VACCHO applauds Community and Allies for their enthusiasm, engagement and pride during 2024 NAIDOC Week celebrations. This year’s festivities will be remembered fondly by all following a week of celebrations of 65,000 years of Aboriginal culture that honoured this...
By Dr. Jill Gallagher AO (CEO, VACCHO) and Laura Thompson (Founder, Clothing the Gap) Our people flourished for thousands of generations and lived rich lives with strong spiritual connection to our lands and Culture before whitefellas invaded our shores. Our people...
Know the saying, ‘65,000 years strong’? This couldn’t be truer of Shane Charles, a proud Yorta Yorta man whose determination and resilience have shaped his path as a Community Services student at VACCHO. We spoke with Shane this NAIDOC Week about his story so far –...
**Content warning: this piece contains the names of Aboriginal people who have returned to the Dreaming. A Coronial inquest into the death of 32-year-old Yorta Yorta and Gunaikurnai man, Joshua Kerr, in Victoria’s Port Phillip Prison, has been deemed ‘a preventable...
VACCHO is proud to announce the awarding of sixteen scholarships to Aboriginal Health Workers and Aboriginal Health Practitioners currently working in Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) across Victoria. The scholarships, each valued at $4000,...
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