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Services called upon to join the spirit of NAIDOC

Tuesday, June 05 2012

Forty years ago this July marks a historical moment when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people took their fight for equality to Australia's politicians, setting up the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the lawns of Parliament House.

This NAIDOC Week the theme is 'Spirit of the Tent Embassy: 40 years on' and Lismore City Council is hosting a huge NAIDOC Week family fun day in Heritage Park to acknowledge those who championed the cause of achieving recognition, services and education for Indigenous people.

Council’s Community Services Officer Lee-Ann Emzin said there is still much to achieve in attaining equality for Indigenous people, but as a society we have come a long way in terms of service provision. She said certainly in Lismore, government agencies and NGOs are very keen to work together to spread the word about their services in the community.

“We have 50 stallholders already booked for the NAIDOC Week event, which is fantastic, but we are still looking for more… if we get enough stalls we might even have to spill out into Riverside Park for the first time,” Lee-Ann said.

Sharon McCullough and Cynthia Grayston Riley from Ageing, Disability & Home Care (ADHC) recently signed up to be part of NAIDOC Week and said they had found it to be an excellent avenue for promoting their services in the past.

“It’s about networking and taking bureaucratic jargon and turning it into plain English for people,” said Cynthia, a Children’s Case Work Consultant. “We provide allied health services and some of that terminology can be confusing. Plus history has played a part it making it difficult to reach people. A family who has a child with a disability for instance might not be inclined to access services because they think their child might be taken away from them… there’s sometimes a real fear of government departments. Attending something like NAIDOC means people can meet our workers and there’s a human face they can relate to. It breaks down those walls.”

“That’s why Council is doing this,” added Lee-Ann enthusiastically. “It’s specifically to provide a non-threatening, fun environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can meet the faces behind their local services and feel relaxed asking questions.”

“That’s where the best business is done – out of the office,” agreed Sharon, an Aboriginal Employment Support Officer with ADHC. “Being out in the community is less intimidating and more welcoming, and allows you to have conversations at a level that is meaningful. I can talk with people in a more personal way, explain what jobs are out there and help people through the recruitment process. Sometimes a little snippet in a newspaper ad or on the internet doesn’t give someone confidence they can do a job, but when I sit down face-to-face and explain it fully, they are more able to see it as a real opportunity.”

The NAIDOC Week family fun day is planned for Thursday, June 28 in Heritage Park from 10.00am to 2.00pm.

The day will include a Welcome to Country, face painting, roving clown, sausage sizzle, information stalls, free jumping castle and rides, music and dancing, performances by local schools and much more.

Stall booking forms can be downloaded here and are due by Friday, June 15 or for more information phone Council’s Customer Contact Centre on 1300 87 83 87.

A happier, safer Goonellabah all part of the plan

Thursday, May 16 2013

Police, youth workers, retailers, sporting representatives, health and education workers, employment providers and Lismore City Council staff will all put pen to paper on Friday for the official signing ceremony for the Goonellabah Community Plan.

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