Who We Are

Our Vision

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

Our Mission

To provide financial assistance to help initiatives become a reality for charities who care for our ageing communities, support their independence, and who are committed to helping them live well.

A commitment to help the aged live well

The Eastern Star Foundation is a philanthropic foundation whose focus is helping to improve outcomes for the aged.

Our history of caring for the aged dates back to 1954, when a group of Order of the Eastern Star members established the organisation with a mission to provide a home for their aged members. The organisation later became an aged and community care provider, known as Star Aged Living and based at Beaudesert in Queensland, before that business was sold in 2018.

Established as a foundation in 2019, the organisation’s activities are underpinned by its values of dignity, independence and hope. Through our partnerships with charities and other philanthropists, we help the aged to:

Remain independent

Practice choice

Participate in their community

Have a support network

Experience healthy ageing

Remain Independent

Practice Choice

Participate in their community

Have a support network

Experience healthy ageing

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News

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 […]

Newsletters

Foundation Update – December 2022

Publications

Eastern Star Foundation Annual Report 2022

News

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 […]

News

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 […]