WA's Regional Achievement and Community Awards recognise the individuals, groups and businesses from the Pilbara region who have made a difference in their communities.
Anyone can nominate or be nominated for one of the 10 awards covering a broad spectrum of community contribution. You can click here for more details regarding nominations.
Award winners will receive a $2000 Smart Access Account from the Commonwealth Bank.
Nominations close on July 23.
Entry forms are available through West Regional Newspapers, Commonwealth Bank branches or online.
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Showing posts with label Aboriginal Communities Charitable Organisation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aboriginal Communities Charitable Organisation. Show all posts
22 March 2011
Check out the new look YMAC News
The latest issue of YMAC News is out today, with a new look and expanded format. In issue 13 of YMAC's newsletter you can catch up on what has been happening at YMAC over the past three months with stories on the agreement between the Yugunga-Nya people and Sandfire Resources, the National Heritage Listing for the Weld Range, YMAC's uranium community guides, the Premier's Australia Day Award for the Aboriginal Communities Charitable Organistaion, the three YMAC women who were honoured for International Women's Day, as well as profiles of some of our board members.
Click the link below for an electronic version or email srosenfeld@ymac.org.au to request hard copies for yourself, your family, your business or workplace.
YMAC News March 2011
Click the link below for an electronic version or email srosenfeld@ymac.org.au to request hard copies for yourself, your family, your business or workplace.
YMAC News March 2011
27 January 2011
ACCO wins Premier's Active Citizenship Community Group Award
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| YMAC's Business Development Coordinator, Cris Olegario & YMAC's Pilbara Regional Manager, Peter Jeffries. |
The ACCO is an excellent example of a regional organisation making a difference to the lives of Aboriginal people and is run by a volunteer staff base, most of whom are Indigenous.
As well as receiving public recognition from the Premier, the ACCO have also been approved for a Lotterywest grant for large commercial refrigerators for their food distribution outlet at TAFE's Pundulmurra campus in South Hedland. The grant also includes a custom fitted ‘Commercial Kitchen Caravan’ to fully equip ACCO in their pursuit to deliver services to regional and remote communities in the Pilbara.
The Aboriginal Communities Charitable Organisation (ACCO) was formed in late 2008 as a non-profit charitable organisation to help ‘close the gap’ in local Indigenous communities. The idea came about from a common desire to make a difference to the lives of Aboriginal families living in Pilbara’s mining economy, where food and housing prices can be artificially high.
With the support and partnership of Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation, Newcrest Mining and Foodbank the ACCO’s first primary project was the South Hedland Food Distribution Centre. The ACCO’s work aims to:
- Create a sustainable food supply for families;
- Teach the community to grow food;
- Provide nutrition education; and
- Facilitate training and job placement.
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