Our Impact

Supporting our partners to lead and develop their social impact projects is at the heart of what we do.

Because every community is unique, our focus is broad and flexible – from education to mental health, to social and environmental regeneration. Backed by a trusted network of experts and supporters, we’re here to help turn local ideas into lasting change.

Active Partnerships

These are the projects we’re deeply involved in – working side by side with our partners through auspicing, funding support and hands-on project development.

The Little Village Project

The LVP is supporting vulnerable children in Latrobe Valley primary schools with access to evidence-based support that impacts on their engagement with education and the community.

Regen Gippsland

Regen Gippsland brings together the community to explore how we might apply Doughnut Economics in addressing significant challenges and opportunities for our Gippsland region.

Kurnai Young Parents Program Mentoring Initiative

The initiative aims to give young people a positive experience in the community; to assist them in the development of specific interests and skills they may have; to link them with community and services and support; and for them to have a positive role model.

The Artichoke

The Artichoke is a new entry into the heart of Yarram – part bookshop, part games store, part gift shop and part welcoming “third space” where locals can gather, create, and connect. It is a catalyst for connection, creativity, and lifelong learning.

Marri Tjevin Project

Experienced linguists, led by Gregor Renwick, are working closely with the Rak Thanggarral to record the words, sentences and stories of the Marri Tjevin people in the Northern Territory.

Shared Value Initiative

The initiative encourages Gippsland businesses to invest in workforce mental health, leading to reduced absenteeism, improved operations and a prospering workplace.

Intercultural Exchange

Intercultural Exchange Incorporated is a not-for-profit organisation founded with the goal of fostering mutual understanding and exchange between individuals and communities of various backgrounds.

In-kind Partnerships

These are lighter collaborations where we lend a hand in practical ways – like updating websites and offering strategic or marketing advice. They’re guided by an MoU but don’t require the same level of support as our active partnerships.

Warrigunya

Warrigunya enables Aboriginal men to live in stable, structured, supportive and culturally safe accommodation that enables them to focus on their personal goals and create a future without prison.

Our Peoples Foundation

OPF is a First Nations led not-for-profit supporting community controlled cultural knowledge, language renewal, and creative expression. They design programs, facilitate cultural practise and build archives that empower Aboriginal Peoples to carry culture forward on their terms.

Past Partnerships

These are projects we’ve proudly supported in the past, but that have since come to a natural close or no longer need our involvement.

Traralgon East Revitalisation Project

Kindred Spirits Enterprises worked with the people of Traralgon East to build a sense of community and improve access to services and programs, particularly in health and wellbeing, and education and livelihoods. A strategy was developed out of a community survey in 2020 that continues to take the Traralgon East community toward these goals.

Early Language & Literacy - Latrobe Valley Project

In 2018, Kindred Spirits Enterprises supported a local rollout of a program developed by the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation, that aimed to improve the language and literacy of at-risk children aged 0-8 years. ‌To accomplish this, 31 local educators attended skill-building workshops and completed an accredited Certificate IV course, supported with resources and ongoing mentoring.

Val-You Reading

Val-You Reading helped Latrobe Valley children become strong and confident readers, writers and learners through literacy initiatives. Resource kits, training and links to relevant programs were provided to local educators thanks, in part, to a grant from the Latrobe Health Assembly.

Yowengarra Bun Wurrung Balug Clans Aboriginal Corporation

Kindred Spirits Enterprises partnered with the Yowengarra Bun Wurrung Balug Clans (YBWBC) in the Bass Coast region of Victoria to provide relief for First Australians experiencing challenges like poverty, sickness, destitution, helplessness and distress. We worked with the YBWBC Board in areas including planning, pilot program design, funding relationships and general governance.

Literacy Production Centre

The Literacy Production Centre in Wadeye, south of Darwin, helps local children with language and cultural learning. Kindred Spirits Enterprises worked with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College to support long-term LPC team members with their Vision Project.

Native Botanicals

Kindred Spirits Enterprises partnered with the ARC Centre’s Uniquely Australian Foods Centre on key projects in northern Australia, in which First Nations entrepreneurs and communities are building a native botanicals industry. They also supported the establishment of a native botanicals focused, completely Indigenous owned and led Co-operative: ‘Bushtukka and Botanicals Indigenous Enterprises Co-operative’.