Connected Beginnings at the kutalayna Collective

by Brighton Council

Local children from the kutalayna area attending a kipli & kani event at tagari lia. L-R_ Evie, Winter, and Jaxon

The kutalayna Collective is a Connected Beginnings program which aims to improve health, educational, developmental and social outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–5 years, to ensure every child is ready for the transition to school. Connected Beginnings is proudly supported by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.

The Connected Beginnings program is delivered under an innovative Collective Impact framework that helps to elevate the Aboriginal community’s voice, support services working together, advocate for culturally safe and appropriate services and create positive actions to improve community outcomes.

The kutalayna Collective has many exciting things happening in our community at the moment:

ChangeFest is a national celebration of place-based change held in the Brighton municipality on 1 – 3 March, 2023
Save the date for our Children’s Week Celebration this month on 24 October in Bridgewater
The kutalayna Collective has been nominated as a semi-finalist for the Tasprint Community Group of the Year Awards.

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