Global Award Winners!
Community Friends are delighted to announce that we are the Australian winners of the 2021 International Wellness Impact Award generously given by WW.
We are so honoured and humbled to be one of only 7 grants recipients awarded outside of North America. We were up against some truly honourable and worthy global charities.
WW Honours Local Leaders Around the World Dedicated to the Advancement and Wellness of Underrepresented Communities.
The first ever WW Wellness Impact Award Winners secure $20,000 to further break down the barriers to wellness.
The new world-wide initiative aims to empower, uplift and support community leaders to help address the systemic inequities faced in countries including the US, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.
“Our goal with this award is to raise awareness of the root causes of wellness inequities by highlighting community-led solutions and amplifying the reach of local changemakers,” said Gail Tifford, Chief Brand Officer, WW. “We had so many powerful submissions and we’re so proud to honor those that are taking a stand to democratise and reimagine what wellness looks like for their communities.”
This award ensures the continued work of Community friends in West End and South Brisbane, providing fresh fruit, vegetables and protein based foods to the homeless, the poor and marginalised.
It is truly a transformative award
This honour would not have been possible without the outstanding commitment of our volunteers in ensuring that no one who is homeless, poor or in difficult times goes hungry in Brisbane.
The $20,000 will touch and enhance so many lives and allow us to continue our work ensuring that the disadvantaged of West End and South Brisbane have enough fresh fruit, vegetables and protein rich foods to at least navigate their way through the week.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all our volunteers. This grant will truly be a morale booster and recognises the hard work and dedication of our volunteers over the last 11 years.
It is so refreshing that a global organisation can seek out and contribute to the quality of life at a local level.
Words cannot express our gratitude to WW International.
Every community deserves resources for healthy living – and we at Community friends know first-hand the power of community to support and uplift each other – but the staggering reality is that not every community has equal access to life’s necessities, and this was only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 has made our work so much harder, we are having to travel further and wider to source food for the poorest in society.
Moving forward we still very much depend on the donations of our community.
We receive zero ongoing government funding and are not affiliated with any organisation.
Within the next two months we hope to raise enough funds to purchase a vehicle which would assist us in improving our ability to source food further afield.