Mounty Yarns

Community space building project transforming the MACYS backyard into a culturally grounded gathering place. Features shipping containers, yarning circle, Aboriginal flag art, basketball court, and community garden. Built by young people including Archie, Isaiah, Taj, Jaylee, Polly, and Isabella.

Mounty Yarns

Cultural connection activities and events celebrating Aboriginal heritage. Includes art, storytelling, dance, and cultural knowledge sharing between elders and young people.

Mounty Yarns

Storytelling through film, including the Mounty Yarns documentary. Young people learn filmmaking skills while telling their own stories about policing, incarceration, foster care, and community resilience.

Mounty Yarns

Youth-led advocacy and peer support program run by Leah and Adam. Young people lead discussions, develop advocacy skills, and support each other through shared experiences with the justice system.

Logan Youth Collective

Youth-led organization focused on community organizing, leadership development, and social justice advocacy.

Oonchiumpa Consultancy & Services

Experience Eastern Arrernte country at Loves Creek Station through Traditional Owner-led on-country programs. Offering accommodation, cultural tourism, healing programs, and educational experiences including bush medicine workshops, storytelling, and cultural connection activities. School groups and visitors gain authentic understanding of Aboriginal culture through direct engagement with country and knowledge holders.

BackTrack

Innovative program combining vocational training, animal therapy, and intensive mentoring for disengaged youth.

Oonchiumpa Consultancy & Services

Transformative legal education program where law students learn from Traditional Owners on country, understanding Aboriginal law, justice, and lived experiences beyond what textbooks can teach. A week-long immersive experience traveling from Alice Springs through Arrernte Country to Uluru, designed and led by Traditional Owners Kristy Bloomfield and Tanya Turner in partnership with ANU Law School since 2022.

Oonchiumpa Consultancy & Services

Connecting Aboriginal young people and families to essential services through trusted partnerships with over 32 community organizations. Provides culturally safe navigation support for health services (Congress, Headspace), education pathways, employment and training, housing and accommodation, and legal and justice system access. Breaks down barriers between Aboriginal families and mainstream services through cultural brokerage and advocacy.

Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara

Traditional Aboriginal healing practices combined with elder mentorship for young Aboriginal people experiencing trauma.

Oonchiumpa Consultancy & Services

A comprehensive mentorship program providing culturally responsive support for Aboriginal youth (ages 11-17) identified as at-risk by Operation Luna, the Northern Territory Government multi-agency taskforce. Using a cultural brokerage model, Oonchiumpa connects young people to Aboriginal and mainstream services while providing holistic family support, education re-engagement, mental health services, housing assistance, and cultural connection programs.

Mounty Yarns

Weekly boxing program for young people in Mount Druitt. Provides physical fitness, discipline, and a safe structured outlet for energy and stress.

Mounty Yarns

Cooking and nutrition classes for young people. Teaches practical life skills while building community connection through shared meals and cultural food traditions.

Mounty Yarns

Girls-specific activities and mentoring program running weekly on Wednesdays. Creates a safe, culturally grounded space for young women to connect, build confidence, and support each other.

Mounty Yarns

Physical fitness and gym access program for young people. Provides structured exercise, health education, and a positive environment for physical development.

Mounty Yarns

Structured youth engagement pathway providing wraparound support for young people at risk of or involved in the justice system. Combines mentoring, activities, and advocacy.

Tangentyere Council

Strengthening young Aboriginal men through culture, ceremony, and connection to country.

TechStart Youth

Technology education and coding programs designed for neurodivergent and disengaged young people.

Creative Futures

Arts-based program supporting young people from foster care and out-of-home care through creative expression.