Holistic health care, with a focus on clinical service and wellbeing programs.
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Moorundi Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS) deliver a comprehensive range of primary health care services to their communities. Located in Murray Bridge, Victor Harbor and Raukkan, they proivde culturally sensitive and holistic healthcare. Moorundi ACCHS offers a wide range of services tailored to meet the unique health needs of Indigenous Australians.
Services offered by Moorundi ACCHS:
Clinics & Allied Health - with a focus on:
- Preventative Health
- Chronic Disease Management
- Traditional Healing
- GP Clinics
- Aborginal Health Practitioners
- Team Care Arrangement
- Access to Counselling Services
- Transport to the Clinic
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Integrated Care Team (ITC)
The ITC program is designed to help you take control of your chronic disease so you can enjoy your life.
A chronic disease is a disease that you have for a long time (present for at last 6 months) which may affect your ability to do your daily tasks makes it harder for you to enjoy your life.
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Becoming Strong Children Team
Services include:
Together Our Children Succeed
- Develop a strong and engaging connection between the education institution and the target groups, and the target groups within the communities, including pre-school students through to, and including, year 12.
- Increase school attendance.
- Improve literacy and numeracy skills.
- Increase year 12 attainment.
- Deliver services in Murray Bridge, Raukkan, Meningie, Tailem Bend, Mannum and other regional locations.
Po:rlar Ka:ngkun Tainkuwalun (PKT) - Children Laughing and Playing
PKT supports Aboriginal families with children aged 0 – 7 years. The program services the Murray Bridge and Coorong regions. It is an outreach based and family focused service. In a friendly environment, the program provides an opportunity for Aboriginal families/caregivers to learn about the role that childhood development plays in school readiness. The program supports Aboriginal families, with pre-school children, to prepare for engagement with, and attendance at school.
What does this service provide?
- Mobile playgroups.
- Special events.
- Themed activities including, food, cultural events and festive occasions.
- Provide support for transitioning to kindergarten or school.
- Linking with other support services.
- Home based support.
- No referral required.
What to expect:
- No cost.
- Healthy snacks provided.
- Continues during school holidays.
- Embraces the Aboriginal culture.
- Provides an opportunity for learning and childhood development through play.
- Positive role modelling.
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Healing Our Spirit
Tumbetun Namawi mi:wi (Healing Our Spirit):
- Bringing the Community Together through group events and programs.
- Holistic Health, focusing on the emotional effect on health and well being.
- Social and Emotional Well Being Counselling.
- Mental Health support and management.
- Alcohol And Other Drugs Counselling.
- We encourage programs that link Language and Culture with Social & Emotional Wellbeing.
- Event Organisation - NAIDOC, Reconciliation, Sorry Day and others..
- Trauma informed and person centred care, working with the whole family to achieve the best outcomes.
- Yarning Groups.
- A “Wrap around” service that can link into other Moorundi services.
- Partnering with other services in our region to ensure our Community get the best care, for example joint programs with Headspace.
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The Nungas Community Gym
Located at 124 Adelaide Road, Murray Bridge where Ngopamuldi Aboriginal Corporation is.
The facility has everything you need including cardio equipment, strength machines & free weights.
Moorundi ACCHS is more than a healthcare provider; it's a dedicated partner in the pursuit of improved health and quality of life for the Aboriginal community. With unwavering commitment to cultural respect, preventive care, and community engagement, they work tirelessly to nurture a healthier and more resilient future for Indigenous Australians. For further information into the programs and services they offer, you can visit their website.
Housing and return-to-country support for those visiting Adelaide from remote communities, and for tenants of Housing SA.
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Kurlana Tampawardli is dedicated to providing accommodation support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals and families in need while they are in Adelaide. Their services primarily focus on assisting families, couples with children, and individuals from remote and regional communities who are at risk of experiencing homelessness.
Key services provided by Kurlana Tampawardli include:
- Short-Term Crisis Accommodation: Offering immediate housing solutions to those facing urgent housing crises.
- Transitional Housing: Providing temporary housing options to support individuals and families in transitioning to more permanent accommodation.
- Community Outreach Services: Engaging with the community through outreach initiatives to identify and address housing needs.
- Returning to Country Assistance: Assisting individuals in returning to their home communities, if desired.
- Case Management Support: Providing personalized case management to guide and support clients in their housing journey.
Additionally, Kurlana Tampawardli offers support to Aboriginal individuals who are tenants of the SA Housing Authority and are at risk of overcrowding or disruption caused by visiting friends and family.
For direct assistance, please contact Kurlana Tampawardli using the phone number provided below or visit their website to request a call back.
Kurlana Tampawardli is committed to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Adelaide, ensuring they have access to safe and stable accommodation.
KWY provide Aboriginal people, families, and communities with cultural services and supports that build positive and long-term change.
KWY is a leading South Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation and Not-for-Profit, delivering services and providing knowledge to Aboriginal families and communities. They have developed highly specialised programs focusing on domestic and family violence, child protection and social and emotional well-being.
Clients are provided with services that recognise, and are centred on, the diversity, vibrancy and wisdom of Aboriginal cultures.
Their services include:
- Support in domestic and family violence
- Child protection
- Perpetrator intervention
- Youth work
- Kinship care
- Reunification
- NDIS Access Assistance
- Finding families
- Child development assessments
- Mentoring, and Aboriginal education outcomes.
They provide a number of Resource Programs, some of which include:
- Training Cultural Services
A highly specialised program focusing on domestic and family violence, disability, child protection, education and social and emotional wellbeing.
- NDIS Access Program
With the support of the Department of Human Services, KWY is available to offer assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples with their application for NDIS support
- Healing By Art
Creating a safe space for women's voices
- My Journey Men's Program
A culturally appropriate behaviour change program for men who use violence. KWY provides a culturally safe space to address family, domestic and sexual violence.
- Women’s Safety Contact Program
An outreach service aimed at ensuring the safety and wellbeing of women and children
- Yerta
Is aimed at implementing a program that focuses on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families who need some extra support in helping their children attend school.
You can refer to KWY's website for additional Services and Resource Programs provided.
Lakeview Transitional Accommodation Centre provides accommodation for all Aboriginal people that require short term accommodation, or assistance due to transience or homelessness.
Services they provide include:
- short term transitional accommodation for up to 12 weeks
- support to all Aboriginal people as well as safe, secure accommodation
- 24 hour supervision by staff with local cultural knowledge
- meals, laundry and showering facilities.
Types of accommodation include:
- one-room units with double and single beds
- one-bedroom units with kitchens (independent living units)
- large and small wiltjas (tents) and unit facilities.
Each accommodation type caters for one family group or no more than four adults
Fees and services
A daily fee, based on the type of accommodation, covers both accommodation and meals.
Customers must arrange to pay the fee through EasyPay or a similar deduction payment method - for example, directly from their wages.
Eligibility
Customers can apply or be referred to the transitional accommodation centres.
Customers are eligible if they are of Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander descent, have an independent income, and meet at least one of the below:
- they need temporary accommodation for a short term stay
- they have urgent housing needs because their current housing is unsafe or unsuitable
- they can't return to community or country.
Customers won't be allowed to stay, and may be temporarily removed from the centre, if any of the below apply:
- they have been temporarily removed from a centre
- they are subject to an intervention order or bail conditions prohibiting them from staying at a centre
- they show aggressive, violent or threatening behaviour
- they are affected by drugs or alcohol, or take drugs or alcohol with them to the Transitional Accommodation centres.
Customers who aren't eligible but have exceptional circumstances, for example they aren't Aboriginal but have an Aboriginal partner or Aboriginal children in their custody, may be given approval to stay by the Manager of the transitional accommodation centre.
Children
Children who receive an independent income are eligible to stay at the centre without parent or guardian supervision.
Mob Strong Debt Help is a free nationwide legal advice and financial counselling service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff out of the Financial Rights Legal Centre, Mob Strong Debt Help specialises in consumer financers (such as credit cards, pay day loans and car loans), banking, debt recovery, and insurance (including car, home, life and funeral insurance).
They have information on a list of topics including:
- Energy & Water
- Phone & Internet
- Money Problems
- Debt
- Funeral Products
- Car Problems
- Housing
- Super & Insurance
You can call the Mob Strong Debt Helpline on 1800 808 488, 9am - 4pm, Monday - Friday.
Mobile Assistance Patrol (MAP) transports individuals who are vulnerable, under the influence of alcohol and other drugs, and at risk of harm or being involved in anti-social behaviour, minimising the contact with the justice system.
The target group is inclusive to:
- Adults
- Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal
- Aboriginal people who are visitors to the Adelaide inner city and parklands.
Priority
- South Australian Police sites within the CBD
The following services will be considered for priority pick-up locations
- Whitmore Square, in front of St Luke’s Church (referred by Detox)
- North Terrace OTR), (referred by Hindley Street Police Station or SAPOL on North Terrace)
- Non Metro Police sites
- West Terrace, Park 23
Geographical Coverage
- Inner Adelaide and the surrounding parkland areas.
- Transportation from inner Adelaide to the broader Metropolitan areas limited to:
– Smithfield in the Northern Suburbs
– Port Noarlunga in the southern suburbs
– Mount Barker in the Adelaide Hills
- Clients are not to be transported from metropolitan Adelaide into the inner city of Adelaide at any time.
Service Limitation
- MAP is not a replacement for calling a Taxi
- House to house transportation is not provided
- Transportation from Adelaide metropolitan areas to the inner Adelaide city area is not provided.
Last pick up is at 11pm
MoneyMob Talkabout is a not-for-profit organisation operating a money support hub in the APY Lands. Their vision is to empower Aboriginal people and communities to achieve economic wellbeing and self-determination.
MoneyMob Talkabout provide a one-stop shop for local community members to interact with the broader economy in a safe and supportive environment. They regularly outreach to all communities across the APY Lands, as well as Oodnadatta, with a permanent base at Pukatja.
Their Goals are:
- Drive Change
They are strong public advocates for social and economic wellbeing and justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
- Economic Security for Aboriginal People and Communities
They deliver culturally respectful, quality services and develop new initiatives aimed at building individual and community capability, financial security and economic opportunities.
- Extend Our Impact
They will share what they have learned about financial wellbeing so they extend their impact beyond their own service provision.
- Growth and Sustainability
Their work is supported by a financially secure, strongly governed and well managed organisation.
My Money Dream is for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Learners aged 16-60 to increase good money habits and build financial prosperity.
It is an online financial literacy education program built from a successful 10-year face-to-face program with First Nations communities. Learners can access the modules for free as many times as they like over a year, through sponsored licences provided by organisations and donors.
My Money dream provides an online portal to 5 core learning modules, which share knowledge from First Nation's perspectives that provide useful strategies for building wealth and wellbeing through money:
- Culture and the economy
- Where are you now?
- Reducing expenses and eliminating debt
- Smart savings
- Automating your finances
Ninko supports Aboriginal families in the South of Adelaide including Onkaparinga, Marion, Holdfast Bay, Mitcham, Burnside City Council and women from rural and remote areas. Providing emergency accommodation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children who are having a hard time at home because of violence.
Ninko provide:
- Safe supported accommodation.
- Yarning and support through difficult times.
- Links with other services that can support you.
- Support and referrals for financial and legal matters.
- Looking at long-term housing options.
- Helping your children through difficult times.
- Connecting children and adults to education and training.
- Groups for women and children.