Our new approach to funding care and support
At FightMND, we know it will also take people to defeat this Beast. It will take an army of researchers who dedicate their lives to finding effective treatments and cure. And it will also take ongoing care for those fighting MND.
In a new approach to care funding, FightMND will now invest in three new areas to help drive evidence-based improvement and collaboration. These areas include:
- A program of research to improve and help inform care for people living with MND
- The development of national guidelines and frameworks of MND care for allied health professionals and carers
- Targetted support for people living with MND, their carers and families – including additional support for those aged over 64 and equipment for at-home needs.
Together, we can not only defeat this Beast, but tame it so that everyone who is diagnosed with MND now, and into the future, can live engaged and successful lives, surrounded by people they love.
Funding support in 2023
New support grants now open
MND Associations and organisations that work with people living and impacted by MND will be invited to apply for our new support grants which open on Monday 24 October.
These new grants range between $50,000 and $250,000.
FightMND will be utilising Perpetual’s best practice IMPACT Philanthropy Application Program to distribute care support grants in 2023. This only serves to further strengthen our transparency and objectivity in how we spend donor funds.
For details on how to apply for funding from Perpetual’s IMPACT Philanthropy Program, please visit the website.
Please direct any inquiries regarding our support grants to care@fightmnd.org.au.
Funding vital care equipment
$6.9 million invested in care since 2017
Thanks to the support of the FightMND Army, FightMND has been the single largest funder of vital new assistive equipment for people living with MND in Australia since 2017.
In 2021, FightMND committed a further $2.3 million towards state-based MND organisations to enable the purchase of essential care equipment such as mobility, communication and respiratory support devices for people living with MND.
This takes FightMND’s investment in care equipment to $6.9 million since 2017.
We are proud to work with our MND allies across the country.
Want to learn more?
If you work for an MND association/organisation or are an allied health professional who works closely with people living with and impacted by MND, please provide your details below.
