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About the Innovation Lab
The Violence Prevention Innovation Lab is the first of its kind in Australia, with a mission to identify and strengthen transformative approaches to preventing gender-based violence.
Funded through a $7.5 million, 3-year philanthropic partnership with Minderoo Foundation, the Lab will enable partners to better test, evaluate, scale and embed promising primary prevention thinking into community-led action.
In 2026-27, the Lab will focus on accelerating evidence-based community projects through a suite of Innovation and Impact Challenge grants.
Grant updates
Our Watch is pleased to announce the second cohort of successful grant recipients of the Violence Prevention Innovation Lab’s Building Connections Challenge. This cohort is undertaking a design phase in the Lab until the end of July 2026:
Numburindi Development Aboriginal Corporation
Darwin Indigenous Men's Service Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Corporation
Community News Hub Aboriginal Corporation
Three Rivers Regional Assembly Aboriginal Corporation.
The 4 grantees represent a selection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led primary prevention initiatives designed by Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations.
In the news
Check out the latest articles featuring the Lab:
Innovation lab rethinks violence prevention | Today
Starting Your Innovation Journey | Shackleton Labs
Contact the Lab
For inquiries about the Violence Prevention Innovation Lab get in touch with us via innovation.projects@ourwatch.org.au.
The team would love to hear from potential new funders and collaborators.
Grantee projects
Numburindi Development Aboriginal Corporation
Project location: Northern Territory
A Woman’s Worth Through the Eyes of our Boys is a culturally-led initiative. The project will co-design and pilot a restorative learning program developed with Elders, mentors, youth, and cultural practitioners. Over a 12-month period, participants will take part in reflection sessions, storytelling interviews, cultural mentoring, and restorative circles that bring men, women, and young people together to listen and learn.
The project expands its reach through a partnership with NT Corrections to work with men who are incarcerated or serving community corrections orders. In prison settings, NDAC will guide men to reflect and record their understanding of women and relationships from childhood to the present. This guided reflection builds self-awareness, challenges violence-supportive beliefs, and supports cultural healing.
Darwin Indigenous Men's Service Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Corporation
Project location: Northern Territory
This project is a collaboration between the Darwin Indigenous Men’s Service (DIMS) and Mimal Land Management Aboriginal Corporation (Mimal) in Central Arnhem Land.
The project will be delivered at the Weemol located Mimal Ranger base and surrounding areas and will adapt and deliver the proven DIMS violence prevention program. The program will be tailored to include local cultural protocols, traditional knowledge, and healing on Country, addressing root causes like intergenerational trauma, marginalisation, and disconnection from identity.
Community News Hub Aboriginal Corporation
Project location: NSW
This project will support men and boys to build respectful, positive and gender‑equal relationships and reject rigid stereotypes by training a cohort of First Nations youth creators to design and publish short‑form videos that role‑model care, empathy, consent, help‑seeking and allyship.
Content standards will embed gender‑transformative approaches and accountability to women throughout production and publication.
Three Rivers Regional Assembly Aboriginal Corporation
Project location: NSW
Men of Lore: Respect, Culture and Connection is a culturally grounded, community-led program that extends the success of Three Rivers Regional Assembly Aboriginal Corporation (TRRA)’s annual Men’s Gathering into a structured, year-long model of learning, reflection, and leadership.
Over 12 months, TRRA will bring Aboriginal men together from across the Three Rivers footprint to explore what it means to be a strong, respectful man who leads through culture, equality, and care for community.
Related
Diverse local not-for-profit projects announced as first Violence Prevention Innovation Lab grantees
Posted at 13 Feb, 2026
The grantees represent a broad range of new, community-led primary prevention initiatives across a diverse selection of organisations.
Posted at 18 Sep, 2025
The first of its kind Violence Prevention Innovation Lab will shortly launch in Australia to identify and strengthen transformative gender-based violence prevention approaches.