GROW HOPE DINNER

In June, over 100 members of the Grow Hope community came together to recognise National Reconciliation Week and to recommit to shaping a future where all Australians walk and grow together.

It was an amazing evening, with inspiring speakers, movie entertainment, excellent food, and a strong feeling of shared purpose. Thank you to everyone for their generosity, support, and passion in creating generational change!

Half of the funds raised will help facilitate life skills programs and vocational training at Hope House for Indigenous secondary students from remote communities in the Northern Territory. The other half will support our Classrooms of Culture Fund, which seeks to expand access to First Nations cultural education for schools and youth in Victoria.

WALK FOR TRUTH

Each year, the Grow Hope Walk for Truth retraces the footsteps of William Barak, a ngurungaeta (meaning leader) of the Wurundjeri-willam clan. In campaigning for his people’s self-determination and connection to their land, Barak led a number of historic marches from Coranderrk, an Aboriginal settlement near Healesville, to Parliament House in Melbourne. The 67km walk was undertaken multiple times between 1863 and 1881, each time unifying Indigenous Australians and building understanding among European settlers.

The Walk for Truth seeks to raise much-needed funds in support of Grow Hope’s life-changing programs in Victoria and the Northern Territory. Participants, whether individuals or teams, are challenged to walk 67km during the course of a week while gaining sponsorships. At the centre of the event is the heritage, strength and story that is too often missing from understandings of Australian history in the community.