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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.

Grants

Granting opportunity

Wicking Trust Grant Round Bringing death back into life

The 2024 Wicking Trust national grant round aims to improve the experience of dying, death and grieving for older Australians and their families.

Awarded grants

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Australian Dementia Network

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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HAAG

Last updated: 17 February 2025

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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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La Trobe University Help

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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Melbourne Ageing Research Collaboration

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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O'Brien Foundation

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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TACSI

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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The Benevolent Society

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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The Violet Initiative

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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The Wicking Dementia Centre

Optimising Health - Total $8.5m over 14 years Improving dementia literacy through online global education and interdisciplinary research.

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Vision Australia

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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Wintringham

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.

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