Henry Pike (Bowman, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

This month I had the privilege of presenting the 2025 Underhill grants on behalf of the Redland Foundation alongside my state colleague Amanda Stoker MP. The event was held at the Redlands Sporting Club and brought together a wide cross-section of our local community, from sporting clubs and service organisations to arts groups and volunteer associations. The Redland Foundation is my city's most important philanthropic institution. Over the past decade it has distributed more than $2.2 million in grants and support to local organisations. That support has included more than $400,000 to help those experiencing domestic violence, $100,000 for programs tackling homelessness and countless other investments in youth mentoring, health and community development. These are tangible, life-changing outcomes that flow directly back into the Redlands.

The Jeffrey and Geraldine Underhill Grants Program is named in honour of two remarkable local philanthropists whose generosity has created an enduring legacy. Thanks to their foresight, we now have annual disbursements that give grassroots organisations the resources to keep doing what they do best: helping, supporting and building our community from the ground up.

This year's recipients once again demonstrate the strength and diversity of community life in the Redlands. Grants were awarded to the Bay Islands Golf Club, the Cage Youth Foundation, the Capalaba Warriors District Junior Rugby League Football Club—it was a pleasure earlier to see the students of Victoria Point State School, who are here in Canberra this week, with one of them proudly wearing a Warriors jersey—Coastal Rowing and Touring Australia, the Donald Simpson Community Centre, Eczema Association Australia, Lamb Island Men's Shed, the Mater Foundation, Myhorizon, the North Stradbroke Island Rugby League and Allsports Club—go the Sharks—the Point Lookout Surf Life Saving Club, the Raiders Netball Club, RedCity Roar Basketball, the Redland Bay Tennis Club, Redland Bay Women's Shed, Redland City Bands, Redland Emergency Services Volunteers Association, Redlands Cricket—I'm off to Redlands Cricket this Saturday to see Marnus Labuschagne play in the local Brisbane T20 Big Bash competition—the Redlands Rugby Union Club—go the Mudcrabs—Redlands Touch Association, the Shoreline Association for Neighbourhood Development, TRACTION for Young People and the Yurara Art Society.

Each of these groups represents a thread in the fabric of the Redlands. Whether it's the surf lifesavers keeping our beaches safe, the musicians enriching our cultural life, the youth organisations mentoring young people or the sporting clubs that bring families together on weekends, every grant recipient contributes something unique and valuable to our Redlands community. I want to thank the Redlands Foundation for the work they've been doing and all these organisations for the work they've been doing in our community during a very difficult and wet year for the Redlands.