Roots of Change is a storytelling platform dedicated to the Alumni community of The Funding Network Australia. Here we share their stories of ingenuity, courage, determination, spirit, growth and the impact these grassroots organisations have had, as a direct result of funds and support received from The Funding Network community.

Ngarrimili

Ngarrimili

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Ngarrimili provides wrap around, culturally informed support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creatives, entrepreneurs and businesses.

Ngarrimili, meaning ‘to dance’ in Wadawurrung, draws out 80,000 years of Aboriginal excellence, it knows excellence and so much more runs through Aboriginal people’s blood, Ngarrimili work to enable people to see that in themselves. It develops the capacity, entrepreneurialism and leadership in the Indigenous community, by strengthening enterprise skills and governance.


2021 Pitch

Funds Raised: $60,000

Cormach, CEO and Founder of Ngarrimili, pitched at the TFN Virtual event to continue and to expand its existing programs across Victoria. Ngarrrimili plans to do this through a commitment to long term sustainable support to the Victorian First Nations business eco-system through 1:1 business and trauma informed wellbeing support.

The Impact…

In the past 12 months, Ngarrimili was able to expand nationally supporting 32 businesses with a total of 85 hours of personally tailored support and mentoring provided. One of the business owners that was supported was Sue, an Aboriginal woman located in Queensland, who has an artworks business. Sue was able to work with the Ngarrimili team to design, create and launch her website and sell her artworks. Sue was also supported in setting up her ABN and business name, and designing a sustainable business plan- Sue is now making profits and her business is thriving.

Read Ngarrimili’s Impact Report


Learn more about Ngarrimili

https://www.ngarrimili.org.au/


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