Impact

The John Villiers Trust’s mission is to achieve transformative impact in Queensland communities through active engagement and strong partnerships that support children and youth, with our focus on rural, regional and remote Queensland communities.

The Trust’s success is the community’s success. Through it, the lives of children and youth and as a result, families and communities across country Queensland will be transformed over time becoming stronger and more equitable. By working with grantees, partners and community organisations and with the ongoing support of donors, friends and volunteers, and because of our love for country Queensland, The John Villiers Trust is committed to delivering its mission of achieving transformative impact in the lives of children and youth as they face whatever the future may hold.

Our Projects

LiteHaus International

Total Overall Funding: $10,000
One year grant

Capacity-building grant to bridge the digital divide for students in rural, regional and remote Queensland.

Top Blokes Foundation

Total Overall Funding: $282,041
Multi Year Funding: 3 years

Supporting and helping improve the mental health and wellbeing of young men in Toowoomba.

Griffith University

Total Overall Funding: $40,860
One year grant

A pilot project to better understand child wellbeing in the Barcaldine region to improve outcomes for outback children

TheatreiNQ

Total Overall Funding: $25,000
Multi Year Funding: 2 years

A program focused on fostering creativity in youth in regional and remote north Queensland.

Autism Queensland

2020 Grant: $250,000

Contributed to the expansion of Sunnybank Hills School Campus.

Bangarra Dance Theatre

Total overall funding: $80,000
One year grant

‘Rekindling’ inspires pride, kinship and a sense of strength in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders through a series of dance residencies for students.

Beacon Foundation – MyRoad Project

Total Overall Funding: $100,000
2020 Grant: $20,000
Multi Year Funding: 3 years

Youth mentoring program for secondary school students in rural, regional and remote Queensland.

Central Queensland University

Total Overall Funding: $60,000
Multi Year Funding: 3 years

Supporting two students from country Queensland enrolled in Bachelor of Paramedical Sciences.

Cairns Historical Society – Primary School Activity Kits

2020 Grant: $8,938

Creating culturally appropriate, Indigenous focused activity kits for primary schools in the Cairns area.

Outback Futures

Total Overall Funding: $370,907
Multi Year Funding: 3 years

Three part time clinical specialists can provide much needed allied health support for children and young people in Cloncurry and McKinlay Shires.

Fareshare Australia

Total Overall Funding: $258,000
Multi Year Funding: 2 years

Distributed over 10,000 meals per week to families in rural, regional and remote Queensland.

Vanguard – The Tomorrow Project

Total Overall Funding: $150,000
Multi Year Funding: 2 years

Support in finding employment for young people who have experienced long-term unemployment due to mental illnesses.

The Waltzing Matilda Centre

Total Overall Funding: $52,500
Multi Year Funding: 3 years

The John Villiers Outback Art Prize supports emerging artists in country Queensland.

Australia Schools Plus

Total Overall Funding: $450,000
Multi Year Funding: 3 years

This project provides support to disadvantaged schools in regional Queensland to improve the learning outcomes.