Ageing Well
Our Strategic focus
The Ageing Well portfolio funds innovative and effective projects and people that support older Australians to age well and die well, in the place they call home. In 2022 and beyond, our focus will be:
- Tackling Ageism
- Building Connected and Compassionate Communities
- Optimising Health – Alzheimer’s Research
Our Ageing Well strategy can be read here
2024 Wicking Trust Roundtable - Bringing death back into life can be watched here.
Granting opportunity
Awarded grants
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Optimising Health - Total $1m over 5 years - Bringing together Australia’s leading researchers, clinicians, and consumers to create a powerful network for dementia prevention, treatment and care.
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Building connected and compassionate communities Total $1.73m over 4 years - Ageing on the edge – older persons homelessness project. Find out more
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Building connected and compassionate communities Total $1.5m over 4 years. Building compassionate communities, designed to create a collaborative culture that attends to needs at the end of life.
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Optimising Health - Total $3.1m over 5 years. Building a unique collaboration of health, research, aged care, and advocacy organisations working together to improve the lives of older people through rapid translation of research into policy and practice. Key themes include dementia, end of life, falls and mental health.
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Optimising Health Total $1,010m over 3 years - Supporting ground-breaking research into treatments to restore dignity and hope to those suffering from the after-effects of traumatic injury, cancer or birth deformities.
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Building connected and compassionate communities Total $690.000 over 5 years - Building an impact network for systemic change in end of life.
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Tackling Ageism - Total $1.5m over 5 years. A National coalition and grassroots campaign, spearheaded by The Benevolent Society, aimed at tackling ageism against older Australians.
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Building connected and compassionate communities Total $1.2m over 5 years - Providing support through the last stage of life, and the grief that accompanies it.
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Optimising Health - Total $8.5m over 14 years Improving dementia literacy through online global education and interdisciplinary research.
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Optimising Health Total $1.4m over 2 years Promoting greater social independence and autonomy for people living with low vision or blindness
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Building connected and compassionate communities Total $1.862m - A specialised welfare company that provides housing and care to elderly, frail men and women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Last updated: 17 February 2025