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08 Oct 2012

First Surfing Victoria Indigenous traineeship completed

The indigenous trainee program is a key element of Surfing Victoria’s VicHealth Indigenous engagement project, is supported by Play It Safe By The Water.

Partner Release

11 Sep 2013

Reconciliation Action Plan 2013–15

VicHealth has a strong history of working collaboratively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to meet locally identified needs in culturally appropriate ways.

Aboriginal health promotion

23 Jun 2009

Yin Paradies: Understanding the impact of racism on Indigenous child health

This project is highly synergistic with VicHealth's priorities in the areas of health inequalities and ethnic and race based discrimination.

Reducing race discrimination

05 Oct 2014

Dance Republic

Dance Republic was run by Big West Festival and supported by VicHealth's MOTION program to get Victorians moving through art.

MOTION Projects

05 Mar 2014

Victorian Indigenous Performing Arts awards

Six of Victoria's finest actors, comedians and musicians have been honoured at the Victorian Indigenous Performing Arts (VIPA) awards.

Indigenous performing arts

04 Mar 2013

Blak Cabaret tours regional Victoria for VicHealth

Malthouse Theatre and VicHealth are delighted to announce that Blak Cabaret, one of 2012’s most exciting cabaret productions, will head to the regions in 2013.

Partner Release

19 Sep 2013

Promoting Aboriginal health through the arts: Overview of supported projects

Promoting Aboriginal health through the arts provides an overview of organisations and arts projects VicHealth supports. In particular, we explore the role of arts in Aboriginal culture and the associated positive health impacts.

Arts and social connection

10 Oct 2014

Cabaret shows nation’s soul

Some of the nation’s finest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entertainers are bringing their comedy, poetry, music and dance to Frankson.

Partner Release

15 Nov 2012

Majority of Aboriginal Victorians are targets of racism: survey

A survey of 755 Aboriginal people in four Victorian localities has found they experience extraordinarily high levels of racism, with at least 97 per cent having been targets of verbal or physical abuse, or discriminatory behaviour in the past 12 months.

Reducing race discrimination

12 Jun 2014

Racism in healthcare linked to poor mental health

Experiencing racism in health settings may have a stronger negative influence on the mental health of Aboriginal Australians than experiencing racism anywhere else, a survey led by the University of Melbourne has found.

Reducing race discrimination

09 Jun 2011

Everyone Wins – Community sporting clubs

This version aims to assist Victorian community sports clubs to build healthier sporting environments that are more inclusive and welcoming of everyone in their community, particularly women, girls, Aboriginal people and people from culturally diverse communities.

Supporting diversity

02 Sep 2011

Everyone Wins – State Sporting Associations (SSAs)

This version aims to assist SSAs to build healthier sporting environments that are more inclusive and welcoming of everyone in our community, particularly people with a disability, Indigenous Australians, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and women and girls.

Supporting diversity