Credabl Helping Hand Grants, established 2020
 

What could $10,000 help you make possible?

Tell us the story behind it and how $10,000 could help take it further.

You don’t need a perfectly polished pitch or all the answers. We simply want to understand your idea, the difference it could make and why receiving a Helping Hand Grant could help you take it further.

if you're awarded a Helping Hand Grant, you'll receive:

  • $10,000 cash to help bring your idea or initiative to life
  • Professional videography and storytelling to capture your journey
  • The opportunity to share your impact with Australia's healthcare community

Helping Hand Grant categories

 

Purpose in Practice

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Our flagship award recognises a healthcare professional or practice creating meaningful impact through their commitment to patients, team members and community.

This is for the people going above and beyond, often without recognition, to make a real difference where it matters most.

Tell us about your purpose, the impact you're creating, and what support could help you do even more.

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Community Impact

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Strong communities need strong healthcare leaders.

This category recognises healthcare professionals and practices making a positive impact beyond the walls of their practice, whether through outreach programs, education, accessibility initiatives, charitable work, advocacy or local community support.

Tell us how you're helping strengthen the communities you serve.

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Innovation in Care

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Innovation isn't always about technology. Sometimes it's a new way of thinking, solving problems or improving outcomes.

This category celebrates healthcare professionals and practices challenging the status quo to improve patient experiences, clinical outcomes, operational efficiency or access to care.

Tell us about the ideas, initiatives or improvements helping you create better outcomes for your patients and practice.

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Emerging Leader

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Leadership isn't defined by title. It's defined by action.

This category recognises emerging healthcare leaders who are shaping the future of their profession through initiative, influence, mentorship and a commitment to making a difference.

Tell us about your journey, the impact you've already made, and the future you're working towards.

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Sustainability & Wellbeing

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Healthcare professionals dedicate so much of themselves to caring for others. Sustainable practices recognise that long-term success starts with supporting the people behind the care.

This category celebrates practices and individuals creating healthier workplaces, stronger teams and more sustainable ways of working.

Tell us how you're enhancing wellbeing, resilience and long-term success for your team, patients and community.

Empowering doctors driving purpose-led healthcare across Australia.

Helping Hand Grants backs the doctors, dentists and veterinarians turning good intentions into meaningful action. With five $10,000 cash grants available, we're here to help healthcare professionals bring ideas to life that strengthen their practice, support their people and make a lasting difference in their communities.

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Can I apply?

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Medical

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Dental

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Veterinary

If you're an eligible doctor, dentist or veterinarian working in Australia, there's a good chance the answer is yes.

You don't need to own a practice or have a perfectly polished idea. We're looking for healthcare professionals with a genuine story to tell, a clear ambition and an idea for how $10,000 could help create meaningful impact.

Whether you're improving patient care, supporting your community, championing wellbeing, doing things differently or stepping up as a leader, there could be a Helping Hand Grant for you.

Not sure which category fits? Tell us your story. We'll take it from there.

Recipient stories

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Menopause Health Geelong

Dr Elise Davey and Dr Yvonne McCartney, founders of Menopause Health Geelong, are transforming the way women experience perimenopause and menopause through compassionate, specialised care. With support from Credabl's Helping Hand Grant, they’ve expanded their reach, launched a second clinic, and sparked a movement for menopause awareness in clinics, workplaces, and communities.

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Rockingham Dental

Rockingham Dental founders have built a culture rooted in leadership, innovation, and genuine care for their 35-strong team and community. Credabl's grant helped fast-track the clinic’s expansion—but more importantly, it recognised a business built on compassion and vision.

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Eli Waters Animal Clinic

Husband-and-wife team Dr Lentswe and Promise Rampa emigrated from South Africa and built Eli Waters Animal Clinic from the ground up, with a focus on inclusive, community-based care. With support from Credabl’s Helping Hand Grant, they’ve launched a pet transport service to support elderly clients and provide dignified, in-home care.

Measuring the impact of Helping Hand Grants

$150,000+
invested

15
recipients so far

Thousands
of lives impacted

Meet this year's judges

Beth McGuinness

Credabl - Chief People Officer

Having judged Helping Hand Grants before, I’ve seen just how much purpose sits behind the work healthcare professionals do every day. Often, it’s not the loudest story, but the quiet determination to make things better for patients, teams or communities that stays with you.

Purpose in Practice is about recognising that intent and the people who turn it into action. I’m incredibly proud to be judging again and can’t wait to hear this year’s stories.

Andrea McKenna

Aintree Group - CEO

We’ve always believed strong communities need strong and courageous leaders, which is why I’m so excited for Aintree Group to be part of this grant.

At Aintree Group, we strive to be Courageous Custodians of our Community. Community impact happens when someone sees a need and chooses to act, not because they have to, but because they care. That’s the leadership we want to celebrate.

This grant recognises healthcare professionals making a difference beyond their practice. To everyone taking their skills, ideas and care further, thank you. You make our communities stronger, and I can’t wait to hear your stories

Ben Marcos

BusiHealth - Director

Innovation isn’t about change for the sake of it. It’s about using knowledge, evidence and experience to find a better way forward. That’s why Innovation in Care resonates so strongly with us at BusiHealth. We see the impact informed data-led decisions can have on healthcare practices and the communities they serve.

I’m excited to recognise the people challenging what’s possible, solving real problems and turning great thinking into better care. I can’t wait to see the ideas this year’s applicants bring forward

Emma Pawlowski

Tyro Health - Head of Enterprise

A healthier healthcare system needs healthy people and sustainable practices. In working with Australia's largest healthcare organisations, I've seen firsthand how supporting practitioner and wellbeing creates better ways of working—ones that benefit individuals, teams, patients and communities for the long term.

I'm excited to judge this Sustainability & Wellbeing, and on behalf of Tyro Health, it's an honour to be able to recognise the practitioners already doing this thoughtful, practical work and to help unlock what's possible with the support of the Helping Hands grant

Nick Hagen, Nuestar

Nick Hagen

Nuestar - Director

Great leaders aren’t defined by a title. They’re the people willing to step forward, keep learning and bring others with them. That’s why the Emerging Leader grant resonates so strongly with me. Through coaching and my work at Nuestar, I see what can happen when talented people are given the right insight, support and belief at the right time.

I’m excited to recognise the healthcare professionals building momentum now and shaping what comes next

Helping Hand Grant sponsors

Helping Hand Grants at a glance

 Five grants | $10,000 each | doctors, dentists & vets | Australia-wide | Applications close 30 November 

Helping Hand Grants is a Credabl initiative launched in 2020 to support Australian doctors, dentists and veterinarians who are making a meaningful difference through their work. In 2026, five recipients will each be awarded a $10,000 cash grant to help take their idea, initiative or impact further.

Helping Hand Grants is open to eligible medical, dental and veterinary professionals across Australia. You don't necessarily need to own a practice. Associates, emerging leaders and other eligible healthcare professionals can apply if their idea and circumstances meet the program criteria.

No. Helping Hand Grants isn't just for established practice owners. We want to hear from eligible healthcare professionals at different stages of their careers, including those demonstrating leadership, creating positive change or developing an idea that could benefit their patients, practice, profession or community.
That depends on your idea. Previous recipients have used their support to help expand patient care, develop new healthcare services and bring community-focused initiatives to life. Your application should clearly explain what you'd like to achieve and how receiving $10,000 could help make it possible.
There are five $10,000 grant categories: Purpose in Practice, Community Impact, Emerging Leader, Innovation in Care, and Sustainability & Wellbeing. Each recognises a different way healthcare professionals are creating positive impact across Australian medical, dental and veterinary care.
Eligible applications are assessed through a structured judging process against the Helping Hand Grants criteria. We're interested in the substance of your story, not who writes the slickest application. Judges consider the impact, purpose and potential behind your idea and what receiving a grant could help you achieve.
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