Winda-Mara offers a wide range of essential services to our community, covering various areas to ensure comprehensive service delivery.
Our organisation look to address issues impacting Aboriginal People by providing service delivery, strengthening cultural identity, increasing community engagement, and providing capacity-building opportunities to community and staff.
OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM
John Bell | (Gunditjmara)
Chief Executive Officer
Aunty Wendy Lovett | (Gunditjmara)
Executive Manager - Community, Wellbeing & Cultural Services
Jason Walker | (Gunditjmara/Yorta Yorta)
Executive Manager - Corporate Services
Jenna Bamblett | Manager
Our Community Services team work to provide deadly activities and events for our community across all age groups from Early Years right through to our Elders.
Community Engagement and Cultural Strengthening are our main focus.
Community Services Programs
Youth Programs (Building The Dream, Cultural Strengthening, Karreeta Koornong Maar)
Bubup Balak Wayipungang (previously Koorie Pre School Assistant)
CHSP & HACC (Elder Care Support)
Local Justice
Family Centered Approaches
Bringing Them Home
Sharon Rigg | Manager
Our Health Team provide one of our most important services which is access to culturally safe health services. We have bulk-billed GPs available to the community as well as many visiting Allied Health professionals as we work to Close The Gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
Health Services
Medical Clinic with GPs & Allied Health Services
Aboriginal Health Practitioners & 715 ATSI Health Checks
Social, Emotional Wellbeing (AOD, mental health)
Tackling Indigenous Smoking
Koorie Maternity Services
Chronic Disease Management
Lorraine Payne | Manager
Our Family Services team work hard to protect and advocate for our mob in the Child Protection space. They ensure that clients are culturally safe and have as many tools as possible at their disposal to keep family connected and strong together.
Family Services
Integrated Family Services
Family Preservation and Reunification
Kinship Support
Targeted Care Package Support
Family Violence Services
Cultural Mentoring
Ben Church | Manager
Our Land Management team (Budj Bim Rangers) work hard to protect our properties of cultural significance. They ensure we have the best systems in place through invasive species management and tree-planting to cultivate our land to give us the best possible outcomes.
Land Management Services
Management of our cultural properties
Building infrastructure to support generational care of the land
Invasive species management
Cultural Tours of Indigenous Protected Areas
Junior Ranger Program as part of the WMAC Holiday Program
Jason Walker | Executive Manager
Our Corporate Services team work hard behind the scenes at Winda-Mara to make sure any infrastructure projects are well-supported, and work to continually improve our quality management, internal management systems and quality support to our staff.
Corporate Services
Finance
People & Culture
Media & Communications
IT & Communication
Assets & Corporate Operations
Quality & Governance
Housing Program