Working towards wellbeing for our Mob.
Some Participants from Naru Saltwater Camp 2024
Naru Indigenous Corporation offer facilitation of a healthy lifestyle & wellbeing programs for our community. The Ocean is a significant aspect of our culture and the benefit of promoting a healthy lifestyle in an open and safe environment.
The ocean knowledge, surf skills, First Aid and lifesaving training that Naru Indigenous Corporation delivers to both youth and adults builds capability and resilience to support individuals to better manage ongoing and difficult situations. As Ocean lovers we are observant to the changes big and small that happen on a regular basis to our Water environment. We endeavour to ensure that Sea Country is protected for many generations to come.
We have run the annual Naru Surf Gathering since NAIDOC Week in 2017 and we have proudly raised funds and awareness for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention as a part of our Gathering.
2022 Gathering
One of our biggest yet with 90 competitors from around the Country coming to Gather, Surf and Connect.
Kind words….
"I can’t thank you enough for the surf lesson yesterday with our young people.
Often external service providers find it hard to connect with our young people because of the challenging behaviours they can display at times as a result of their complex trauma.
It was so nice to see the Naru Team connect so well with the young people. I cant tell you the difference it has made. Not sure if you are aware but out of the three young people who surfed the most, one of them has only been in the ocean 3 times in his life, one is very quiet and struggles with new environment and one was the happiest I had ever seen him since entering our program"