Discover and manage storytelling projects that preserve and share cultural wisdom, community stories, and meaningful connections.
[DRAFT — Narelle review] PICC Healthy Meals Program. Description copy pending.
[DRAFT — Narelle review] Community goods + recycling enterprise. Description copy pending.
[DRAFT — Narelle review] On-Country data infrastructure project. Description copy pending.
Mobile leadership infrastructure born at the Community Capital Leadership Retreat.
Ben Knight's registered civil marriage celebrant practice. Brings the same care for storytelling and human connection that runs through ACT's other work into ceremony. Each ceremony is a story worth telling well, with attention to the couple's own language, culture, and context.
Mobile hair care and beauty services for women experiencing hardship. ACT helped build a caravan, a mobile salon that brings the service to where women are. Follows the same logic as Orange Sky: do not require dignity to be earned by navigating the system. Bring it.
Art and technology crossover — combining mechanical craft with microcontroller programming to create interactive installations
An exploration of economic models grounded in custodianship rather than ownership. Asks what an economy looks like when participants see themselves as temporary stewards of resources, land, and knowledge. Draws on First Nations custodianship concepts blended with regenerative economics.
Cultural immersion, fitness, and mentorship program for Indigenous youth in Mount Isa
Community stories, reflections, and voices from across Palm Island Community Company programs and services.
The history and community voices of The Buttery — capturing stories, reflections, and lived experiences from those connected to the organisation.
Girls' secondary school scholarships (Year 1 of 3).
Shift program scholarships for social entrepreneurs.
Triathlon for people with physical disabilities (Year 2 of 3).
Para-athlete and regional student scholarships.
Women in Football Leadership Conference support.
We Give North East Victoria initiative.
Annual scholarship plus organizational development.
Para-athlete and regional student scholarships.
Transfer of Back to School voucher program.
Development of regional funding initiatives.
Equipment purchase for elderly community transport.
Small business loans (Year 2 of 3).
Volunteer tutor training for foster care children (Year 1 of 3).
Triathlon for people with physical disabilities (Year 1 of 3).
Development of June's Patch respite and regeneration space.
Stage 3 construction of women's social enterprise facility (Year 3).
Shift program scholarships for female social entrepreneurs (Year 2).
Reading tutor training for foster care children (Year 2 of 3).
Secondary scholarships and encouragement awards.
Leadership conference promotion and related activities.
Secondary school scholarships, mother-baby packages, and learning resources.
Tree guards enabling farmers to protect biodiversity-important trees.
Table tennis initiative for women and girls development.
Skills training in agronomy and business for coffee-growing households.
Writing and boxing instruction for women escaping domestic violence.
Women's social enterprise facility construction (Year 2 of 3).
Girls' secondary school scholarships (Year 2 of 3).
Mentoring, conference participation, and communications support.
Licensing and production support for sports documentary.
Scholarships for female athletes (Year 1 of 3).
Organizational development support.
Female athlete scholarships (Year 2 of 3).
Fellowships and untied funding for Shift alumni.
Triathlon for physical disability participants (Year 3 of 3).
Seed funding for participant development in incubator program.
June Canavan scholarships for para-athletes and regional students.
Scholarships supporting female athletes (Year 2 of 3).
Mesh paddock tree guards for biodiversity.
Cardiovascular training pilot for children with cerebral palsy.
Equipment for eclampsia and pre-eclampsia care.
Parent-child skills development program.
Small business loans (Year 1 of 3).
Women's social enterprise facility construction (Year 1 of 3).
Micro loans supporting rural household enterprises.
Training volunteer reading tutors for foster care children (Year 3).
June Canavan Fellowship supporting female entrepreneurs (Year 2).
Female athlete scholarships (Year 1 of 3).
Interactive Biodiversity Collage educational resource.
Player travel support during facility rebuilding.
Entry-level secondary school scholarships.
Camp program for autism-affected families.
Annual female student scholarship.
Hybrid vehicle for organizational operations.
Support materials for volunteer ambassador initiatives.
Triathlon opportunities for people with physical disabilities (Year 3).
Subsidized vet care for elderly pet owners.
Evidence-based practice evaluation contribution.
Para-athlete and regional student support.
Small business loans (Year 3 of 3).
Community screenings and impact initiatives.
Annual scholarship supporting female participants who might otherwise be unable to participate.
Driving training enabling women's employment access.
Women-led peer mentoring for ocean conservation.
Resources informing community athlete leadership programs.
Girls' secondary scholarships (Year 3 of 3).
Providing quality water access to communities protecting elephants.
Organizational development and capacity strengthening support.
Growing nutrient-rich food for disadvantaged communities.
Upper primary and secondary book production.
Establishment of organizational office infrastructure.
Driving training enabling women to secure employment.
Collection and analysis of environmental DNA from catchment areas.
Film exploring themes of trust, betrayal, and institutional accountability
Art installation making bureaucratic friction physically legible. Transforms government and grant-application paperwork into physical objects, asking audiences to experience the burden of compliance procedures firsthand.
ACT-facilitated leadership retreat bringing community leaders and social impact capital holders together in Bowral, NSW. Funded via the Social Impact Hub Foundation. Not a grant-application format but a relational gathering where not-for-profit leaders meet people who can fund them.
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 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.
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.
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.
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
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
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 documented
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.
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
Art exhibition and performance honouring the invisible labour of carers
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.
Prevent and stop rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in First Nations communities through culturally safe, community-led health interventions, education, screening, and treatment pathways.