Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands: Responding to COVID

Spinifex Foundation SA (formerly The First Nations Philanthropic Funders Working Group) represents key Aboriginal-led health organisations in South Australia. Spinifex was established to oversee the creation of a community-informed and community-led model to direct philanthropic funding for First Nations communities across the state.

An initial priority of Spinifex Foundation SA is to work alongside their communities to respond to the impacts of COVID-19 in ways that best suit their specific situations – ensuring that Aboriginal health is in Aboriginal hands.

Spinifex Foundation SA has formed a close partnership with the Fay Fuller Foundation, who provide ongoing resourcing to the Working Group, and more recently, with FRRR. As the Funding Coordinator, FRRR is assisting to administer funds received from major donor partner, Paul Ramsay Foundation, as well as provide support and development for grant processes and procedures, and media and communications.

This funding is dedicated to addressing priorities identified by Spinifex, and the communities they represent, to ensure Aboriginal people are prepared to manage the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 in a way that works best for them. The combination of this partnership approach, together with flexible funding, will ensure solutions for First Nations people in remote, rural, and regional communities are locally-led and locally-determined.

The members of Spinifex Foundation SA are:

  • Nunyara Aboriginal Health Service Inc. (Whyalla)
  • Yadu Health Aboriginal Health Corporation (Ceduna)
  • Tullawon Health Service Ltd. (Yalata)
  • Umoona Tjutajku Health Service Aboriginal Corporation (Coober Pedy)
  • Moorundi Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service Ltd (Murray Bridge)
  • Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia Ltd

To learn more about this initiative visit: https://www.fayfullerfoundation.com.au/first-nations-led-health-funding

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OrganisationProjectLocationGrant
Ceduna Aboriginal Corporation COVID-19 Response
Support the delivery of the Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands COVID response program in SA Aboriginal communities through the employment of a Partnership Manager for a 12 month period.		Ceduna$150,000
Ceduna Aboriginal Corporation Activity 1: Immediate Need, Immediate Response, Immediate Impact
Improve capacity of SA Aboriginal communities to respond to immediate needs they have identified that have arisen due to the COVID-19 pandemic such as distribution of community health and wellbeing packs, health equipment, and community messaging strategies.		Ceduna, Coober Pedy, Murray Bridge, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Yalata$238,000
Ceduna Aboriginal Corporation TOC and MEL Development
Monitor the impact of the Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands project through the development of an evaluation strategy including Theory of Change and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framework.		Ceduna, Port Lincoln$20,000
Ceduna Aboriginal Corporation Group 2: Bringing COVID Vaccination Protection to Community
Improve vaccination rates and processes in SA Aboriginal communites through activities including mobile vaccination clinics and fit testing program for health workers.		Ceduna, Coober Pedy, Murray Bridge, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Yalata$303,000
Ceduna Aboriginal CorporationActivity 3: COVID Outbreak Rapid Response Teams & Health Sector Emergency Response Planning
Improve on the ground community-controlled health responses to COVID in a remote or regional community and explore future rapid response action plans. 
Ceduna, Coober Pedy, Murray Bridge, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Yalata$234,000
Ceduna Aboriginal CorporationTOC and MEL Development
Monitor the impact of the Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands project through the development of an evaluation strategy including Theory of Change and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framework.		Ceduna, Port Lincoln$20,000

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“On a recent trip to Port Augusta in SA to meet with the Working Group members it was clear that we’re all learning together through this partnership approach. We bring different strengths to the table, but underlying all of that is the importance of taking time to listen to each other, to ask questions, to build trust and respect as the foundation to then achieving meaningful outcomes.”

Jo Kemp, FRRR

“In many ways, we’re creating a blue-print through this partnership – we’re starting right on the ground, in community with the people who need support, and working with them to figure out what they need. It’s also showing funders that if they can place their trust in Aboriginal people to know what’s best for their community, it can enable innovative and flexible outcomes that address the local needs of each community.”

Warren Miller, Executive Strategic Partnership Manager, Spinifex Foundation SA