Youth

• The Push - An Australian youth music organisation and registered charity based in Melbourne.

• Artful Dodgers Studios - A flexible and welcoming studio space in Collingwood where young people aged 15 to 27 years can create art and music with the support of experienced artists and musicians.

• 100 Story Building - A social enterprise developing creativity and literacy for children and young people, through workshop programs, online learning and community engagement.

• The Song Room - Brightens the future for young people across Australia through impactful arts learning programs delivered in partnership with schools and communities.

• Artists for Kids Culture - Provides small grants to enable children and young people, aged 5-17, who are experiencing hardship to participate in a broad range of artistic and cultural activities. These activities include dance, music, drama and other cultural experiences. 

• The Venny - The Venny is a free communal backyard and safe space for children aged 5 to 16 located in JJ Holland Park, Kensington.  It is a space where kids can engage in risk-taking play, creativity and connectedness with other young people.

The Community

• Roomers Magazine - Almost all contributors to ROOMERS are residents or former residents of rooming houses, private hotels, public housing or special accommodation in Port Phillip.

• Footscray Community Arts Centre - An arts precinct dedicated to sharing stories and recognising that all communities are valued as makers of culture. 

• Arts Projects - A creative social enterprise that supports artists with intellectual disabilities, promotes their work and advocates for their inclusion in contemporary art practice.

• Australian National Veterans Arts Museum - A national cultural institution, Public Benevolent Institution (PBI) and veteran-led charity, enhancing and strengthening the wellbeing of the veteran community through facilitated arts engagement programs, projects and collaborations. 

• Community Music Victoria - a not for profit, membership based organisation working to support, promote and facilitate community music-making across Victorian communities.

Access and Wellbeing Programs

Arts Centre Melbourne - Bringing people of all ages, abilities, genders and cultural or socioeconomic backgrounds to Arts Centre Melbourne, keeping the performing arts available to all.

ACMI - Supporting people who are facing financial barriers in attending exhibitions at their museum.

Support Act - Support Act is the music industry’s charity, delivering crisis relief services to musicians, managers, crew and music workers across all genres who are unable to work due to ill health, injury, a mental health problem or some other crisis.

Performing Arts

The Australian Cultural Fund (ACF) is a fundraising platform for Australian artists.

Through the ACF, artists upload their project, start their fundraising campaign and invite art lovers and supporters to donate with 100% of donations going directly towards artists’ creative projects.

Fashion

• The Social Studio - Part educator, part retailer, part production house and all about people, our not-for-profit social enterprise uses fashion and creativity as a cultural connector to create work and learning opportunities for Melbourne’s refugee and new migrant communities.

• Melbourne Fashion Hub is more than just a fashion business pre-accelerator; it’s a social enterprise fueled by passion and purpose. Their mission is to empower individuals and positively impact the fashion community.

• Fashlab is a community/network established in Melbourne to share knowledge, advice, news and mentorship across Victoria’s small scale fashion and related creative industries.

Creative Spaces

• The Little Yellow House is a haven of creativity that unfolded in May 2021. The special space fosters community and creativity, while the gallery has become a flourishing community of over thirty incredible women artists, all hailing from our beautiful Riverina in NSW.