INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE An initiative or program, implemented in conjunction with the Indigenous community that has contributed towards enriching a community or municipality, delivered through an effective or innovative approach.
Judging Criteria
➢ Effectiveness of the initiative ➢ Evidence to demonstrate how the successful approach was adopted ➢ Transferability ➢ Outcomes achieved within the organisation and in the community ➢ Benefit to the organisation, Indigenous community and broader community
Winner
➢ Yarra Ranges City Council, The Indigenous Heritage Visibility Project
Finalists
➢ Greater Dandenong City Council / Dandenong and Districts Aborigines Co-Operative Limited, Monash Health, Casey City Council, New Directions – Mothers and Babies Services Community Connections Project
➢ Latrobe City Council, Latrobe’s First 1000 Days Project ➢ Brimbank City Council, Brimbank Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Leadership Program and First Nations Women’s Leadership through Art Program
➢ Hepburn Shire Council, Grounded in Truth – Reading the Country at Contact Tour ➢ Ballarat City Council, Ballarat Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Portrait and Storytelling Project
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