Page 482 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 20 February 2019
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these trips, to learn from and to see what other people are doing. But I can absolutely assure the chamber that Premier Youthworks and ACT Together, in partnership with the Australian Childhood Foundation, are providing a therapeutic trauma-informed response to young people in residential care.
Government—assistance for veterans and seniors
MS CHEYNE: My question is to the Minister for Seniors and Veterans. Can the minister update the Assembly on the recent grants rounds for seniors and veterans?
MR RAMSAY: I thank Ms Cheyne for the question. I am delighted to update the Assembly on the recent grants rounds. I was pleased recently to launch this year’s veterans and seniors grants as two separate and distinct rounds. That means they have had double the funding this year from the previous year. That is a demonstration of the government’s commitment to supporting those who are building the social inclusion and community participation of Canberra’s older residents and of those who have served in the ADF and their families.
We received a large number of applications across those two grants programs. This included traditional ex-service organisations such as the RSL and the Vietnam veterans federation, cultural organisations, legal aid and advocacy organisations, and a number of arts organisations. I am happy to announce that $74,500 was provided in seniors grants and just under $62,500 in veterans grants across 20 recipients.
There is more good news with this government. We have even more money that we are able to provide for community organisations now in grants of up to $2,000. They will be available for the rest of the financial year. I encourage all organisations who provide services to seniors or to veterans and their families to take a look at the CSD website to see if they are eligible for funding. We have already been speaking to many organisations who may well be able to benefit from those grants and we encourage all relevant organisations to apply.
MS CHEYNE: Minister, can you advise the Assembly of what kinds of programs were funded in the seniors grants round?
MR RAMSAY: I thank Ms Cheyne for the supplementary question. We have been able to provide funding to a wide variety of organisations providing programs to our seniors. We have provided $10,000 to ADACAS for their elder abuse and safeguard project, which helps counter elder abuse through individual advocacy and targeted community education in places such as residential aged care facilities.
Legal Aid has been provided with $6,000 to undertake consultation with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to determine what resources can best support them to deal with elder abuse. We have provided $2,000 to the ACT Chinese Women Cultural Association to educate seniors on how to prevent dementia. There is $10,000 for sanctuary Pacific Islands heritage for their “weaving stories from the Pacific Islands” program.
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