Indigenous Community Volunteers

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.

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.

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Volunteer opportunity

Potter needed in the NT

Marngarr a small community around 15 k’s from Gove in the NT is hoping to add to its arts and crafts program through development of pottery in the community.

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Community story

Traditional culture strengthened with the young in Queensland’s capital

Suburban Brisbane was the scene for an ICV project which helped Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children re-connect with their culture and traditions. The Binambi Barambah camps held in Brisbane’s north, are the brainchild of respected elder Ruth Hegarty and her late husband, and are aimed at children aged between seven to 16 years. Aunty Ruth says it became clear that many of the children who had moved with their parents to the Queensland capital were in danger of losing their culture.