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Eastern Star Foundation

Helping Our Aged Live Well

We empower those who enhance the quality of life for our ageing communities.

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Our next grant round will open in October 2023.

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What We Fund

The Eastern Star Foundation provides grants to registered charities to support evidence-based programs and initiatives that help the aged to:
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Remain independent
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Practice choice
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Participate in their community
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Have a support network
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Experience healthy ageing
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Remain Independent
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Practice Choice
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Participate in their community
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Have a support network
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Experience healthy ageing
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Celebration marks grant helping aged to live well in Sunshine Coast Hinterland
Last week, Eastern Star Foundation Directors visited the Blackall Range Care Group’s social and recreational hub in Nambour to see the impact that their $100,000 grant had made on the elderly living in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. In 2020, the grant was awarded to the organisation by the Eastern Star Foundation to help them remodel […]
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Foundation Update – December 2022
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Eastern Star Foundation Annual Report 2022
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Helping to form winning teams like Anne-Marie and Jerry
When a Guide Dog team comes together, the news is worthy of being shared far and wide, because it takes a whole community, including the support of organisations such as the Eastern Star Foundation, to make these partnerships happen. One such partnership is Anne-Marie and her Guide Dog, Jerry. Anne-Marie transitioned to retirement on the […]
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Laughter Care Program enhances lives of aged care residents like Victoria
Recently, the halls of Blue Care in Bli Bli rang with peals of laughter from a usually quiet room. The staff paused their duties in surprise, curious to see what was causing resident, Victoria, such delight since she had been increasingly withdrawn and keeping to her room. Inside, Victoria was not lonely. Laughter Care specialist, […]
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Grant helps fund wellness program for people with early-stage dementia
People with early-stage dementia will be empowered to live with confidence and manage their diagnosis more effectively with Dementia Australia recently receiving a grant for $70,000 from the Eastern Star Foundation. With dementia being one of the major chronic diseases of this century, and currently the leading cause of death in women in Australia, Trusts […]
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Grant helps women like Helen to stay connected
Elderly War Widows, like Helen, will continue to stay connected thanks to a renewed commitment of support and a further grant of $50,000 from the Eastern Star Foundation to the Australian War Widows Queensland (AWWQ) this year. Like many widows, Helen said that after her husband passed away, she felt lonely and socially isolated until […]
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Foundation Update – April 2022
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Grants enhance quality of life for our aged
Over $272,000 in grant funding from the Eastern Star Foundation was recently announced to empower organisations that help enhance the quality of life for our ageing communities. The successful recipients of the foundation’s grants for 2022 include Gunther Village Gayndah, The Humour Foundation, Dementia Australia, and Australian War Widows Queensland. Eastern Star Foundation Chairman, Jonathan […]
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Foundation Update – December 2021
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New vehicle helps Guide Dogs Queensland reach older clients in the regions
A new car is helping Guide Dogs visit more Queenslanders in regional and rural areas. Funded by a grant from Eastern Star Foundation, the vehicle is being used to better support people aged 55 and above – aligning with Eastern Star Foundation’s mission to improve outcomes for the aging community. The car was unveiled recently, and […]
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Personalised transport strengthens war widows’ connections to support networks
Since 1947, Australian War Widows Queensland (AWWQ) has supported the widows and families of those who fought for our country in the armed forces. On the eve of the organisation’s 75th anniversary next year, AWWQ has renewed its commitment to its Members, to support them to live happy and healthy lives. One way they’ll do […]
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Connecting older Queenslanders to better hearing becomes easier with new website
Older Queenslanders like Lynne are now living life to the fullest thanks to better hearing. The 70-year-old grandmother said, “Since having the hearing aids fitted, I can go to the theatre and I can go to the movies and I can actually hear what’s being said instead of only picking up half of it and […]
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Eastern Star Foundation Annual Report 2021
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Foundation Update – October 2021
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Generous grant keeps Queenslanders socially connected
Suncare Community Services has more capacity to drive down social isolation and loneliness in older Queenslanders, after Eastern Star Foundation generously funded a brand-new car, to help volunteers reach more people, especially those living in remote areas. One in four older Australians live alone, which is considered a risk factor for social isolation and loneliness […]
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Foundation Update – June 2021
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Grants empower older Queenslanders to live well
Over $300,000 in grant funding has recently been awarded by the Eastern Star Foundation to help empower older people in Queensland to live well. The successful recipients of the foundation’s 2021 grants include Australian War Widows Queensland, Guide Dogs Queensland, Hear and Say, Suncare Community Services, and Samford Support Network Inc. Eastern Star Foundation Chairman, […]
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Foundation Update – March 2021
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Foundation Update – December 2020
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Our Strategy 2020
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Eastern Star Foundation Annual Report 2020
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Foundation Update – October 2020
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Program granting last wishes marks partnership with logo unveiling
A philanthropic partnership that is enabling more terminally ill Queenslanders to fulfil their last wishes and create memories forever has been marked with a special unveiling. This week, a number of Eastern Star Foundation board members toured Ambulance Wish Queensland’s Volunteer Village, met with volunteers and took part in the unveiling of the Eastern Star […]
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Program granting dying wishes of ill Queenslanders gets $50,000 boost
The dying wishes of more terminally ill people will be fulfilled as Eastern Star Foundation awards a $50,000 grant to Palliative Care Queensland’s Ambulance Wish Queensland program.    The grant will enable the organisation to further develop the program, which provides specialised transportation and the necessary medical care to empower those faced with a terminal illness to carry out their last […]
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Foundation Update – June 2020
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Funding fast-tracks new program to help end homelessness for older women in QLD
It will soon be easier for older women experiencing homelessness or at risk of being homeless in Queensland to navigate their way to a better life, as Eastern Star Foundation announces a $100,000 grant to The Lady Musgrave Trust. The gap funding will help Queensland’s oldest charity to rollout the Ending Homelessness for Older Women […]
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Grant helps ageing population to live well on Sunshine Coast Hinterland
A social and recreational hub which enables older people and the elderly on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland to stay connected is set to undergo an expansion, with Blackall Range Care Group Ltd receiving a $100,000 grant from Eastern Star Foundation. The Nambour Social Centre’s Sundowners and the Clubhouse Respite Room building, which was first established […]
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Foundation Update – April 2020
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Eastern Star Foundation’s Theory of Change
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Your Bequest Brochure
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Star Aged Living Annual Report 2019
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Newsletter Edition 4 – October 2019
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Foundation Update – December 2019
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Complaint Handling Procedure
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Complaint Handling Policy
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A copy of our Complaint Handling Policy, Complaint Handling Procedure, and Whistleblower Policy can be accessed here.

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The Eastern Star (Australia) Foundation Ltd trading as Eastern Star Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that provides grants to charities to help improve outcomes for the aged. Our activities are underpinned by our values of dignity, independence and hope.

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