December 18th, 2019
The Art Therapy Program was created by Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation in 2013 for the purpose of providing community members with a safe place to yarn. It is a non-clinical setting where vulnerable members of the community can open up about their struggles without feeling judged and discriminated against. The Program also creates a space for...
December 9th, 2019
On the 28th of November 2019, the AH&MRC hosted the Deadly Doctors Forum as part of the Rural Doctors Network for our Member Services. A range of topics were presented by many wonderful speakers. The overarching objective of the Forum was to provide Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) with a Forum to gain insight...
December 9th, 2019
On the 27th and 28th of November, AH&MRC co-hosted the NSW Aboriginal Mental and Wellbeing Workforce Forum in partnership with the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network. The Forum brought together Aboriginal Mental Health and Wellbeing Workers working in various sectors to build knowledge, create partnerships and improve mental health service delivery for Aboriginal...
November 20th, 2019
This year, the Oceania Tobacco Control Conference was hosted on Gadigal land in Sydney on the 22-24 October 2019. Held biennially, the Conference provided a unique opportunity for a ‘meeting of minds’, bringing together Tobacco Control Researchers, Advocates, Policy Makers and Program Administrators from Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Nations. The 2019 theme was...
November 14th, 2019
On the 24th of September AH&MRC visited Katungul’s Bateman’s Bay Service to see their Social Wellbeing Centre in action. The Wellbeing Centre focuses on community-orientated programs which support Aboriginal people with or at risk of chronic illness, mental health, addiction and social isolation. The Centre recognises that community members have varying levels of physical fitness...
November 7th, 2019
The Aunty Jeans Program was originally founded by the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Aboriginal Chronic Care Unit, in memory of a well-respected local elder who was passionate about Aboriginal health, advocacy and culture. The Aunty Jeans Program is a community orientated program to support Aboriginal people with/or at risk of chronic illness. The Program...
November 4th, 2019
Tucked away near The Chittaway Point Trail, surrounded by wide open spaces and trees is The Glen Centre. The only male specific Central Coast Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre. The Glen is proud to take clients from all over NSW and Australia to help them on their road to recovery to eventually return to their...
November 1st, 2019
From the 9th – 11th of October AH&MRC attended the UNICEF Youth Living with Drought Summit 2019. Each day was an opportunity for young people from across NSW to discuss the impact that drought has had on their communities, families, and on themselves as individuals. The effects of drought are felt perhaps most strongly in Indigenous communities....
October 31st, 2019
It’s a crisp, Spring morning for the visit to Waminda South Coast Women’s Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation. There’s been rain, so the pastures and bushland surrounding the NSW South Coast town of Nowra are lush and green. The town and its surrounds sit beside the Shoalhaven River, nestled between the Coolangatta Mountain and the...
October 24th, 2019
The Your Health Your Future (YHYF) Ambassador Jack Wilson, the ‘’Deadly Ninja Warrior’’ scored goals at the 2019 Koori Knock Out (KKO) in Tuggerah on the Central Coast of NSW. With little time and not enough of the Deadly Ninja Warrior to go around, Jack ochred-up, shook a leg, had a yarn and pulled in...
October 24th, 2019
“Yamma dummarung” the sign reads. Welcome to the land of the three rivers. Welcome to Wiradjuri country. It’s the first thing you see as you walk through any entranceway here, a very special campus of sorts in the centre of Wagga Wagga’s health district. It’s somehow fitting that the Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation...
October 11th, 2019
Tucked away on reclaimed farmland outside Cowra, there’s something rather special going on. People who have been marginalised are finding a way back into the life they want to lead. But it’s no miracle. Here, at the Weigelli Residential Drug and Alcohol Service, understanding, not demonising, is seen as key to confronting problem drug use,...
October 11th, 2019
Driving through Gamilaraay country in the remotest reaches of northwestern NSW, the single most striking feature is the dry; vast expanses of parched land. At the Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service, the walls are beginning to crack because the soil the building stands on is too dry to support its weight. On the day I visit,...
October 3rd, 2019
In late September AH&MRCs Public Health Team set out to the Kids in Care Cup in Albion Park as part of the Your Health Your Future (YHYF) campaign. The Kids in Care Cup raises awareness of the need for foster carers in NSW, in particular Aboriginal foster carers for Aboriginal kids, by bringing together children...
September 20th, 2019
In August 2019, the AH&MRC hosted the first of a series of Clinical Governance Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Workshops for our Member Services. Delivered in two phases, the overarching objective of this initiative is to empower Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) to increase revenue through improved clinical governance processes, ensuring fiscal sustainability in the...