Communities
ICV works in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and provides assistance in designing and implementing community development projects. Any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individual, family, business, organisation or community can apply for community development assistance with ICV.
ICV is first and foremost community driven. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are our major clients. We hunt and gather volunteers to work on projects that are owned and run by communities. Our volunteers are important and we look after them. But we don’t hunt and gather projects for them.
ICV volunteers can play an important role in your community, assisting you to develop the skills, human and community development that lead to a stronger future. Projects are conducted by community invitation only— your community decides on the skills needed, manages the project design and selection of volunteers, and runs the project in a way that works best for the community.
ICV will assist you with the application process, and will support your community and the volunteers throughout the project. ICV is a not-for-profit and non-government registered charity, and there is no fee for the service provided to communities.
Community story
Two-way learning
Kimberly Booth was studying Occupational Therapy at the University of Sydney when she travelled to a school in Wilcannia in far western New South Wales as an ICV supported intern. The experience changed her outlook and increased her passion to work in rural and remote settings to improve Aboriginal health and education.
A stitch in time
A group of women in Palumpa in the Northern Territory learnt the art of sewing and gained a new wardrobe as part of a community-driven ICV project. The project helped revitalise the Palumpa Women’s Centre. The volunteers also ran an informal school holidays art program.
