Giinagay Community Care community members gathered together outdoors.

A Place for Care, Connection, and Cultural Strength.

Giinagay Community Care offers steady, culturally grounded care for people, families, and communities looking for support that feels respectful, practical, and close to home.

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About Giinagay

Care begins with connection.

Giinagay Community Care is an Indigenous-owned, female-led, family-run organisation offering care shaped by culture, kinship, and genuine relationships.

We are an Indigenous-owned, female-led, family-run organisation offering care shaped by culture, kinship, and a deep understanding of community life.

Our work brings together practical support, cultural guidance, and safe spaces where people can feel heard, supported, and better connected to what matters most.

Three Giinagay community members wearing traditional body paint

Indigenous-owned

Culture and community guide the work.

Female-led & family-run

Led with women’s cultural strength and family responsibility.

Trauma-informed

Support offered with safety and respect.

Our Story

Legacy begins with family.

The story of Giinagay is a family story — one shaped by survival, culture, and the strength of women determined to leave something lasting for the generations coming next.

A Mother’s Dream

Our story begins with our mother’s dream: to create something lasting for her children, grandchildren, and community.

Healing Through Culture

Her journey through loss, survival, and reconnection showed our family how culture can help restore identity, belonging, and strength.

The Seed of Barrmarrany

Barrmarrany began as a cultural healing and wellbeing service, planting the first seed of what community-led support could become.

Giinagay Grows

From that beginning, Giinagay Community Care grew into a broader support service shaped by family, community, and shared responsibility.

A Shared Legacy

Today, that dream lives on in work that supports people now while helping build something stronger for the next generation.

Her story is our foundation.

Her resilience is our blueprint.

Her dream is now a living legacy.

Services

How We Walk Alongside Community

From day-to-day support to cultural healing, mentoring, training, and community employment, our services are built to meet people where they are and help them move forward with stronger support around them.

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Service 01

Community Care & Support Services

Day-to-day support that helps people with routines, appointments, connection, and the practical parts of staying steady and supported.

Service 02

Cultural Healing & Wellbeing

Cultural activities, healing spaces, mentoring, and guidance that strengthen identity, belonging, and overall wellbeing.

Service 03

Youth Engagement & Mentoring

Support for young people to build confidence, cultural pride, positive relationships, and stronger pathways forward.

Service 04

Training, Consultancy & Workforce Development

Training and advisory support for organisations wanting stronger cultural safety, more capable teams, and more grounded ways of working.

Service 05

Community Employment & Property Maintenance

Meaningful work pathways paired with care for homes, gardens, and community spaces in a practical, hands-on way.

Community

Our Work in Community

These moments reflect the work already happening in community: showing up, creating space, sharing knowledge, and building stronger connection through practical action.

Giinagay staff and community members standing together beside a community banner

A community workshop in session around a table

Young people leading an activity during a Giinagay community session

Community members gathered in front of a lighting event display

The Giinagay Difference

What sets Giinagay apart is not only what we do, but the way our work is shaped by family, culture, experience, and accountability to community.

Giinagay community members sharing a cultural portrait together

Indigenous-Owned, Female-Led & Family-Run

Our leadership is shaped by Eldership and women’s cultural strength, family responsibility, and a long view of what community needs to thrive.

Lived Experience

What we offer is informed by real experience of hardship, healing, resilience, and rebuilding.

Culturally Grounded

Culture is not an add-on to our work; it shapes the way care is understood, offered, and held.

Young community members standing together in cultural body paint

Trauma-Informed

We take care to create environments that feel safer, steadier, and more respectful for people carrying trauma.

Community-Led

Local knowledge, relationships, and accountability help guide our decisions and direction.

Holistic Support

We look at the whole picture, supporting wellbeing across home life, relationships, culture, and everyday needs.

Our Approach

The way we work is grounded, steady, and relational — shaped by listening well, moving at a safe pace, and staying practical in the support we offer.

Portrait of a Giinagay community elder with traditional body paint

Listen First

We start by understanding each person’s story, circumstances, and hopes before shaping what support should look like.

Work With Culture and Family

Care is built with culture, family, and community in mind, not separated from them.

Move at a Safe Pace

We take a steady, respectful approach that makes room for trust, safety, and healing without pressure.

Stay Practical and Consistent

Alongside care and connection, we focus on useful next steps, clear follow-through, and support people can rely on.

Direction

Our Vision & Mission

One speaks to the future we want to help build. The other speaks to the way we show up in that work every day.

Vision

A future where Aboriginal individuals, families, and communities feel stronger in identity, safer in support, and more connected to culture, family, and possibility.

Mission

To provide respectful, culturally safe care that responds to real community needs through practical support, healing pathways, and strong relationships.

Partnered Businesses

Our Family of Partnered Businesses

Giinagay is part of a broader family of community-led work. Each partnered business brings its own strength, while staying grounded in culture, care, and practical outcomes.

Contact

Let's Walk Together

Whether you are seeking support, looking to work together, or simply wanting to ask a question, we welcome the conversation and can help you find the right next step.

Looking for support

Reach out if you are looking for care, guidance, or practical help for yourself, your family, or your community.

Partnership or community work

We welcome conversations with organisations, groups, and collaborators wanting to work in a respectful, community-led way.

Contact Email

enquires@giinagaycommunitycare.com.au