful activity, social connection, and purpose. Addressing isolation and mental health through practical engagement and genuine mateship.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

The Harvest

active
A Curious Tractor

Food security and community sustenance through shared agriculture. Not just a venue—it is belonging tested in markets, meals, and shared work. Seasonal programs with therapeutic components and community ownership.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

The Confessional

active
A Curious Tractor

Safe space installation for sharing stories in confidence. Art piece creating conditions for truth-telling, vulnerability, and witness. What can be spoken when safety is guaranteed?

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

SMART Recovery GP Kits

active
SMART Recovery Australia

Recovery support resources and training for General Practitioners. Practical tools for supporting people on recovery journeys, integrated with community support networks.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

SMART Connect

active
SMART Recovery Australia

AI-powered community development system for SMART Recovery facilitators. Built from 24 co-design interviews and 219 survey responses. Combines facilitator storytelling, interview-based content, peer connection tools, and cultural safety protocols to transform facilitator engagement from 7% highly engaged to 25%+.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

Regional Arts Fellowship

active
A Curious Tractor

Supporting regional arts practitioners through residencies, mentorship, and creative development. Art as first form of revolution, creativity as disruption, regional voices amplified.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

Quandamooka Justice and Healing Strategy

active
MMEIC

Justice and healing framework developed by and for Quandamooka people. Community-controlled justice that centers cultural protocols, Elder authority, and healing rather than punishment.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

PICC Photo Kiosk

active
Palm Island Community Company

Community photo sharing and storytelling installation on Palm Island. Community-controlled image archive, consent-first sharing, and visual narrative sovereignty.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

Elders Trips and Storytelling

active
Palm Island Community Company

Elder cultural journey program connecting Palm Island Elders to Hull River country. Intergenerational knowledge transfer, cultural healing, and reconnection to ancestral places.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

PICC Centre Precinct

completed
Palm Island Community Company

Palm Island community centre development creating gathering space for cultural activities, services, and community governance. Place-based infrastructure for self-determination.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

PICC Annual Report

active
Palm Island Community Company

Palm Island Community Company annual impact documentation capturing community voice, program outcomes, and organizational learning. Storytelling as accountability, evidence as community ownership.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

Mounty Yarns

active
Mounty Yarns

Storytelling and oral history project capturing community voices and preserving local memory. Stories as evidence, narrative as methodology, memory as resistance to erasure.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

JusticeHub

active
A Curious Tractor

Justice by the community, for the community. Open-source justice network where grassroots programs can fork proven models, access AI-generated insights, and co-create culturally aligned governance. 58% recidivism reduction through community programs.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

Junes Patch

active
A Curious Tractor

Community garden honoring June's legacy of growing food and connection. Food security meets therapeutic horticulture, with seasonal programs bringing people together through shared cultivation and harvest.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

Gold.Phone

active
A Curious Tractor

Hacked vintage payphone randomly connecting strangers globally. Thousands of authentic conversations become living archive proving intimacy is possible across difference. Art as methodology for exploring connection.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

Global Laundry Alliance

active
Global Laundry Alliance

International network connecting mobile laundry services worldwide. Sharing knowledge, resources, and best practices to scale dignified access to clean clothes and genuine human connection globally.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

Fishers Oysters

active
Fishers Oysters

Indigenous oyster farming enterprise combining traditional aquaculture knowledge with sustainable commercial practices. Community-owned operation building economic sovereignty through connection to sea country.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

Empathy Ledger

active
A Curious Tractor

Your story, your power, your profit. Ethical storytelling platform where communities retain control over narratives and share in value created. Multi-tenant architecture with consent-gated sharing, cultural protocol enforcement, and OCAP principles baked into architecture.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

Designing for Obsolescence

active
A Curious Tractor

Every project asks: "How does this make ACT unnecessary?" Building sustainable, self-sufficient community systems with sunset clauses, capacity transfer, and handover plans from day one. Our success is measured by our obsolescence.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

Dad.Lab.25

active
A Curious Tractor

Fatherhood support and engagement program creating safe spaces for dads to connect, learn, and grow. Focuses on strengthening father-child relationships through practical workshops and peer support networks.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

CONTAINED

active
JusticeHub

Three-container experiential justice installation exploring what detention actually looks and feels like—and what could be different. Art as methodology for shifting consciousness about youth justice alternatives.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

Caring for Those Who Care

active
A Curious Tractor

Support program for carers providing respite, connection, and recognition for those who care for family members and community. Addresses burnout and isolation through peer support and practical assistance.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

BG Fit

active
BG Fit

Fitness and wellness program delivering culturally-grounded health support. Combines physical activity with community connection, targeting improved wellbeing outcomes for participants through holistic, relationship-based engagement.

Started 1/12/2026
Started 1/12/2026

Youth Peak

active
Mounty Yarns
Started 10/30/2025
Started 10/31/2025

Law Student Workshops

active
Oonchiumpa
Alice Springs
Started 10/5/2025

The Homestead

active
Oonchiumpa
Alice Springs
Started 9/23/2025
Started 9/23/2025

Goods

active
A Curious Tractor

Goods on Country is an Australian social enterprise delivering durable, purpose-built furniture to remote Indigenous communities. Its flagship product — the Stretch Bed is a flat-packable, washable bed made from recycled plastic, galvanised steel, and heavy-duty canvas, designed to withstand remote conditions. The project includes an on-Country manufacturing model where communities collect, shred, and press local plastic waste into bed components, creating a pathway to community ownership.

Australia
Started 9/18/2025
Started 5/31/2024

Diagrama Youth Support

active
Diagrama

Youth support and development programs

Started 9/17/2025

MMEIC Cultural Initiative

active
MMEIC

Cultural preservation and community programs

Started 9/17/2025

Young Guns Empowerment Program

active
Young Guns

Youth empowerment and mentorship program

Started 9/17/2025

MingaMinga Rangers Program

active
MingaMinga Rangers

Indigenous ranger and land management program

Started 9/17/2025

Orange Sky Community Services

active
Orange Sky

Community support and storytelling program

Started 9/17/2025

Deadly Hearts Trek

active
Snow Foundation

A powerful storytelling project capturing the experiences of Indigenous women and their resilience, strength, and cultural knowledge passed down through generations.

Indigenous communities across Canada
Started 9/15/2025