Wellness Centre

The driver for the WCC establishing a Wellness Centre is the emergence of a conceptually exciting ‘Alcohol Liberation Pathway’, designed to get to the root of the ‘river of grog’ now flooding Aboriginal communities with disastrous effect. Very simply, this concept links cultural, social and economic issues to an individual’s circumstances, and requires a Centre through which connections to existing infrastructure can be professionally and sensitively facilitated and overseen in a case history more of operation.

Mostly in a practical way today, a clinical treatment model underpins attempts to deal with Aboriginal alcohol addiction.

The WCC recognises the need for its conceptual pathway for liberation from the abuse and misuse of alcohol to link up with existing clinical infrastructure.

However, after the first steps at a clinical level, subsequent steps involve working with the individuals on their alcohol addiction within cultural and social networks.

An Alcohol Liberation Pathway is for individuals suffering alcohol abuse and misuse and incorporates treatment within a sustained case management approach. Additionally, this pathway also encompasses an individual’s practical realities such as employment prospects and existing social relations. Issues of alcohol abuse and misuse are to be addressed in a culturally appropriate and holistic manner at an individual, family and community level.

WCC started with a vision based on regeneration of culture, holistic notions of wellness, employment identified before training and priority of self determination through:

·       a youth leadership program

·       a life skills through sports program

·       a researched and innovative alcohol liberation pathway

·       mentoring program

·       Links to Learning program

·       Widening the Circle social development program of workshops

·       an elders program

• Mentoring
• Social development
• Links to learning
• Youth leadership program
• Alcohol Liberation Pathway