More than 70 Aboriginal community organisations and groups across NSW will be supported to host initiatives that celebrate Aboriginal culture via $1.4 million in NSW Government grant funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Cultural Grants will help support, strengthen, protect and maintain traditional and contemporary expressions of Aboriginal culture across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The successful grant recipients include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strengthening Aboriginal cultures is a key outcome of Closing the Gap, specifically target 16, that cultures and languages are strong, supported and flourishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information about upcoming Aboriginal Affairs NSW grant opportunities, visit www.nsw.gov.au\/living-nsw\/aboriginal-outcomes\/grants-and-funding<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty David Harris said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAboriginal communities continue to keep culture strong through festivals, workshops and programs across NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese grants are designed to empower Aboriginal community organisations and groups to run events which celebrate culture and facilitate sharing of knowledge and skills between generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese initiatives have been designed by Aboriginal communities for Aboriginal people, reflecting the NSW Government\u2019s commitment to self-determination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chief operations officer of Gujaga Foundation Jessie Longbottom said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis grant enables us to deliver dedicated cultural experiences for children in the La Perouse Aboriginal community, led by Dharawal knowledge holders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt also supported the delivery of a cultural family day, increasing the opportunities for our community to connect with language, culture, and each other. These experiences are vital to strengthening identity and passing knowledge between generations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Directors of Gundyarri (\u2018Welcome Baby to Country\u2019 event in Narrandera) Cherry Johnson and Vivian Prior Christian said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis grant will help us to welcome our newborns back to their traditional river and land after being born in hospital where the closest maternity facilities are an hour away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe ceremony will connect our babies spiritually, emotionally and physically which in turn will re-introduce cultural practices i.e. to be ongoing for generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAlso it will help preserve our identity, sense of belonging (children), having respect for one another and staying grounded to our roots (ancestral knowledge).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director of Indigenous Futures Foundation Levi-Joel Tamou said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cReceiving the Cultural Grant is a powerful step forward in celebrating and preserving First Nations culture through storytelling. It allows us to share our voices, honour community knowledge, and bring our film project into reality. We\u2019re currently in pre-production and deeply grateful for this support.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" More than 70 Aboriginal community organisations and groups across NSW will be supported to host initiatives that celebrate Aboriginal culture via $1.4 million in NSW Government grant funding. The Cultural Grants will help support, strengthen, protect and maintain traditional and contemporary expressions of Aboriginal culture across the state. The successful grant recipients include: Strengthening Aboriginal … Continue reading “Grant recipients celebrate, share and strengthen Aboriginal cultures across NSW”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34217,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34216\/revisions\/34217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}