The City of Fremantle is pleased to announce a partnership with Pindi Pindi, an Aboriginal-owned and operated research centre for community wellbeing.
The partnership will see Pindi Pindi establish an agency office at the City of Fremantle’s Walyalup Aboriginal Cultural Centre where it will work on a range of community and research projects.
Pindi Pindi is the research arm of Koya Aboriginal Corporation and has distinguished Research Professor Fiona Stanley, AC as its Patron.
Its mission is to establish an urban hub for world-class Aboriginal-led research dedicated to the creation of a strong, healthy Aboriginal community.
Fremantle Mayor Dr Brad Pettitt has welcomed this partnership.
“This is an exciting opportunity for us to learn from each other, build dynamic relationships with local Aboriginal people and develop the independence of the Walyalup Cultural Centre.”
Associate Professor Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Pindi Pindi’s Research Director, echoes these sentiments.
“We’re thrilled to be working in partnership with the City.
“Our centre brings academic research and community wisdom together because our work is embedded within the Aboriginal community.”
Owned and managed by Aboriginal people and with an office established in Midland, Pindi Pindi will be asking Aboriginal community leaders to advise them on what research is required, how it can be undertaken successfully and how the findings can be disseminated.
In recent weeks the centre has received funding from the Prime Minister to undertake a three-year program to increase urban Aboriginal students’ school attendance and improve their educational outcomes through kinship engagement.
A three-year wellbeing program using basketball as an incentive has also recently been approved by the Western Australian State Government.
