The Gudjuda Rangers are responsible for protecting the Green Sea Turtle, the totem of their group.
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This bush food business takes off with a new website.
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How this community-owned video boosted school attendance in Kalkarindji.
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The monitoring and evaluation (M&E) undertaken with the Littlewell Working Group in 2014-15 was one of the first examples for Community First Development of applying the participatory approach and new monitoring system to co-design short and long term indicators of change with communities, monitor them throughout the project cycle and assess effectiveness at the end.
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Kungkas Can Cook is a café, catering and bush foods business based in Alice Springs, specialising in ethically sourced, organic bush food from the Central Desert.
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Until recently, Community First Development had framed its work through a linear ‘Story of Change’, a program logic and visual representation of the social and economic impact the organisation achieves.
Read MoreAt Community First Development, we are committed to ongoing learning, continuous improvement and understanding our impact. In 2013, we embarked on an ambitious four-year Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (ME&L) Review.
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A time to recognise the resilience of the Stolen Generations.
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The power of radio storytelling and art to bring communities together.
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Learn more about one of our Community Development Officers and why he loves being a part of the Community First Development team.
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A special place of belonging, heritage and healing.
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Produced as part of our Action Research Project, this case study centres on Mad Mob, an Aboriginal Corporation based in Hawkesbury, NSW, that aims to educate and promote Aboriginal culture, art, spirituality, health and well-being within the wider community.
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On the outskirts of the town of Mingenew in Midwest Western Australia lies a former Aboriginal reserve named Jinjamarba Baba, or Littlewell.
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Produced as part of our Action Research Project, this case study centres on the Blue Mountains Aboriginal Culture and Resource Centre (ACRC) that formed in 1994 as a meeting place for the Aboriginal Community, and to promote visibility of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in the region.
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A workshop to teach community members practical skills in small engines.
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With a culture at least 60,000 years old, Aboriginal people developed a sophisticated understanding of how to use fire in the right way to care for Country.
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Kurrawang Aboriginal Christian Community is located outside of Kalgoorlie in remote WA. Community First Development (formerly ICV) has a long relationship with Kurrawang which dates all the way back to 2004.
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Ken has worked alongside several communities to develop strategic plans, community housing plans and community development plans.
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