Annual Impact Report 2025

Welcome to our first Annual Impact Report.

For more than a decade, we've walked alongside Communities to strengthen the knowledge systems that sustain healthy Country and resilient futures. What began as a movement grounded in cultural responsibility has grown into a national network empowering Communities to lead with cultural authority to Country. The impact we're seeing now is cultural, social, and generational. Healthier landscapes. Stronger Communities. Young people learning from Elders. Local skills and employment. Partnerships strengthening Indigenous leadership.

Our Annual Impact Report highlights projects and partnerships up to and throughout 2025, though it is not exhaustive — there are many more stories unfolding.

Since 2020...

1000+
days spent learning and burning on Country.
750+
Indigenous Community members
  mentored in Traditional Land Management
  practices.
300+
Indigenous Land Management workshops delivered across the country.
20+
partnerships with councils, ranger groups, land councils, and industry.
2
International Knowledge Exchanges  strengthening global connections.

“The support from Firesticks has been
transformative for our Community organisation.
It’s empowered us to scale up our Cultural
Burning practices, form a dedicated fire team,
and successfully secure funding — strengthening
our Community’s economic resilience and
helping our young people see a future in caring for Country.”

Germaine Paulson
Mununjali and Wulli Wulli Lead Fire Practitioner