We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
We are proud to launch our second round of Ground Story grants for First Nations early-stage storytellers following the success of our first-ever grant round in 2024.
The Grounded Story Grant Program supports early-stage First Nations storytellers to bring a project to life.
This is our second round of Grounded Story grants following the success of our first-ever grant round in 2024 – which attracted 70+ applications from First Nations storytellers across the continent and showed the strong need for grants and mentorship programs like this one.
This round, we’re distributing $5,000 to six First Nations creatives, to create a storytelling project based on our new theme: Home.
Through this program, we provide direct funding, tailored mentorship, coaching workshops and practical tools like budget templates over a 6-month period.
Projects could involve writing, photography, film, visual arts, a combination of any of these, or something beyond.
Home is deeply significant for First Nations people. In a time when our communities, and Indigenous people around the world, are still being displaced from their lands, we continue to find strength in home – whether we have been there before, or grown up in another community.
We are a First Nations not-for-profit that exists to centre First Nations people, Country and truth-telling. We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
