Partnerships

Working with others, on our terms. Urapuntja has a long record of partnerships and research, always with community consent and for community benefit.

How we partner

Community control shapes how we work with others. Partnerships and research at Urapuntja follow simple principles:

Community consent first. Nothing about us without us.
Benefit flows back. Research and projects must leave the community stronger, with skills, jobs, evidence and resources.
Our data, our story. Information about our community belongs to our community (Indigenous data sovereignty). We decide what is collected and how it is used.
Long relationships. We value partners who stay.

Our history includes important research partnerships, including work showing why homelands living and community control lead to better health. That evidence has shaped policy well beyond Utopia.

Organisations we've worked with

AMSANT

Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory. It speaks for Aboriginal community-controlled health services across the NT (their peak body).

NACCHO

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation. It speaks for community-controlled health services across Australia (their national peak body).

Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute

Its Centre for Indigenous Vascular and Diabetes Research in Alice Springs was part of the 2011 study of Urapuntja's primary health care for the 'Revitalising Health For All' project.

University of Melbourne

Its Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit led the 2011 study of Urapuntja's primary health care for the 'Revitalising Health For All' project.

Interested in partnering with Urapuntja?

We welcome conversations with organisations that share our vision of community-controlled health and thriving homelands.