The past five years has seen Katungul Aboriginal Corporation grow from the strength to strength serving the South Coast community.
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This month will see the Aboriginal-community controlled health organisation acquire a new, larger premises in Bega to foster growth and establish roots as a provider of holistic care for the local Indigenous Australian community.
The new premises on Bega St was once the location of Sapphire Coast Community Aged Care Group and will not only provide a larger space for Katungul to deliver the health and community services already on offer, but it will also provide an opportunity for Katungul to address community needs which are not yet met within the region.
"We're so excited to officially share with the community that we have invested in this space," Joanne Grant, Katungul's acting CEO, said.
"We have so many ideas for this new premises. It has so much potential to serve our local community, filling the many service gaps we may have here on the South Coast.
"The thing I'm most excited about however is creating a culturally safe place for our community and a place the Aboriginal community can call their own.
"I envision the facility as a hub for dynamic collaboration between other like-minded services for the betterment of the health and wellbeing of our broader community."
Katungul chairman Ronald Nye Senior said he was confident the new offices will not only build on the services already offered by Katungul, but create a new sense of pride within the community.
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"We are confident this Bega St premises will take on a new cultural significance for the local Aboriginal community offering not only a great sense of pride but a culturally safe environment to access holistic health services," he said.
"The new building will offer Katungul a 300 per cent increase in clinic capacity plus the ability to offer both our community services and clinical services from one singular location."
Katungul currently offers many services.
These include a bulk-billing medical clinic with outreach services, dental clinics including a touring dental van, eye health services including Aboriginal health practitioner, eye health specialists and visiting optometrists and ophthalmologists, maternal and infant health services, National Disability Insurance Scheme support services, mental health support services including an in-house psychologist, alcohol and other drug use support, social and emotional wellbeing services and cultural programs.
Official Katungul business will begin from the new premises on January 6, 2020.
