“We have a mod­el of care that is holis­tic and a cul­tur­al foun­da­tion cen­tral to every­thing we do. The women that come through Wamin­da – there’s a ​‘no wrong door’ approach. We stand side-by-side and sup­port them on their jour­ney, to take care of their well­ness and look for­ward to being the best ver­sions of them­selves they can be.

​“Our women that work for Wamin­da, what­ev­er their career goals, we sup­port them to be trained in that area… Our health prac­ti­tion­ers who accept­ed the award – it’s a reflec­tion of what they’ve achieved, how they do the work. To be recog­nised by your own peo­ple, through our own organ­i­sa­tions that we part­ner with and are part of… it was real­ly wel­comed.”

- Hay­ley Long­bot­tom, a proud Jerrinja/​Cullunghutti/​Wandi Wan­di­an woman from Wamin­da, Women’s Health and Wel­fare Abo­rig­i­nal Cor­po­ra­tion on NSW’s South Coast.