Project overview
Safe Communities provides operational funding for locally based community organisations to deliver social support services in the region:
Associations
Port Kennedy Association
- Children’s programs including Afterschool Care, Vacation Care and Mura Kaimel Playgroup
- National Disability Insurance Scheme
Mura Kosker Sorority
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family and Domestic Violence Support Services for women, men, children and young people
- Older Peoples Action Program and the Torres Strait Healthy Ageing Program to promote active and healthy ageing activities for over 50’s
- Child and Family Support Program to support safety and wellbeing of children and their families
- Emergency Relief Program through the Salvation Army.
- Mura Buai Torres Strait Family Wellbeing Program to provide specialist support services to families and individuals
- Family Participation Program to assist families involved in the child safety system.
- Food Security and Vulnerable Families in the Torres Strait works in partnership with community and key stakeholders to identify community food security priorities and key actions.
