We deliver a range of programs and services aimed at improving the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous families in Mount Isa.
WHAT WE DO
Our services and programs are made up of:
Positive Family Parenting Triple P Parenting
Offers an intensive, holistic, and motivational model of parenting. As an accredited provider sessions and workshops will cover a broad range of parenting knowledge and skills including the distribution of key parenting resources and learning tools.
Indigenous Men’s Healing Program
Available for Indigenous men to heal in a safe and culturally stimulating environment by taking them back to country to heal. The focus is on participants learning to reconnect back to the Land through cultural revitalisation aimed at addressing negative mindsets, behaviours leading to reconnection back into their families. Includes access to cattle corporation lands.
Registered Provider National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
Delivery of innovative activities specific to those with people and families registered with disability services to support their personal and social needs and development.
Families Health and Fitness Program
Available for Indigenous peoples to attend health and fitness classes at a well-equipped gymnasium that is affordable and delivered within a supportive environment that best meets their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Includes an Indigenous women’s sports and recreation health and fitness program for mothers and daughters to get fit and active.
‘Get Out – Get Active’
Provides advice, guidance, and support for low income families to apply for the payment of registration fees to keep their children engaged in sporting clubs and organisations.
Youth Justice Project
Takes Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth out on country to learn their cultural origins and the histories of the land. For Indigenous youth, this program supports learning around the traditional ‘Dreamtime’ stories, and understanding their connections back to the Land as a source of pride and inspiration.
Indigenous Consultancy Services
The provision of policy and strategic planning services for Indigenous organisations to plan secure futures around land development, economic security, and social wellness.