Keeping our gurrutu strong

Improving North East Arnhem wellbeing when there is COVID

Year granted: 2022 Organisation location: Yirrkala, NT Themes: Empowerment, Community health and wellbeing Project summary: This project aimed to improve Yolŋu wellbeing in the context of COVID-19, ‘feeling better…

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Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

Developing a research evaluation of the role and contribution of Central Australia’s Aboriginal community controlled organisations

Year granted: 2020 Organisation location: Alice Springs, NT Themes: Empowerment, Community health and wellbeing Project summary: This project seeks to co-design and develop in partnership with key Aboriginal organisations…

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Supporting a good community life

Lajamanu Good Community Life Yapa Project

Year granted: 2023 Organisation location: Alice Springs, NT Themes: Empowerment, Community health and wellbeing Project summary: This is a Yapa-led project that supports the residents of Lajamanu in…

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ACCOs and child welfare decision-making

Understanding how Aboriginal community controlled organisations (ACCOs) are enacting new statutory authority in child welfare decision-making: An initial process evaluation of the Community Protecting Boorais Program

Year granted: 2024 Organisation location: Preston, VIC Themes: Health policy and systems, Self-determination Project summary: VACCA has led the work on transforming the Victorian child…

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Models of community care for children’s eye heath

Ngaaminya Project: A First Nations-led project mapping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community expectations of good eye health for children 

Year granted: 2024 Organisation location: Campbelltown, NSWThemes: Health conditions, Cultural determinants Project summary: This project will contribute to a broader strategy of building Aboriginal and…

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Backing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth to address school exclusion

Understanding and Resisting School Exclusion through the Education Justice Lab 

Year granted: 2024 Organisation location: Coburg, VIC Themes: Mental health, Social and emotional wellbeing, Sovereignty Project summary: The Education Justice Lab (EJL) is a program…

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Understanding the key barriers and enablers for Aboriginal women pursuing a career in midwifery

Mob caring for Mob: Establishing educational pathways to midwifery for Aboriginal women to support the upscaling of Birthing on Country services

Year granted: 2024 Organisation location: Nowra, NSW Themes: Workforce, self-determination Project summary: This project aims to decolonise and strengthen the maternity care workforce by improving…

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Empowering Aboriginal students to make healthy choices and improve their overall wellbeing 

Evaluating the pilot Healthy Deadly Kids Program designed by the Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service 

Year granted: 2024 Organisation location: Wollongong, NSW Themes: Community health and wellbeing, Self-determination Project summary: This project is a foundational piece of research to examine…

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First Nations-led program to support Koori women’s breastfeeding journey

Yabilinya miya (learn together):

Year granted: 2022 Organisation location: Wagga Wagga, NSW Themes: Child and maternal health, Cultural safety and respectful systems Project summary: Yabilinya miya (learn together) breastfeeding…

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Empowering Indigenous strengths to better health and wellbeing

The co-design and evaluation of a sustainable practice nurse health and wellbeing funding model for chronic disease management at a rural Aboriginal Health Service

Year granted: 2022 Organisation location: Dalby, QLD Themes: Chronic diseases and non-communicable diseases, Empowerment Project summary: This project proposed an Indigenous-led, community co-design and evaluation…

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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land across Australia and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons.

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