Community Programs
Community Programs
Our Community
Kura Yerlo Inc. offer a range of programs to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Community that are age, gender and culturally appropriate. Each program is co-designed with local people to enhance connections to culture through community access, cultural events, the arts and artefact making, and one on one support.
Our programs provide an opportunity for participants to learn from elders and peers in a social setting to pass skills and knowledge that maintain, strengthen and promote our and future generations confidence and understanding of their cultural identity.
Our people
Kura Yerlo Inc. is a wholly owned and operated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander not-for-profit organisation. Our Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander Program and Support workers bring genuine understanding and respect that inherently brings cultural safety and security to our environment.
Our experienced and highly qualified staff are passionate about supporting their community.
Our Group & Community Programs
Kura Yerlo’s Men’s Shed (including Zebra FInch)
Tuesday or Wednesday 10am-2pm
The Men’s shed is a space for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men of all ages to meet and share knowledge and skill in the making of traditional artefacts.
Participants are immersed in the creation of artefacts with hands-on teaching and experiences. This fosters opportunities for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander participants to remain connected to community through culture and peer support that can be shared with future generations.
This program is suitable for people who require low and medium to high levels of support.
*Non-Aboriginal men interested in accessing the shed to learn about artefact making are welcome to contact Kura Yerlo to discuss.
Further information can be viewed in our Community Programs brochure.
If you’d like one of our helpful staff to contact you about this program please click here to submit an expression of interest.
The Aboriginal Women’s Welbeing Program meets every Thursday from 10-2pm.
This program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and elders in a social and culturally safe setting to explore wellbeing from women’s perspective. Regular guests, arts and crafts, outings and activities set the tone for a client centric program that focuses on health education and the emerging needs of the community. If you’re an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander woman residing in the Western or North Western regions of Adelaide who wants to add to their community knowledge and sense of belonging this is the program for you. This program is suitable for people who require low to medium levels of support.
Further information can be viewed in our Community Programs brochure.
If you’d like one of our helpful staff to contact, you about this program please click here to submit an expression of interest.
The Back 2 Ochre Art Class runs every Monday from 11-2pm.
It invites Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to develop their knowledge around Traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art and Craft. In this class we learn about traditional and modern art techniques in a social setting delivered by noted local artists and community members. This program is suitable for people who require low-medium levels of support
Tucker Truck provides nutritious meals to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Elders in living in the Adelaide Metropolitan area. Our qualified Nunga chef prepares and packages home cooked meals for delivery to our elders. This program is suitable for people who require low, medium to high levels of support and are currently accessing an Aged Care or NDIS Plan.
Further information can be viewed in our Community Programs brochure.
If you’d like one of our helpful staff to contact, you about this program please click here to submit an expression of interest.
To discuss your eligibility please contact us today.
Kura Yerlo youth programs are starting up again after our big move from Largs Bay. Our deadly Youth reference group (formally AYAC) has re-formed in Port Adelaide and serves as a voice for Aboriginal young people in the West. Watch this space!
We are in the process of designing other youth programs for children and young people to positively influence identity, wellbeing and connectedness with their culture and community. Mentoring our young people to keep them strong is our key priority. We link with other KY programs such as Culture Hub every second Saturday in Port Adelaide and Kurruru programs at Seaton. Our new boxing gym (when it opens March/April 2021) will have a youth focus and we intend to build our youth portfolio in the West so it’s sustainable.
Further information can be viewed in our Community Programs brochure.
To discuss your eligibility please contact us today.
Eligibility
As a leading not-for-profit organisation Kura Yerlo Inc. are able to provide support under a number of initiatives;
- Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP).
- Home and Community Care Program
- Youth & Culture funded initiatives
- Registered NDIS provider.
To discuss your eligibility please contact us today.
** Programs and timings are subject to change please check the details with staff closer to your intended enrolment date.