Projects

Mirrung Ngu Wanjarri  (Aboriginal Women Making Changes)

Mirrung has been a funded project since June 2000. The project is to raise awareness about family violence in Aboriginal communities by raising self awareness and self-confidence in Aboriginal women and to work on strategies for improving outcomes for families experiencing violence.

Nancy Walke is the project worker. Nancy works in partnership with Aboriginal communities and other service providers
 
Mirrung is currently funded by the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.   

See Mirrung Ngu Wanjarri's Website 

                           http://www.mirrung.com.au  

(Education and Awareness Against Family Violence in Indigenous Communities)

Aboriginal Legal Access Program

The Aboriginal Legal Access Project will run until 30 June 2009 and will be undertaking the following tasks:

• Plan and develop formal legal needs consultation process with five Bundjalung communities, commence review of and update the 1998 Mabourah Dubay Access to Law Report’s findings and track the current state of Bundjalung communities’ access to the law and legal services
• Provide Outreach Services to two Bundjalung communities for a half a day per week
• Plan, develop and present two workshops on family violence, legal and related issues
• Provide two follow up sessions for young Kyogle Aboriginal women who have already taken a series of sessions to help them identify family violence issues, link with legal service providers and develop strategies for dealing with anger and aggression. 

 The Recruitment and Retention of Lawyers in Rural, Regional and Remote NSW
 
     Click on the link below for the publication by the NRCLC written by Trish Mundy 

   RecruitmentRetentionOfLawyers-pdf

CLSD Events Calendar (for details of outreach advices and cle by Northern Rivers Combined Legal Service Delivery partners)
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