On-Country Workshop
| 26 March
A Chance for Cultural Immersion, Peer Connection and Self-Restoration
Join us out of the conference room and onto Country at the Living Kaurna Cultural Centre to deepen your learning and participate in mindfulness and wellbeing activities that you can take back to your communities. You will gain strategies in connection and fostering positive and healthy environments grounded in culture and guided by mob as you move through different activities. You will also learn about the traditional lands and ways of knowing, being, and doing of the Kaurna people.
The Living Kaurna Cultural Centre, located at Warriparinga, is a major location for First Nations celebrations in South Australia, including music performances and markets. The centre is owned and managed by Kaurna peoples and promotes cultural respect towards First Nations people within Australia.
Agenda
8.15
Bus from Stamford Grand to Living Kaurna Cultural Centre
8.45
Welcome and light refreshements
9:00
Split into three groups – all groups will complete all activities
Group A: Guided On Country walk and talk
Embark on an interactive tour of the stunning Warriparinga grounds and wetlands. Learn about the history of the location and its traditional cultural significance.
10.30
Groups swap activity
Group A: Deepening strategies for SEWB in your communities
Go deeper on your learnings in promoting social and emotional wellbeing with this interactive focussed workshop.
12:00
Lunch
1:00
Move to final activity
Group A: Weaving workshop
Join the Southern Elders Weaving Group to participate in this traditional practice. You will yarn with your peers and Elders to debrief and consolidate your learnings whilst you create something special.
2.30
Bus back to Stamford Grand Hotel