• Strong in culture

    Jipungwayi belives that being strong in culture improves our over all wellbeing. Knowing our songlines, our ancestors, our Country and our languages contributes to having a strong sense of self.

  • Community Driven

    Our community is our strength. We are a community led business that always consults our elders and creates our programs to be responsive to the needs of our community.

  • Values

    Jipungwayi has three core values.
    RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY and POSITIVITY.
    We show RESPECT to every person who engages with us. We up hold our RESPONSIBILITIES - cultural, family and as members of community.
    We strive to always conduct ourselves in a POSITIVE way.

AOD Program

Jipungwayi’s Alcohol and Drug awareness program aims to prevent the uptake of AOD. The Alcohol and Drug foundation stated that ‘Preventing and minimising the harms caused by alcohol and other drugs is a community issue. The evidence tells us that engaging the local community in the design and implementation of prevention programs has the potential to improve individual and collective health and well-being.’ This program will utilise strong community partnerships to provide youth with role models within their community.

Cultural Wellbeing

Research shows that young people require programs that promote and encourage positive life choices and reflect the needs, values and cultural knowledge of the young persons community. Jipungwayi ‘s Cultural Wellbeing Program is designed to involve family and community to assist in demonstrating to youth the importance of making positive life choices and understanding the role culture plays in our lives, particularly those of Indigenous youth.

Mentoring / Re Engagement

Jipungwayi believes that positive role models can have a strong and lasting impact on young people. The research has shown that it can improve behaviour, academic outcomes and reduces a young person’s involvement in anti-social or risk-taking behaviour (Australian institute of health and welfare).
Jipungwayi’s mentoring program is unique in that we work closely with the young person and their support system to tailor a program that suits the needs of the individual.