Healing

Welcome to The Healing Foundation’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Portal, an online hub for people working in healing, health, justice, education, employment, child protection, community services and family violence sectors.

The Healing Portal is designed to encourage information sharing across sectors. It brings together best practice healing initiatives and information about why healing is needed, and what is working in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities. The Portal includes the latest research, reports, case studies, videos and tools from around Australia to enable people to bring trauma aware, healing informed practices into their organisations and communities.

If you need health or wellbeing support for yourself or a Stolen Generation survivor or descendant, please contact a health professional. For more information visit Gayaa Dhuwi, or for crisis support contact 13 Yarn (13 92 76).

Latest story

Stolen Generations funding a much-needed boost to healing

Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney announced on National Sorry Day that an additional $3.5 million will be provided over the next two years to support healing activities for Stolen Generations survivors.

The new funding will support Stolen Generations organisations to deliver impactful tailored and locally focused community-led activities through The Healing Foundation’s existing Collective Healing Grant Program.

The Healing Foundation has been offering collective or group healing to Stolen Generations organisations since 2012.

The Healing Foundation news item can be read in full here.

The Healing Foundation’s next steps

What is healing? Why is it important for all of us to understand this? Watch CEO, Shannan Dodson as she outlines how The Healing Foundation is actively leading healing and working towards bringing an end to the trauma experienced by Stolen Generation survivors and their descendants.

Make Healing Happen – It’s Time to Act.

Make Healing Happen is a detailed report addressing the specific experiences of Stolen Generations survivors, and the complexity of their needs now, and as they grow older. The report calls for urgent policy responses from all Australian governments to assist with the healing process for Stolen Generations survivors and their descendants.

Read Make Healing Happen here.