Barang Regional Alliance in Wyong, New South Wales | Community organisation

Barang Regional Alliance

Locality: Wyong, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4351 3225

Address: Howarth st 2259 Wyong, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.barang.org.au/

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25.01.2022 Bara Barang are growing congratulations on the new role Tammy at Bara Barang and welcome to the Barang Regional Alliance extended family. . Here at Barang we love celebrating success .. don’t forget to head over and like our member organisations pages to show your support and see what we’re all doing in community. . #success #serviceprovider #barabarang #newstaff #announcement #welcome #centralcoast

25.01.2022 Header - Young people are continuing to report that there are barriers in education Young people on the Central Coast voiced their ideas at the Empower Youth Summit 2020, they understand the importance of high school and further education. Young people feel they need to explore education in more depth to resolve the barriers they are concerned about. ... Young People told us that ‘Teachers aren’t always educated enough about Aboriginal culture and history, and the reality of colonisation isn’t taught.’ Barang are continuing to advocate for young people in Local Decision Making and Empowered community initiatives.

24.01.2022 2020 INDIGENOUS LITERACY DAY. On the Central Coast, Aboriginal Year 9 students are twice as likely to be below National Minimum Standards in numeracy and reading than Non-Aboriginal Students. Change is needed to make a difference in disparities between the Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal population for the next generation.... Barang is driving change through relationships with the Department of Education through Local Decision Making. Barang Executive Director, Vickie Parry says Here at Barang we are working with our Aboriginal young people on the Central Coast and are listening to what their needs are from Employment, Education and continual learning, Culture and Identity. We want to celebrate our young people who are our future leaders of our community". #Barangregionalalliance #Aboriginal #Education #Literacy #CentralCoast #Darkinjungcountry #Youngpeople #Indigenousliteracy #LocalDecisionMaking #LDM #AboriginalAffairs #keyoutcomes

24.01.2022 BARANG CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE KAIELA INSTITUTE Barang Regional Alliance are having conversations with The Kaiela Institute to develop our understanding of: - Data Governance Frameworks... - Data Management Planning - Data Access Protocols Our conversations with the Kaiela Institute and Empowered Communities broadens our understanding and development of Indigenous Data Sovereignty, which is the right of Indigenous peoples and communities to govern the collection, ownership and application of data that is collected about our mob. Head over to the Kaiela Institute website to see their approach to building and designing a future for Aboriginal people in the Goulburn Valley region, Victoria. https://www.kaielainstitute.org.au/about-us.html

23.01.2022 R U RIGHT OR WHAT ? Today is R U OK Day , a reminder to check in with your mob, community, the Aunties and Uncles , our Elders and Young People. During this time its important now more than ever to check in with all of our mob, mates, and community. ... Ask someone today "you righhhhhht or whhhaattt " ?

22.01.2022 WAAGIR BANDIMAYI - SEPTEMBER EDITION 2020 . Our latest newsletter for all things happening for our member organisations on the Central Coast. . Click here to check it out : https://bit.ly/2EKAddH

21.01.2022 E M P L O Y M E N T . Here is what our young people told us at the Empower Youth Summit earlier this year .. this is what drives Barang Regional Alliance . #Employment #Opportunities #welisten #youthsummit #SBATS #culturallysafe #Career #advisors #accesss #alternativeentry #safespaces #community #Darkinjungcountry #youngpeopleonDarkinjungCountry

20.01.2022 BARANG TEAM MEET WITH AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS. The Barang team recently met with the ABS to discuss the Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP) and how we might be able to utilise the MADIP in the Ngiyang Wayama Data Network. Here at Barang we believe that if our community are not consulted when data is being created about our people there will be no steps towards data sovereignty. We know that data can be an enabler to address our needs. ... Barang want to ensure that Central Coast Aboriginal community and organisations have strong data skills to successfully tender for government contracts to continue to provide effective change in community. . #data #enabler #outcomes #communityoutcomes #Barang #Centralcoastdata #dataskills #consultation #MADIP #dataintegration #communityneeds #tendering #change

20.01.2022 Please join NAISDA Dance College and their 2020 year in review .. experiences and memories

17.01.2022 I BARANG MEET FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING I Barang Regional Alliance backbone staff, directors and members of opt-in organisations met last week to strategise for the future of the Alliance. Under the facilitation of Cherie, from Speaking in Colour, Barang revisited our purpose, vision and the roles of our Opt-ins. ... Barang is still the only region in Australia that is partnering with both the Commonwealth and State Government on a reform agenda. The day consisted of respectful and robust conversations which included critical conversations with representatives from Aboriginal Affairs and Empowered Communities Barang has begun work on our 2020-2022 Strategic Plan and we look forward to showcasing and sharing this with community. #Barang #alliance #LocalDecisionMaking #AboriginalAffairs #NSW #Empoweredcommunities #EC #Empowerment #Unifoed #reform #Stategovernment #commonwealthgovernment #centralcoast #Darkinjungcountry

17.01.2022 " The maintenance and experience of culture is an integral human right" There are still widely held views by non-Indigenous people, that demonstrates a lack of understanding for the significance of culture to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Our people have over 60,000 Years or 2500 generations of connection to Country and kin.... We know our Culture and our History makes us who we are as Aboriginal people .. and our young people are right .. its sad that our story isn’t being told in all of its beauty, complexity, depth or at all! We are the world’s oldest civilisation. So why isn’t this taught? How do we tell our story? #youngpeople #barang #centralcoast #culture #heritage #wisdom #regionalalliance #empowerment #ourgenerations #Aboriginal #understanding #education #ourstory #darkinjungcountry

15.01.2022 Barang attended the Police Aboriginal Consultative Committee (PACC) meeting led by NSW Police Acting Station Manager at Wyong Police Station Mr Tony Dougherty and Mr Allen Jansen. In attendance were other members from Aboriginal organisations and NSW Government agencies who provided comment to the draft strategic plan and current and future projects in our region. The draft Strategic Plan is in the final stages and will later be signed off by Aboriginal Elders from our comm...unity. #Barang #regionalalliance #pacc #police #groupmeeting #represent #youngpeople #community #Aboriginalcommunity #empowerment #centralcoast #Darkinjungcountry

14.01.2022 Cristina Carter tells her story about being on secondment through COVID-19 at Barang Regional Alliance. "Following in the footsteps of almost 950 Westpac employees on Jawun Indigenous secondments was always my dream and instead of being derailed by the pandemic, it was fast-tracked, as the program went online" Read the full story here https://bit.ly/2UztffD

13.01.2022 A great video from our member organisation NAISDA Dance College as we wrap up NAIDOC Week for 2020

12.01.2022 We recommend you follow our member organisation Yerin Incorporating Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Health Centre as they continue to keep our mob updated on keeping you safe and our mob safe during COViD-19.

11.01.2022 This week is National Week of Deaf Persons and on the 23 of September every year deaf people world wide celebrate the International day of Sign Languages an event made possible by the United Nations declaration back in 2018. Australia, before colonisation, was a country rich in not only Indigenous spoken languages but also sign languages. Sign languages are an important part of the cultural continuity of many of our First Nations people and our ancestors used them widely fo...r many different purposes. Thankfully due to revitlaition efforts some of these sign languages are being recorded and remembered for future generations. Yolngu Sign Language, of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, have recently launched a new dictionary that show Indigenous sign languages are just as old as their spoken language counterparts. Thank you to Rodney and Cindy-Lu for sharing your knowledge with Barang Regional Alliance.

10.01.2022 BARANG CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS The team met with Department of Education on Wednesday of last week to continue negotiations under the Aboriginal Affairs initiative Local Decision Making. The negotiation team discussed initiatives for the Central Coast Community and look forward to sharing the great news once the revised proposals are finalised.... #ldm #barang #education

09.01.2022 MINGALETTA . Connecting the Aboriginal Community on the Peninsula Find more on our member organisations here : ... https://barang.org.au//20/11/Barang-Oct-Newsletter-1-1.pdf See more

09.01.2022 CULTURE AND IDENTITY STILL CONTINUES TO BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR OUR YOUTH . Barang Regional Alliance took the opportunity to engage local Elder, Uncle Gavi Duncan, who acted as a mentor to guide the local young people to facilitate the sessions, and to offer cultural governance in this space at the 2020 Empower Youth Summit. Uncle Gavi was very generous in sharing with our younger generation of future leaders, encouraging them to ask questions, share and give their own though...ts and options. Some of the insightful feedback from this session included know who your mob is and where your mob is from, Lore, our cultural traditions, sacred places on the Central Coast and most importantly belonging in community. . #Culture #Lore #Darkinjungcountry #Centralcoast #Barang #BarangRegionalAlliance #Youngpeople #empoweryoungpeople #futureleaders #community #belonging #tradition #culturaleducation

09.01.2022 BARANG CONTINUE LDM WITH TRAINING SERVICES. . #Barang #Barangregionalalliance #Alliance #Aboriginalaffairs #ldm #localdecisionmaking #youngpeople #centralcoast #Darkinjungcountry #education #pathways #career #careerpathways #empoweeryoungpeople #education #nsw #ncara #negotiations #formalaccord #meeting #covidsafe

09.01.2022 BARANG AGREE TO DELIVERABLES WITH NIAA Barang met with the National Indigenous Australians Agency to agree on a set of deliverables for the 2020-2021 period. Robert Ryan - CEO NIAA, Di Hawgood & Heather Peasley - Empowered Communities and Barang Leadership continue discussions on our commonwealth reform and continue working towards our Empowered Communities agenda.... Barang is committed to achieving structural reform for our Aboriginal community through both Empowered communities and the Local Decision Making frameworks.

08.01.2022 Great news for all our talented mob ..

06.01.2022 Barang Regional Alliance's latest newsletter, Waagir Bandimayi, is out now. Check it out here bit.ly/3r6LmJ8

05.01.2022 ............................................. N A I S D A - Update ............................................. For the first time in the organisation’s four decade history, NAISDA moved all course training online in early March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, giving Developing Artists the opportunity to continue their professional development from the safety of their home communities across Australia. ... Click here to read the full story on page 25 https://bit.ly/2Jtd8hJ

05.01.2022 Barang Regional Alliance and DCJ Communities met to progress formal accord negotiations. A positive outcome to negotiations to date is the recruitment of the Full-Time Identified Project Officer Housing role. This position will focus on improving relationships, service delivery responses and access to the right housing for Aboriginal people on the Central Coast. Barang Regional Alliance and DCJ Communities are developing a localised approach to service delivery tenders an...d are committed to explore the opportunity to build capacity within the region with a focus on Family Preservation. . #Barang #BarangRegionalAlliance #Alliance #LocalDecisionMaking #AboriginalAffairs #DCJCommunities #Negotiations #outcomes #empowerment #communityvoice #unitedvoice #AboriginalCommunity #Aboriginal See more

05.01.2022 WE'VE MOVED . Did you know we've moved to a more community accessible building? We're now located at 96 Pacific Hwy Wyong on the main road of Wyong and opposite Wyong Train Station.

03.01.2022 LDM CONTINUES WITH EDUCATION Barang Regional Alliance met with Education last week to continue our formal accord negotiations under the OCHRE initiative Local Decision Making. We are excited for what looks like our final proposal being drafted for endorsement and seeing noticeable outcomes for our young people. ... #LDM #localdecisonmaking #ochre #education #barang #centralcoast #outcomes #darkinjungcountry #empowerment #accord #Aboriginalaffairs #regionalalliance

03.01.2022 Beautiful morning with the artists from Saltwater / Freshwwater Art Exhibition at The Entrance Gallery. Buy local and from Aboriginal Artists Shop local Support local... Open daily from 10am - 4pm until 20th December

03.01.2022 This month Gudjagang Ngara li-dhi Aboriginal Corporation (GNL) were proud to have witnessed young people who participated in their Barudir (meaning Butterfly in Darkinjung language) program graduate from Year 12. You can read more on this story here... https://bit.ly/2Jrjhee #youngpeople #youth #youthwork #children #fun #community #mentalhealth #education #support #youthgroup #love #selfcare #motivation #friends #Barang #youngpeople #centralcoast #Darkinjungcountry #empoweryoungpeople

02.01.2022 Our member organisation Gudjagang Ngara li-dhi Aboriginal Corporation now has website and officially live ... head on over and check it out comment below what you think We love it when our member organisations continue to grow www.gnl.org.au

01.01.2022 Earlier this week Barang Regional Alliance were invited to attend St Brigid’s College in Lake Munmorah for a Flag Raising ceremony in celebration of NAIDOC. Key note speakers included David Ella - Education Officer Aboriginal Education for the Diocese of Broken Bay, as well as Yasmin Catley MP for Swansea and Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Yasmin has been a great supporter of the Alliance through her contributions to the Youth Summit....