Carinity is helping churches provide transformational development by supporting vulnerable people in their neighbourhood.
Six Baptist churches and organisations from Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Bundaberg, Longreach and the Gold Coast will receive grants through Carinity's Collaborative Community Projects.
The projects are devised to relieve or mitigate disadvantage, promote connectivity for vulnerable people, or increase the strength of local neighbourhoods against disadvantage.
Bundaberg Baptist Church will facilitate relationship-focused courses, equipping individuals and volunteers and building lasting connections between churches and the community.
Backyard Bless is a Beachside Christian Church initiative designed to identify and serve Gold Coast families in need through completing yard projects, whilst providing pastoral support.
CrossLife Baptist Church will launch a new social enterprise in Southport: a café that will empower people facing disadvantage by training them with industry-based hospitality skills.
Longreach Baptist Church is establishing a COACH mentoring program to support children in local schools. The initiative is designed to build resilience in young people and foster community connections.
Rivers Baptist Church at Lawnton will establish a chaplaincy service to provide social, emotional and spiritual support to flexi-school students as they transition into the next step of their education.
Queensland Conference and Camping Centres will run a free three-day camp for disadvantaged Gold Coast children, to connect families, young leaders and local ministries.
More than $400,000 has been allocated towards the six Collaborative Community Projects, for the three-year duration of each initiative.
"The new projects being funded by Carinity this year will assist vulnerable people within communities around Queensland in a variety of practical ways," said Carinity's Community Development Coordinator, Tara Pease.
"These projects reflect Carinity's own values, including a vision to create communities where people feel loved, accepted and supported to reach their full potential."
In addition to the Main Grants round of the Collaborative Community Projects, eight Queensland Baptist churches were awarded $5,000 in Small Grants funding.
