Halls Gap’s Budja Budja Aboriginal Co-operative and Edenhope Apsley Football Club have received grants to fund mental health and wellbeing projects ahead of Mental Health Month observed in October.
Australia Post’s annual community grants program awarded the co-operative $7700 for the Leenyar, Kookoon and Thookay Together Program, which will connect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders with young children in a culturally safe and supportive environment.
The project will strengthen cultural connections, pass down knowledge and traditions, and support wellbeing by facilitating group activities, yarning, storytelling, and sharing.
Edenhope Apsley Football and Netball Club was awarded $5182 for its Not Just A Farmer evening, which aims to address mental health challenges in rural communities through an evening celebrating farming life.
