Stolen Generations
Stolen Generations

The Stolen Generations are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed as children from their families and communities through race-based policies set up by both State and Federal Governments from 1910 to the 1970s.
Intergenerational trauma
Intergenerational trauma

If people don’t have the opportunity to heal from past trauma, they may unknowingly pass it on to others. Their children may experience difficulties with attachment, disconnection from their extended families and culture and high levels of stress from family and community members who are dealing with the impacts of trauma.
Knowledge Creation
Knowledge Creation

We work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing leadership, survivors, youth, therapists and academics to harness knowledge and co-design projects that combine ancient Indigenous healing knowledge with Western trauma knowledge.
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Community Healing
Community Healing

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, healing is a holistic process, which addresses mental, physical, emotional and spiritual needs and involves connections to culture, family and land. Healing works best when solutions are culturally strong, developed and driven at the local level, and led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Resources
Resources

We offer a wide range of resources on trauma and healing for Stolen Generations survivors, their descendants, families and communities, along with other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
About Us
About Us

The Healing Foundation is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation that partners with communities to address the ongoing trauma caused by actions like the forced removal of children from their families.

A statement from The Healing Foundation Board Chair, Professor Steve Larkin in relation to The Guardian Australia ‘Buried Lives’

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A statement from The Healing Foundation Board Chair, Professor Steve Larkin in relation to The Guardian Australia ‘Buried Lives’

On Thursday 7 September 2023, The Guardian Australia broke a series of stories revealing a state government report of the Kinchela Boys’ Home site, on the mid north coast of New South Wales, that detailed anomalies in the ground consistent with clandestine burials.
We understand the sensitivities of the situation unfolding, impacting the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation in Kempsey and that it continues to cause significant trauma and harm whilst survivor healing needs remain unmet.
The Healing Foundation will be doing what we can to support the needs of survivors, we will be taking our lead directly from survivors and their community.
We will also do our utmost to ensure the process required to progress the addressing of outstanding report recommendations, is conducted in a way that is sensitive, tells the truth, does no further harm and provides the opportunity for survivor-led healing to occur.

https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/07/kinchela-aboriginal-boys-training-home-secret-graves-burial-sites-stolen-generations-institution-children

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