All people and communities are free from family violence and have freedom and choice over their lives
The RFVP Therapeutic Hub is a free resource available to anyone looking for therapeutic services in the Eastern Metropolitan Region. It is designed to help people connect with appropriate supports and brings together the latest information about therapeutic services in our area. All service information is regularly updated and free to download.
Please fill out the form below if you have a service that you would like us to add to the hub.
Organisation: Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Centre – in partnership with ACF
Eligibility Criteria: Aboriginal Parents (any gender) and Kinship Carers
Length: 8 sessions (school term). In person.
Location: Lilydale
Focus: Program and resources are underpinned by a philosophy of promoting and supporting respectful, caring and nurturing relationships between parents and their children.
Contact: Group delivered twice a year- target group is allocated according to expressions of interest/need. Email: programs@bwahs.com.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Centre – in partnership with ACF
Eligibility Criteria: Mothers and young children
Length: 6-week
Location: Lilydale
Focus: A Mums and Bubs program for babies and preschool chlidren.
Contact: Group delivered twice a year- target group is allocated according to expressions of interest/need.
Email:programs@bwahs.com.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: Children welcome
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Centre – in partnership with Uniting Wesley
Eligibility Criteria: Children
Length: 4 weeks. Each term
Location: Croydon
Focus: A youth program aimed at exploring emotions, safety planning, building pride in Identity and strengthening strong safe connections to Culture, Country, family and community.
Contact: Group is run every term dependent on restrictions. F2F group.
Internal referrals prioritised Email programs@bwahs.com.au for referral form and further information.
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: N/A
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Centre
Eligibility Criteria: Women who have not grown up with strong connections to their Aboriginal identity.
Length: 6-weeks- online
Location: Lilydale
Focus: Focus on establishing and strengthening connection to culture through a healing journey of self discovery.
Contact: Internal referrals only
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Centre
Eligibility Criteria: Women and their children
Length: 3-day camp. 1 per year.
Location: Varied
Focus: Allowing women and their children to connect with culture, Community and country away from everyday demands. Space supported by Elders, traditional /cultural practices such as possum skins, yarning with Elders, smoking ceremony and tree of life work.
Contact: Internal referrals only
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: N/A
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Centre
Eligibility Criteria: Women
Length: Subject to restricitions. 5 weeks. In person.
Location: Lilydale
Focus: A program aimed at acknowleding women’s cultural connection by beginning or adding to their possum cloak.
Contact: Delivered every term. internal referral/external (conflicts of interest to be checked)
Face to face workshop, subject to current restrictions. Email programs@bwah.com.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Centre
Eligibility Criteria: Aboriginal Women
Length: 1 per month
Location: Currently running online.
Focus: Strengthen friendships and cultural connections with other strong Aboriginal women, while enjoying art, goal setting, meet guest speakers and wellbeing programs as a group.
Contact: programs@bwahs.com.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Centre
Eligibility Criteria: Aboriginal Women
Length: Individualised
Location: –
Focus: –
Contact: For information/capacity/referrals form contact intakebwahs@bwahs.com.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Centre – in partnership with ACF
Eligibility Criteria: Aboriginal children and youth
Length: Individualised
Location: Face to face/outreach
Focus: 1:1 trauma informed counselling with cultural lens.
Contact: For information / capacity / referrals form contact intakebwahs@bwahs.com.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place
Eligibility Criteria: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community
Length: Varied
Location: Varied
Focus: A range of community events including arts and crafts, men’s group, women’s healing group etc.
Contact: For information visit: https://mmigp.org.au/events/
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: VACCA
Eligibility Criteria: Aboriginal children, individuals, couples and families
Length:
Location: Both Inner and Outer Eastern Melbourne
Focus: All interventions are aimed at healing family violence impacts for victim survivors. Overall aim to create safety for families in their homes and in their relationships.
Contact: Professional and self referral. Contact Lisa Lovell lisal@vacca.org
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: N/A
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: VACCA
Eligibility Criteria: Aboriginal Elders and Carers
Length: Fortnightly (runs in conjunction with Youth Group)
Location: Both Inner and Outer Eastern Melbourne
Focus: Provides a Culturally safe space for Elders and Carers to gather and tell stories or just yarn, bond with others who have similar things in common, share their culture and get involved in Cultural activities.
Contact: Professional and self referral. Contact Erin Spencer espencer@vacca.org or Hannah Edwards hannahe@vacca.org
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: Yes
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: VACCA
Eligibility Criteria: Aboriginal Youth 0-5years; 6-18 years
Length: Fortnightly (runs in conjunction with Yarning Circle)
Location: Both Inner and Outer Eastern Melbourne
Focus: Provides a Culturally safe space for our Youth to participate with others that they have things in common with. It offers Culturally sensitive, educational and life skill Activities and supports to the following age groups.
Contact: Professional or self-referral. Contact Hannah Edwards hannahe@vacca.org
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: N/A
Numbers: N/A
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