KARI Foundation Annual Report 2018 -2019 Contents Our Mission. Our Vision. 3 Chairperson Report 5 CEO Report 6 Board of Management Profiles 7 KARI Ambassadors 9 KARI Foundation Ltd Services 11 Service Structure 12 Our Values and Standards 13 Sport and Healthy Lifestyle 15 Education 24 Creative and Performing Arts 31 Family and Community 33 Marketing and Events 35 Cultural Unit 39 KARI Clinic 41 KARI Foundation Ltd Annual Report | 2018-2019 2 Our Mission. Our Vision. KARI Foundation’s KARI Foundation’s aims purpose for the present for the future KARI Foundation’s purpose is KARI Foundation aims to help to build strength in families Aboriginal families, youth and and services that are available communities flourish. to Indigenous youth and communities. KARI Foundation’s Statement of Commitment to the local Community KARI Foundation is committed The service will conduct itself in a to providing quality, sustainable professional manner, and deliver services to Aboriginal communities, programs that are of a high standard especially in the areas of Aboriginal and deliver good outcomes. community support programs. This will be achieved by adhering We will continue to seek further to quality policies and procedures, opportunities to expand our good recruitment practices, staff programs and service delivery. support, community involvement, maintaining partnerships as We will continue to develop well as open communication. local partnerships with our key stakeholders to enhance our resources and service delivery. We will endeavour to deliver all our programs in a culturally appropriate manner and promote the ideals of self-determination. 3 KARI Foundation Ltd Annual Report | 2018-2019 KARI Foundation Ltd Annual Report | 2018-2019 4 Chairperson Report It will become a great success if we continue to work hard and engage like minded partners who share our vision. Gary Potts, KARI Foundation Ltd Chairperson It is so pleasing to see the KARI In terms of the Foundations future, Foundation be so successful at such it will become a great success if an early stage of its development. we continue to work hard and I can only put this down to the hard engage likeminded partners who work completed since its inception share our vision. To this point and by our CEO Casey Ralph and by our time, the partnerships that we have Head of Partnerships, Marketing developed certainly do share & Fundraising Cain Slater. our vision. Both have worked tirelessly in Finally, I would like to thank our the space of securing some very community, our families and friends high-level partnerships as well as who have accessed our many coordinating some truly spectacular Foundation programs and services. events that showcased the Please know that we exist to make Foundations core business charter. a difference in your lives and to service you to the very best of our It is here that I would like to ability. sincerely thank all of our wonderful partners and likeminded friends for their great support of the KARI Foundation; without their support we would not have been able to achieve all that we have throughout the year and those Gary Potts achievements proved to be Chairperson very substantial. 5 KARI Foundation Ltd Annual Report | 2018-2019 CEO Report We have a vison whereby, day to day, Aboriginal people and communities flourish. We work towards achieving this vision with an underlying philosophy that culture drives change. Casey Ralph, KARI Foundation Ltd CEO • Culture I would like to thank the KARI I am pleased to announce that • Education Foundation Board of Management for your on-going support and the KARI Foundation has gone • Creative and Performing Arts from strength to strength in the guidance. The trust and faith you • Sport and Healthy Lifestyle last twelve months expanding have in me to continue to lead KARI our operational reach to include • Employment and Business Foundation to success is greatly programs in regional NSW Enterprise valued. and interstate. • Families and Communities I would like to acknowledge the • Leadership The KARI Foundation aims to tireless efforts of Cain Slater who provide a service that works day in and day out strives to deliver Moving forward, we have set our alongside children, youth and the best possible outcomes for the sights high in regard to supporting families to build their resilience, KARI Foundation and ultimately our service growth and achieving expose them to new experiences children, young people and their positive outcomes across all and ultimately feel and create a families. For your hard work and endorsed pillars. We look forward sense of belonging. We have a vison commitment, I say thank you. to securing additional partnerships whereby, day to day, Aboriginal that will allow us to strengthen and Lastly, I want to thank every people and communities flourish. expand the good work we do for individual and every corporate We work towards achieving this our community. entity who has commenced vision with an underlying philosophy taking the journey with us. Our that culture drives change. Our dedicated design and partnerships provide the platform marketing team continued to further Our core focus across 2018-19 was to build a stronger and more united strengthen the brand of the KARI to establish the pillars that KARI community for the future. Foundation with increased social Foundation intended to service. media broadcasting resulting in Yours Sincerely Seven pillars were endorsed by the higher uptake of service programs Board of Management including: and opening pathways for new clients. Casey Ralph Chief Executive Officer KARI Foundation Ltd Annual Report | 2018-2019 6 Board of Management Profiles Gary Potts Paul Ralph Anne Martin Chairperson Director Director Gary, a Wiradjuri man originally from A founding member of KARI Anne is a descendent of the Yuin Parkes NSW, has spent the majority and former CEO, Paul is a proud people south of the coast of NSW of his days in Campbelltown. Aboriginal man with family and is currently residing in the ACT. A proud father, grandfather and a connections from both the North devoted husband to his loving wife Coast and South Coast of NSW. Anne has held a range of senior Debbie, Gary has been a leader For the past 35 years he has lived in public and non-govenrnment sector in Aboriginal Affairs since 1992. Gandangara Country, South West roles across Indigenous affairs over He’s held a number of positions Sydney. the last 40 years, including the on boards and committees in the position of former co-chair of the Campbelltown/Liverpool areas and During his professional career, National NAIDOC Committee. Paul has worked across a number is currently employed with the NSW Anne has always placed an emphasis Department of Education, where of important Aboriginal portfolios specific to employment outcomes, on the health and well-being of he performs a crucial role as an Aboriginal youth, and has been Aboriginal Specialist. housing, education and human services. Such a position has given instrumental in establishing Both Gary and Debbie know him the opportunity to visit many innovative education programs that firsthand the trials and tribulations Aboriginal communities and witness operate both nationally and locally. firsthand the vast social issues that come with being a foster carer; Anne has worked on programs in affecting Indigenous Australians they also know the rewards. They South Africa, Israel, New Zealand today – as well as the sheer themselves have been foster carers and Canada. for a number of years. resilience of the world’s oldest living culture. Gary is honoured to be KARI’s Chairperson and is thrilled to see Since 1999, Paul has been the service grow to become a committed to working exclusively leader in the field of Aboriginal in the Aboriginal community sector child protection, prevention and and has found this to be the most community capacity building. challenging and exciting time of his professional career. 7 KARI Foundation Ltd Annual Report | 2018-2019 Isabelle Phillips Stephen Ella Casey Ralph Director Director CEO Isabelle Phillips is a leadership Stephen is an Aboriginal man from Casey is a proud Aboriginal woman expert, Founder of consultancy firm the Yuin Nation on the South Coast with connections to the North and Mackerel Sky – Leadership Matters of NSW however grew up in the South Coasts of NSW. She has and Co-Founder of Mindfulness for Aboriginal community of spent the majority of her life living the Global Village. Her enterprise La Perouse. Stephen is the Manager on Gandangara Country in South work focuses on assisting leaders of Nunyara Aboriginal Health Unit Western Sydney. to create spaces for workforce for the Central Coast Local Health populations to flourish and thrive. District; has a 20 year background Casey started her career working in in Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol education and in 2005 transitioned Isabelle has a powerful track record work and was inducted into the to working within the community actively supporting Aboriginal National Indigenous Drug and welfare sector. She is now the Australians in the workplace. Alcohol Honour Roll in 2012 at the current CEO of both KARI Ltd and She also brings the business case National Indigenous Drug Alcohol KARI Foundation Ltd. for diversity and inclusion to her conference in Fremantle. He was Casey is passionate about ensuring government and corporate awarded the First Peoples award at client base. that Aboriginal children, families the Australasian Professional Society and communities have every Isabelle is currently completing a on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) opportunity afforded to them and PhD in Mindful Leadership. conference in Brisbane in 2013. is committed to designing and implementing innovative programs Isabelle holds non-executive director Stephen is a member of the NSW Health Aboriginal Directors and that empower, support and enhance roles in the NFP and Foundation skill development.