Heal Country | NAIDOC Week 2021

CAWLS proudly celebrates and acknowledges NAIDOC Week in Mparntwe ✊ NAIDOC Week is a time to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 2021 recognizes the theme, ‘Heal Country’ … a call for stronger measures to recognise, protect & maintain all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture…

Financial Information Session for MCSCA

ℹ️ Last week, CAWLS Financial Counsellor, Tania, held a financial information session at the Multicultural Centre 💵 The session covered topics such as – ✅ What a financial counsellor does ✅ NT Concessions ✅ Accessing your superannuation ✅ Insurances that come with superannuation ✅ Loans for people who are on low income and; ✅ Loans…

Lockdown DV Risk Rises

🚨 Northern Territory Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker urges Territorians to reach out for help if needed over this time of great unknown… 🗣️ “Nobody should be subjected to family domestic violence over this period of time. If you find yourself in that environment, please leave the situation you’re in, contact the authorities, and we will support…

CAWLS Closed Due to Lockdown

⚠️ CAWLS is currently closed due to the 72 hour COVID19 lockdown in the Alice Springs local government area and surrounding Town Camps ⚠️ ✋ Everyone must remain in Alice Springs at this time 🛑 During the lockdown, there are only five reasons to leave home & masks must be worn at all times when…

Cold Days in Alice Springs

Brrrr! It’s cold out there! ❄️ ☕ Drop by our warm office for a cuppa and a CAWLS beanie anytime … and if you need, our friendly team can help you with advice on things such as child protection, domestic & family violence, employment, discrimination matters and more. 📍 Visit us next to K-Mart in…

Stay Safe, Northern Territory

Stay safe and call for help if you need it 🙏 As our friends in Darwin & Palmerston are in the midst of their first experiences of lock down, it is important to know and share information that help is out there if needed 🚨 Please reach out to family, friends and colleagues in the…

Ti Tree Outreach Visit, June 2021

This week, CAWLS Staff, Cara & Jordan, returned to the Ti-Tree Womens Safe House for their ongoing community legal education program 🚗💨 🗣️ Jordan spoke about the cycle of violence and mapped out how women could best protect themselves when experiencing the highly conflictual fall out of ongoing domestic violence. Participants mapped out what women…

CAWLS Outreach Program : Santa Teresa

CAWLS outreach is back on the agenda in Santa Teresa. The CAWLS team had a busy day last week: ✔️ meeting with community; ✔️ running drop-in legal advice and financial counselling sessions; and ✔️ hosting a legal education seminar for the service sector. We are looking forward to regular visits to deliver our CLE program…