Authors: Dr Alexandra Jones, Co-Founder and Board Chair & Joanna Le, Co-Founder
2025-26 was the year FRED began turning an ambitious idea into something tangible.
We’re delighted to share FRED’s 2025-26 Annual Report, reflecting on a year spent building the foundations for the organisation we hope FRED can become.
When we established FRED, we started with a simple belief – that everyone should be able to enjoy good oral health and the many benefits it brings.
Over the past year, that belief has started taking shape in some very practical ways.
We launched our first Strategic Plan, developed the blueprint for our preventive oral health tools and resources, built relationships with governments, health organisations, researchers and community partners across Australia, and strengthened FRED’s voice in national conversations about prevention and oral health reform.
Importantly, we also secured our first philanthropic project funding. This means we can move from planning into practice. Over the next 12 months our team is working alongside Plus Community in Central Western NSW and YWCA Canberra in the ACT to design, pilot and evaluate preventive oral health approaches in trusted community settings.
Some of the numbers we’re proud of include:
- $90,000 secured for our first two community-based pilot projects
- 33+ priority stakeholder relationships built across Australia
- 2000+ visitors to our website
- contributions to five major government policy processes.
But the story behind those numbers matters even more.
FRED has been built through collaboration. People have shared expertise, challenged our thinking, opened doors, backed our ideas and trusted us to try something different.
We would like to express our gratitude to our Board and Advisory Board, funders, partners, donors, collaborators, supporters and everyone who has given FRED their time and encouragement.
Our next chapter is about moving from foundations to evidence, testing our ideas with communities, learning what works, and building the case for greater investment in preventive oral health.
Because preventing oral disease is possible, and everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy good oral health.