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
An educational experience -- a healthy boost.
Health intern Michael Sullivan received the “foreign experience” he was looking for without having to leave his home state.
All due to his involvement in an ICV programme which offers internships to those studying to be health workers or a career in early childhood.
Plumbing to the stars
Finding a hot shower for an Australian film legend was just one of the experiences a retired plumber enjoyed while working working closely with the Yolgnu people at this year’s Garma Festival in north-east Arneham Land.
