National Reconciliation Week 2025 – ‘Bridging Now to Next’

This 12 months’s Nationwide Reconciliation Week theme ‘Bridging Now to Next’ invitations us to replicate not solely on the place we’ve been, however the place we go subsequent – and the way we be sure that path is formed by reality, respect, and the management of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It additionally challenges us to acknowledge that reconciliation is a shared accountability – one which requires listening deeply, appearing meaningfully, and committing to long-term change. 

This 12 months, we have now chosen as an organisation to boost funds for Children’s Ground for the second 12 months, by internet hosting a Put on It Yellow fundraising morning tea with employees donning yellow and new pins to help the day. Exceeding final 12 months’s contribution of $1,300, we’ve up to now raised greater than $1,400 to contribute to a future the place each youngster experiences a lifetime of alternative, grows up robust of their identification and tradition, and lives free from injustice and poverty.

Embedding cultural functionality, fairness and entry in our foundations

At Psychological Well being First Help, we’re honouring this dedication via the launch of our new Strategic Plan 2024–30 and Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) – embedding cultural consciousness, security and management into all that we do.

The launch of our new Mirror RAP this 12 months is without doubt one of the methods we’re formalising this dedication. It units out clear, accountable steps to deepen our partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, embed cultural security into all areas of our work, and amplify First Nations management inside and past our packages.

By this plan, we’re:

• • Embedding cultural security and management throughout all packages and organisational practices – guaranteeing our workplaces, partnerships, and coaching environments are respectful, inclusive, and grounded in self-determination.
  • Investing in cultural functionality in any respect ranges – from governance and government management to frontline employees – via coaching, reflective observe, and lived expertise steering.
  • Formalising our accountability, which incorporates sensible, measurable actions to deepen relationships, enhance organisational information, and amplify First Nations voices in how we work and what we prioritise.

Increasing this system, amplifying group voices

Enhancing the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is inseparable from the work of reconciliation. This 12 months, we’re scaling the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander MHFA Program via fundraising and consciousness campaigns to assist this system attain extra communities – from city centres to distant areas. These efforts purpose to make sure that culturally secure, community-led psychological well being training is out there to all who want it.

By raising funds, we are able to develop this system’s analysis and engagement capabilities, prepare extra instructors, strengthen relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workplaces and communities, and construct the capability of extra Australians to reply in culturally knowledgeable methods.

This development will likely be guided by cultural authority, pushed by group, and grounded in our shared journey towards a extra simply, equitable, and reconciled future.

Bridging now to subsequent

As an organisation, we recognise that “Bridging Now to Subsequent” means turning intention into motion – and we’re dedicated to strolling that bridge collectively, with our MHFAiders, Instructors, suppliers, companions, communities, and all these working for a reconciled Australia.

By our Strategic Plan and Reflect RAP, we’re dedicated to strolling alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within the selections we make, the packages we ship, and the way in which we present up day-after-day.

Learn extra about Nationwide Reconciliation Week and this 12 months’s theme of Bridging Now To Next.

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