Discover and manage storytelling projects that preserve and share cultural wisdom, community stories, and meaningful connections.
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.
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.
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.
Community-led basecamp network across Australia. Grassroots organisations working with young people — the living proof that alternatives to detention work.
Men's health awareness and fundraising initiative supporting mental health, suicide prevention, and prostate/testicular cancer programs on Palm Island.
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?
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.
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.
Uncle Allan's Palm Island art collection preserving and sharing cultural expression. Art as documentation, creativity as resistance, visual storytelling holding community memory.
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.
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.
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?
Recovery support resources and training for General Practitioners. Practical tools for supporting people on recovery journeys, integrated with community support networks.
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%+.
Supporting regional arts practitioners through residencies, mentorship, and creative development. Art as first form of revolution, creativity as disruption, regional voices amplified.
Justice and healing framework developed by and for Quandamooka people. Community-controlled justice that centers cultural protocols, Elder authority, and healing rather than punishment.
Community photo sharing and storytelling installation on Palm Island. Community-controlled image archive, consent-first sharing, and visual narrative sovereignty.
Elder cultural journey program connecting Palm Island Elders to Hull River country. Intergenerational knowledge transfer, cultural healing, and reconnection to ancestral places.
Palm Island community centre development creating gathering space for cultural activities, services, and community governance. Place-based infrastructure for self-determination.
Palm Island Community Company annual impact documentation capturing community voice, program outcomes, and organizational learning. Storytelling as accountability, evidence as community ownership.
Storytelling and oral history project capturing community voices and preserving local memory. Stories as evidence, narrative as methodology, memory as resistance to erasure.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Indigenous oyster farming enterprise combining traditional aquaculture knowledge with sustainable commercial practices. Community-owned operation building economic sovereignty through connection to sea country.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A powerful storytelling project capturing the experiences of Indigenous women and their resilience, strength, and cultural knowledge passed down through generations.