Governance
As an Aboriginal not-for-profit organisation, we rely largely on government and grant funding and on the input from hard-working volunteers and major project partners. This is why we take transparency and accountability extremely seriously.
Below we have listed our key governance information.
For more information about our management structure and finances, you can contact us.
We believe in:
Respect.
Collaboration.
Courage.
Connection to Culture.
Community.
Growth.
Accountability.
Empowerment.
Hope.
Governance
Our balanced, skills-based governance structure is capable of objectively servicing our communities.
Transparency
We are transparent, inclusive and accountable to our communities, funding partners and supporters.
Relationships
We build, maintain and strengthen mutually beneficial relationships that support our communities, programs and business partners.
Strength Based
We ensure that our programs, services and corporate mindset adopt a positive, strengths-based approach to empower our staff and our community .
Risk Reduction
We adopt a risk management approach to all our operations; always balancing risk versus reward, based on sound, educated decisions.
Accountability matters
For all of our services, as well as our Cultural Centre with its Art Gallery and Accommodation Centre, we regularly report back to all the major funding bodies and any other sponsors.
Our Operations Manager periodically monitors & evaluates program outputs with all teams.
Our annual reports reflect our successes and the challenges we face to get our programs off the ground in a huge service area in a diverse community. Many face complex issues for which there are no quick fixes. We strive to support them.
To provide further proof of our activities, and to thank the community, sponsors and project partners, we share our highlights on our websites and on our social media. We have amassed a few thousand followers across several platforms already!
Naturally, we use any lessons learnt and any community feedback, and any service gap our teams, or governments, have identified to shape future programs and apply for the appropriate funding. As a not-for-profit, this is essential.
Just like nautilus shells, which were just simple conical structures some 500 millions years ago, our programs constantly evolve and now have a complex structure, with many different "chambers" that are interconnected, to make the end result much stronger.
