Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester outlined that the Family Support Funding Program will enhance and expand the support currently given to defence families.

“Families play an important role in the Defence community and these grants will help the recipients deliver community projects such as health and wellbeing workshops, recreational and resilience programs, art and cultural activities and more targeted projects supporting post-traumatic stress disorder and the special needs community,” Minister Chester said.

“Grants are awarded to not-for-profit incorporated community groups that can deliver activities and services to Defence families, to help them engage with their local communities, support their wellbeing and share information and ideas that help them manage the demands of military life, such as the impact of frequent postings and deployments.

“I congratulate the 41 grant recipients and thank them for all they do for the Defence community and encourage any organisation supporting Defence families to review the guidelines and submit an application for future rounds.”

The Family Support Funding Program will be overseen by the Defence Community Organisation.

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Liam Garman

Editor – Defence and Security, Momentum Media

Liam began his career as a speech writer at New South Wales Parliament before working for world leading campaigns and research agencies in Sydney and Auckland. Throughout his career, Liam has managed and executed international media and communications campaigns spanning politics, business, industrial relations and infrastructure. He’s since shifted his attention to researching and writing extensively on geopolitics and defence. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and a Masters in Strategy and Security with Excellence from UNSW Canberra, with a thesis on post-truth, postmodernism and disinformation operations.

 

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