Harm Minimisation

Programs and Services

Harm Minimisation 

Women’s Native Bush Products Activity

The Tennant Creek Mob delivers a range of Alcohol Action Initiatives for men and women impacted by alcohol and other drugs. Alcohol Action Initiatives are community driven solutions which aim to minimise alcohol related harm. 

Women’s activities include healing on country, collecting native seeds, bush flowers, wax and other native plants to be used to produce bush medicines, soaps, native rubs, body lotions and native jewellery.


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    Being on country makes me feel like I’m healing.

    – EN

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    My youngest daughter is 10 years old and this is the first time she has seen my country.

    – JF

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    Seeing the old mission reminds me how difficult it was for our the old people and the sacrifices they made so we could have a better future

    – JB

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Men’s Cultural Activities

Men’s activities link older cultural leaders with younger groups of men to mentor them about their culture, land, heritage and provide hands on learning in traditional ways to make artefacts, bush humpies, food and water collection methods.


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    Seeing the Emu on the 50 cent coin and learning where it laid its eggs and how it is linked to the Milky Way made me want to learn more about my culture.

    – AK

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    It was good being able to take the kids bush and teach them traditional ways.

    – JD

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    It made me feel really good being able to help the kids make artefacts to take on their Youth Camp to Darwin as gifts. That made me feel really good.

    – Elder TD

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Storybook Activity

The Mob is currently producing a range of storybooks as part of its Alcohol Action Initiatives. The first four books includes: two cultural stories for preschool age children, a photographic history book of Tennant Creek in the 1960s,70s,80s and a personnel biography.

 

The scripts for the two children’s cultural storybooks written by Rosemary Plummer are being developed in partnership with Marntula Aboriginal Corporation.



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