We’re proud to stand alongside twelve strategically aligned charity partners that are leading the charge in advancing women’s and girls’ health and wellbeing. They all deliver a range of health and wellbeing programs, targeted exclusively or in the majority, to Australian women and girls. The Sisterhood amplifies their frontline efforts by building their organisational capability, allowing them to further their vision and mission and deliver programs that create lasting health outcomes.
Jean Hailes for Women’s Health is dedicated to improving women’s health across Australia through every life stage by providing free, evidence-based health information for women, girls and gender-diverse people.
The Sisterhood has provided a three-year grant to Jean Hailes for Women to use AI to optimise the delivery of personal health education information to women and girls across Australia.
Smiling Mind is a leading prevention-focussed mental health not-for-profit. The organisation helps minds thrive with evidence-based tools and resources including Australia’s most trusted mental wellbeing app.
Smiling Mind is building capacity for its mental fitness app with a three-year grant from the Sisterhood to create tailored pathways for women and girls using the app to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
Her Heart is Australia’s only not-for-profit organisation focused on the prevention of women’s heart disease. Her Heart educates and empowers women to take control of their lives and make necessary changes to decrease their risk of developing heart disease.
The Sisterhood has provided capacity building funds to Her Heart, over a three-year period, to employ a General Manager, conduct research, and deliver digital projects such as expanding the “Find a Female Cardiologist” database and updating the Her Heart Report Card.
Share the Dignity supports women, girls and those who menstruate who are experiencing, or are at risk, of homelessness, domestic violence or poverty. Share the Dignity distributes period products to those in need and works to achieve menstrual equity in Australia.
Over an initial period of three years, the Sisterhood has provided funds to Share the Dignity to build its capacity in the following ways: ICT roadmap, systems integration projects, a new website, volunteer management and research.
Fitted for Work helps women become work ready, gain secure employment and experience success in their careers by supporting the development of practical skills, knowledge and self-esteem.
The Sisterhood is currently contributing towards a new Head of Technology position, several digital infrastructure projects and an impact measurement system for Fitted for Work.
Motherless Daughters Australia connects and supports women and girls whose mums have died, by providing peer support opportunities both online and within the community.
The Sisterhood currently funds several roles across the Motherless Daughters Australia organisation, as well as underwriting an economic impact study.
Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia (PANDA) support the mental health of wellbeing of women, men, partners and families across Australia, during pregnancy, early parenthood and early pregnancy loss.
The Sisterhood Foundation is currently funding several digital systems consolidation projects, as well as website search engine optimisation, for PANDA.
SisterWorks supports migrant, refugee and asylum-seeker women to become economically empowered by helping them to develop skills, confidence and connections. It also supports women to find employment, start their own businesses and navigate the Australian system.
The Sisterhood Foundation has provided a grant to SisterWorks to fund several initiatives designed to optimise its earned income over the next three years.
DAIWS provides safe and culturally competent services to women and children who have experienced domestic, family and sexual violence. They provide domestic violence crisis centres, transitional housing units and a domestic violence outreach service.
Over the next three years, funding from the Sisterhood Foundation will support DAIWS in building culturally appropriate healing programs, leadership development, and updating their client technology systems.
Mura Kosker Sorority advocates for human rights and improves family and kinship wellbeing to all island communities across the Torres Strait through tailored services and programs.
Over the next three years, Sisterhood Foundation funding will support a variety of capacity building projects that will allow Mura Kosker Sorority to grow and enhance the quality and accessibility of its programs.
Founded in 1988, Catherine House is South Australia’s only homelessness and recovery service for women. At Catherine House, women experiencing homelessness across South Australia can access support including crisis and longer-term accommodation.
Over the next three years, Sisterhood Foundation funding will support an ambitious project to revolutionise the intake system at Catherine House.
Lou’s Place is a daytime drop-in centre in Redfern in Sydney that supports women who have experienced significant trauma throughout their lives and are often navigating challenges such as homelessness, domestic and family violence, financial hardship, and social isolation.
Over the next three years, funding from the Sisterhood Foundation will support capacity-building projects to update systems and frameworks, modernising how Lou’s Place operates so they can support more women.
