News and events
ICV Partners with Shell
ICV has welcomed a new and strengthened three-year partnership with Shell.
Shell will provide $2.7 million in funding for ICV as part of the company’s social investment portfolio for 2011-2014. The investments focus on supporting community organisations to tackle educational disadvantage.
Annual Report out now
The report highlights the work we have been doing to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. It details our activities and some of the year’s achievements. Read it now.
New Volunteer Manager - Ali Wass
What a great organisation to be working with! I have been in the job just a few weeks and have had a wonderful introduction to the role.
Prior to ICV, I worked closely with Canberra’s Aboriginal youth as Education Coordinator with Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation. During my four years with Gugan, I was involved with various aspects of education support for youth who were disengaged or at risk of being disengaged from mainstream education here in the Capital.
Call for regional Queensland volunteers
Over the past 11 years, we have been very fortunate to work with many enthusiastic and resilient Indigenous communities across Australia. But today we want to make special mention of communities in urban and regional Queensland: Cherbourg, Logan, Inala, Mount Isa, Townsville and Cairns.
ICV is seeking more volunteers living in or near these communities. Skills that we are short of are qualified trades, community development, website design and business development.
In focus
Martu School Holiday Christmas Appeal
The Martu school holiday programs in Australia’s Western Desert are teaching kids about health, fitness and play. As the children learn, so do the adults – picking up skills that offer them a better chance at employment. These programs are having a huge impact. Communities are being given a renewed sense of enthusiasm.
Volunteer opportunity
Grant Writing in WA
Life Without Barriers in a non for profit organisation specialising in the areas of Child Protection, Disability Services, Mental Health, Youth Justice and Immigration.
Community story
Making up
ICV is an organisation based on strong values and a philosophy of capacity building and sustainability.
As an ICV staff member, I believe we should practice what we preach, so I jumped at the chance in March to be part of a project on Goulburn and Croker Islands in West Arnhem Land.
We held beauty therapy workshops with school girls aged from 11 to 16 with the workshops also open to the ladies of the community
ICV in the media
ABC Rural features ICV milling project in Gunbalanya
ICV actively recruiting volunteers in Queensland
Brisbane based PJ Humphries explains more on Sunshine Coast ABC radio.