Community Healing and Engagement Activities at Bourke Aboriginal Corporation Health Service

Overview

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to support Bourke Aboriginal Corporation Health Service (BACHS) to undertake community healing and engagement activities to help foster community trust, and encourage reengagement with the service. The funding for this grant opportunity is made available as part of the Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme, under Outcome 1, Health Access and Support Services, Program 1.3: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. The objectives of the grant opportunity are: to support BACHS to hold one or more community healing activities or events to assist the community to move forward from past tensions relating to the previous operation of the service; and to support BACHS to undertake activities to foster trust and reengagement among the community toward the service. The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are: to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Bourke community to reengage with and seek health care at BACHS; to encourage members of BACHS to move forward in a cooperative and collegiate manner, post special administration; and to contribute to the improvement of health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Bourke community by increasing trust and confidence in the services. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "GO Documents" button on the left hand side.