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Welcome to
Sparkly Aliens Inc.
Sparkly Aliens Inc. is a Sunshine Coast–based not-for-profit dedicated to creating safe, affirming, and joy-filled spaces for people and communities who often have to work harder to belong.
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We exist to reduce isolation, strengthen community connection, and support the registered charities and not-for-profit organisations already doing the work of care, inclusion, and advocacy across our region.
What We Do
Sparkly Aliens Inc. operates through three core pathways:
1. The Nest as Sanctuary
We intentionally use The Nest as a physical sanctuary space for registered charities and not-for-profit organisations whose values align with safety, inclusion, and dignity.
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The Nest is a warm, calm, and welcoming environment designed for ease and care. It is a place where people can gather without needing to mask, explain, perform, or justify who they are. It is creative, comfortable, intentionally inclusive, and grounded in respect. Joy is welcome here.
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Rather than creating new programs in competition with existing community work, Sparkly Aliens Inc. opens its wings to support and elevate the work that already exists.
2. Protected Community Use
This work is intentional, not ad hoc.
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Sparkly Aliens Inc. has deliberately blocked out specific times at The Nest to be held as sanctuary space for aligned charities and not-for-profit organisations. These times are protected for collaboration, connection, education, creative gathering, peer support, and quiet community use.
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Current sanctuary availability provided on demand.
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These times are reserved for community use and are not filled with competing or commercial activity.
3. Community Education and Advocacy
Alongside space-sharing, Sparkly Aliens Inc. provides free community education and speaking.
This work supports broader understanding, inclusion, and cultural safety across the Sunshine Coast, with a strong emphasis on LGBTQI+ communities and other marginalised groups.
Sparkly Aliens Inc. is proudly part of the
Welcome Here Project.
All spaces are visibly and practically LGBTQI+ affirming. Safety is not assumed. It is actively upheld through clear values, lived practice, and training in trauma-aware, neuro-affirming, and inclusive approaches.
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The Nest is held as a space where dignity, respect, consent, and care are non-negotiable.
Who The Nest Is For
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The Nest may be booked to be used by:
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Registered charities
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Not-for-profit organisations
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Minority-led not-for-profits whose values align with inclusion, safety, and respect
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The Nest is not:
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a commercial hire venue
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a space for for-profit activity
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a venue for ticketed events or public entertainment
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To use The Nest, organisations must:
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Be a registered charity or not-for-profit
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Share values aligned with Sparkly Aliens Inc.
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Be affirming of LGBTQI+ people
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Commit to maintaining the space as safe, welcoming, and respectful
It exists to support connection, collaboration, and community care.
Our focus is collaboration, not competition.
Our Why
Sparkly Aliens Inc. was developed by Tanya Hicks and Kianni Jackson, a mother and daughter working together to create the kind of world they want to live in.
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After Kianni came out as trans around her 13th birthday, it became clear that the sense of safety many families take for granted is not shared by everyone. While The Nest had already been a safe space for Kianni, the wider world was not always predictable or safe for her to move through.
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Like many parents, Tanya became aware of realities her own privilege had previously shielded her from. Moments such as watching her daughter avoid drinking water in public spaces for fear of needing to use a bathroom brought that reality sharply into focus. These were not abstract issues. They were daily, embodied decisions made in the name of safety.
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Once again, it was a not on my watch moment.
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Sparkly Aliens Inc. was born from the belief that if the world cannot yet be made safe everywhere, then we can at least create pockets of safety. Places where people are seen, heard, valued, and wanted. Places where identity is not something to defend or explain.
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Tanya is a globally recognised advocate and leader in neuro-affirming and inclusive practice. Kianni has also been recognised in her own right, receiving an Honourable Mention from Autism Queensland for her contribution to community work through The Nest as part of Neurodivergent Empowered.
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Together, they hold Sparkly Aliens Inc. as an offering to link arms with the wider community: a way of opening their wings so others can gather underneath when they need safety, connection, or simply somewhere to be themselves.
How to Enquire
If you are part of, or know of, a registered charity or not-for-profit organisation that could benefit from using The Nest, we’d love to hear from you.
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Please get in touch and let us know:
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Who you are
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What your organisation does
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How your values align
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What kind of space or gathering you are seeking
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From there, we can explore whether The Nest is the right fit and how we can support your work.
Sparkly Aliens Inc. exists to protect space.
Space for safety.
Space for connection.
Space for joy.
Space for people to be free to be themselves.
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We believe communities thrive when care is shared, when competition is set aside, and when those already doing the work are supported rather than overshadowed.
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Our role is to help hold that space with integrity, warmth, and open wings.