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Aussie Frontline Foundation
Supporting our frontline heroes — physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing for the people who run toward the worst.
An independent benevolent foundation supporting first responders, ADF members, veterans, corrections officers, hospital ED staff, surf life savers and emergency response teams across Australia. AFF exists because frontliners often resist engaging with support inside their own organisations — so they fund external resources without organisational bias. Real programs. Real outcomes. Real lives changed.
Programs we help fundWhere the 10% goes.
Ride and Reset
A surf-meets-recovery experience for frontliners — saltwater, sun, and time off the radio. The reset that doesn't feel like therapy.
Sponsored Counselling Packages
Funded counselling packages delivered with Frontline Mental Health — clinicians who get the operational world.
Pay It Forward
Community members nominate a veteran or first responder who needs a pick-me-up to receive an AFF shirt — a tangible signal that the community is behind them.
Annual Wellbeing Conferences
National events bringing keynote speakers, breakaway workshops and peer connection — like THE RELOAD in 2026.
Debrief and Feed
Structured debrief sessions over a meal — peer support that reads as a chat, but is built on clinical good practice.
Regional Community BBQs
Show up, eat, talk. Local meet-ups across regional Australia where frontliners and families know they belong.