Proud and Connected Community Grants was a grant program in 2023-25. Living Proud implemented the program in collaboration with the Mental Health Commission.
We invited LGBTIQA+ community groups to apply for grants of up to $25,000. Grants could be to scope, pilot and start activities. These activities aimed to build proud and connected communities. While aligning with the outcomes from the Commission’s WA Suicide Prevention Framework 2021-25.
Eleven community-led groups and organisations across Western Australia were awarded grants. A total of $150,000 was awarded.
Successful grant recipients included:
- GRAI – WA Quality of Life survey
- Kimberley Blak Pride – Kimberley Blak Pride Festival 2024
- Out South West – Dining for Diversity
- Albany Pride – Albany Pride Support Group
- OUTMidWest – A Rainbow Road to Supported Communities
- PFLAG – Community Support
- Queernarvon – Queernarvon Festival weekend
- TransFolk of WA – Peer Support Groups
- Busselton Pride Alliance Inc – Empowered and Connected Festival: Busselton
- Ending Conversion Practices WA – Scoping and Implementation – Conversion Practices Survivors Network
- Care Collaborative – QUILTBAG sewing workshops/circle
Funded activities were delivered between July 2023 and May 2024.
