News and events
ICV volunteers clean up Australia
On Sunday 7 March ICV volunteers got together with Aboriginal people in the ACT and the Northern Territory to Clean up Australia.
ICV to give evidence to Parliamentary inquiry into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander juvenile involvement in the criminal justice system
On 11 March, ICV CEO Gregory Andrews and Advocacy and Fund Raising Manager Stephanie Harvey will give evidence to the House of Representatives’ inquiry into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander juvenile involvement in the criminal justice system. ICV will present the petition it has collected expressing concern for this issue and calling on the Government to address it. Over 500 people have signed the petition to date.
99 per cent of communities would invite ICV back
ICV’s Project Impact Analysis for the first six months of 2009-10 has shown that 99 per cent of ICV’s clients would invite us back. This is strong evidence of the value and impact that our volunteers are achieving.
ICV in Tasmania
ICV recently completed a community engagement trip to Tasmania and initiated over 30 projects across the state.
In focus
Juvenile incarceration: voice your concern
The Parliament of Australia is holding an inquiry into the high levels of Indigenous juveniles and young adults in Australia’s criminal justice system. You can voice your concerns by joining ICV’s petition to the Parliament about the importance of investing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth.
Volunteer opportunity
House parenting
Newly built Tiwi College is seeking a number of volunteer house parents for its Indigenous School Residential Program on Melville Island in the Northern Territory. Volunteers will be required to support and supervise mainly high school students after school; engage, encourage and mentor students for a set period of weeks.
Internships
Health and Early Childhood Student Internships
Our internships are for high achieving allied health and early childhood education students to undertake a university arranged placement in an organisation that serves Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Our internships are for high achieving allied health and early childhood education students to undertake a university arranged placement in an organisation that serves Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
ICV in the media
Kimberley community engagement
In February, ICV’s Regional Coordinator in the Kimberley conducted a community engagement visit in its East. Rosanna Angus, a local Bardi woman from One Arm Point in the North West, engaged with women’s centres, art centres, CDEP providers, health centres, and other organisations at Warmun community, Halls Creek, Koonjie Park Station, Nicholson Park, Kununurra, and Doon Doon Community. New ICV projects varied from literacy and governance training, to vegetable gardening, solar energy, tourism, health promotion, and alcohol management. Rosanna was accompanied by Nicola Morrison from ICV’s Perth office. Shell Australia generously supports ICV’s presence in the Kimberley. Rosanna has initiated over 100 projects in the Kimberley over the past year. Thanks to radio station KNX for providing this recording.
Gregory Andrews and Aunty Meg Huddleston on ABC Canberra Breakfast Radio, 22 December 2009
Gregory and Aunty Meg talk about the journey that Burrunju Aboriginal Corporation, a group of dynamic Aboriginal Grandmothers, have gone on with the assistance of ICV.
Community story
Vet services back on Palm Island
A veterinarian has returned to Palm Island thanks to improved facilities provided by an ICV volunteer working in partnership with the local council.
Poor animal welfare in Indigenous communities in Queensland’s north was brought into sharp view with a recent attack by a pack of eight dogs at Yarrabah near Cairns.
