Indigenous Land Corporation gpo box 652 Adelaide sa 5001

Cultural and social

The NCIE continued its high level of engagement with the national and Redfern community in 2013–14. Highlights of the NCIE’s work included:

• Telstra and the NCIE forged a stronger relationship, with the Telstra Foundation committing $5 million over the next five years to increase NCIE’s ability to deliver life-changing digital innovation programmes through IDX

• NCIE and the Sydney Kings created a partnership to provide basketball programmes and homework help to after-school programme participants

• The NCIE joined forces with First Nations Foundation to provide the local community access to financial literacy through the myMoola course which was officially launched onsite by Indigenous leaders and media personality, Ross Greenwood

• KPMG and the NCIE hosted the inaugural On Excellence Series, a sequence of topical panel discussions, led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

• NCIE continued to engage the community through local events, including the Mother’s 
Day afternoon tea for local families

• A Partnership with CarriageWorks was formed 
to provide an artist-in-residence programme. 
The programme provides interaction with afterschool and school holiday programme students and creative Indigenous individuals 
to create art projects

• EORA Fitness introduced Warrior classes to the community, incorporating cross fit training principles with a culturally aware and sensitive environment

• In July 2013, the NCIE celebrated NAIDOC week with an Elders Luncheon and NAIDOC Family and Sports Day. More than 2,500 local community members visited the NCIE to celebrate NAIDOC Week.

• The NCIE hosts NASCA’s Careers and Aspirations Camps and The Aspiration Initiative’s NSW academic enrichment camps, which offer Indigenous students diverse education and career opportunities.