We continue to connect and support our Westfield Local Hero alumni and community partners through our Westfield Community Seminars.

These interactive seminars provide us all with the opportunity to connect, share, engage and network.

Filmed 30 October 2024. (00:45)

“I really enjoyed the event. So many nuggets of wisdom and really informative and inspiring. I had so many lightbulb moments.” - Joy, CEO Co-Founder, From One Mother To Another NZ

Filmed 30 October 2024. (44:00)

Filmed 19 February 2025. (35:00)

We are excited to announce your 2024 successful Westfield Local Heroes. 

The successful Westfield Local Heroes organisations, will receive a grant of $20,000 to help them continue to grow their impact in the local community. 

Westfield will award 125 grants across Australia and New Zealand – totalling $AUD1.24 million.

Discover your Westfield Local Hero by clicking on your local Westfield destination below:

Margaret Skagias

Katrina Ikonomou

CaringKids

Gunawirra

It was while working as a social worker that Margaret Skagias recognised the unique contribution of thousands of Australian children who take care of parents or siblings with a disability or illness.

Kind-hearted social worker Katrina goes above and beyond to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children in the Inner West.

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- Karen Knuckley, Westfield Local Heroes alumni

from Story Dogs

Giving blokes a sense of belonging

Helping survivors connect and heal

Teaching children to save the ocean

Anna Coutts-Trotter

Tim Hewson

Matt Montemurro

Mongrels Men

The Survivor Hub

Marine Mammal Foundation

Tim Hewson motivates thousands of Northern Beaches men to get outdoors, exercise and feel part of a supportive community.

Social work and arts student Anna Coutts-Trotter has cocreated a safe peer-support space for hundreds of sexual assault survivors.

Matt is achieving positive change with his innovative approach to teaching children that what they do on land can determine the future of animals in the sea.

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Taking care off his generation

Giving migrant women their power

Giving back with hygiene packs

Leighton Bradfield

Dr Lubna Alam

Sophie Ashdowne

20talk

Alo Englightened Women Inc.

Pinchapoo 

Teenager Sophie spends every spare hour volunteering with Pinchapoo, a personal hygiene charity.

Leighton has a single-minded focus on reducing the suicide rate among young Australians.

Lubna works tirelessly to lower barriers for culturally and linguistically diverse women.

- Clementine Hartson from ProjectKindness,

Westfield Eastgardens Local Hero 2022

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