Woodville Community Services Inc. is a founding member of the Fairfield Local Aboriginal Access Group (FLAAG).
This group formed in 1998, aims to improve access to services for Aboriginal residents of the area; improve networks between indigenous and non-indigenous workers in Fairfield and surrounding Local Government areas; and seeks to increase levels of Aboriginal infrastructure and service provision.
The group organises Aboriginal Awareness & Access Training for workers in mainstream agencies.
The FLAAG group meet on a regular basis, currently bi-monthly, the attendence of new members is encouraged.
Koori Youth Dance Project:
This project was funded through WSAAS and has now been completed.
Following the success of the Villawood NAIDOC
Festivals which began in 2002 and continues annually, this
Project had been funded to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander families and young people in the Gandangara Lands
Council area to realise their vision to re-establish Koori
culture in the Gandangara area through a holistic process
of intergenerational traditional cultural education.
The
project was based on Indigenous cultural and intellectual property
protocols and utilised the skills and knowledge of cultural
practitioners and local Elders.
The Project Worker established a Steering
Committee that was representative of the local Aboriginal people.
Positive networks have been established with
a number of NGO’s and government departments as evidenced
by support received for 2005 Villawood NAIDOC Koori Kids Corroboree
and the working relationship with Fairfield City Council in
the redevelopment of Hilwa Park at Villawood.
Through weekly activities held for young people,
the community worked together to teach culturally appropriate
contemporary dance through a Koori learning model using story
telling, dance and kinship.
Click the play button on the player below to listen to the Respect Rap song written and recorded by the Villawood Koori Kids group.
The
project was based on Indigenous cultural and intellectual property
protocols and utilised the skills and knowledge of cultural
practitioners and local Elders. 