Gathering strength: Evaluation of the Collective Healing Grants 2022–2026

This evaluation of The Healing Foundation’s Collective Healing Grants shows how culturally led, community-controlled initiatives are supporting Stolen Generations survivors, families and descendants across Australia. Since 2012, the program has distributed more than $6.1 million to 56 organisations for 138 initiatives, enabling healing gatherings, cultural connection, truth-telling and the preservation of survivor stories. The 2022–2026 evaluation found strong evidence that these flexible grants build confidence, belonging, pride, intergenerational understanding and organisational capability, while highlighting the need for sustained, multi-year investment to reach more communities and support the long-term work of Stolen Generations Organisations.

Research Snapshot—Evaluation of Collective Healing Grants

The Healing Foundation's Collective Healing Grants are delivering meaningful, survivor-led healing for Stolen Generations survivors, their families and descendants. Over 14 years, more than $6.1 million has supported 56 organisations and 138 initiatives, strengthening access to culturally safe support, truth-telling, connection and wellbeing. The evaluation found that these community-controlled approaches build confidence for survivors to share their stories, deepen families’ understanding of their histories, strengthen cultural identity and increase organisational capability. Find out more by reading this snapshot and the full research report.

RESEARCH SNAPSHOT - A Needs Analysis for LGBTQIASB+ Stolen Generations Survivors

The accompanying research snapshot for 'A Needs Analysis for LGBTQIASB+ Stolen Generations Survivors report. The Healing Foundation partnered with Macquarie University's Centre for Critical Indigenous Studies to explore the experiences and needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Sistergirl and Brotherboy + (LGBTQIASB+) Stolen Generations survivors and their families.

Supporting the Stolen Generations social and emotional wellbeing for survivors and workforces report

From Sorry to Action: A plan to act on Bringing them home (2026-2028) (Action Plan)

From Sorry to Action: A plan to act on Bringing them home (2026-2028) (Action Plan) outlines critical priorities and tangible actions to support leaders and policy makers in actualising a number of the long outstanding recommendations of the 1997 Bringing them home report.

UN Rapporteur 2026 Visit Submission

This submission responds to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Call for Input ahead of the proposed country visit to Australia in 2026. It examines the ongoing impacts of the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and the unfinished business of the Bringing them Home report and its recommendations. We call for urgent action to embed UNDRIP in law, policy, and service delivery, to ensure survivors, their families, and communities are supported to heal with dignity, justice, and self-determination.

Working with Stolen Generations - Understanding Trauma GP Fact Sheet

Working with Stolen Generations - Understanding Trauma Aged Care Services Fact Sheet

Providing effective aged care services to Stolen Generations survivors.

A Needs Analysis for LGBTQIASB+ Stolen Generations Survivors

The Healing Foundation partnered with Macquarie University's Centre for Critical Indigenous Studies to explore the experiences and needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Sistergirl and Brotherboy + (LGBTQIASB+) Stolen Generations survivors and their families.