BCHS Reflect RAP V6 HR - Flipbook - Page 8
Our Vision for Reconciliation
Bendigo Community Health Services9 vision for reconciliation is for a society where recognition
and respect characterise our interactions with Australia9s First Nation9s peoples. We
acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had tens of thousands of years9
experience living in Australia ahead of settlement, and through their knowledge and experience
of the land we have opportunities to learn.
Our staff understand the impact of dispossession weighs heavily on Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples, creating barriers to personal and professional growth which will take
generations of positive progress to relieve.
Our profound and sincere hope is that through our RAP, we will support members of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander communities to make decisions about their lives and their futures,
which will in turn build self-determining and empowered communities. The many health
services we deliver support community members throughout their lives, and through this RAP
we aim to improve our service delivery for the beneot of all.
headspace Bendigo marked NAIDOC
Week 2023 with the launch of two works
by local First Nations artists, Emily and
Josie Gower, pictured here with
Aunty Lyn Warren, Bendigo
NAIDOC Committee Chair
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