b'Reconciliation journeyOur Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) reflects our commitment to listen to and learn from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and to develop positive, socially just and culturally safe relationships.Many local teams across Victoria and TasmaniaOur RAP commits us to respecting the cultural are identifying areas where they can improverights, values and expectations of Aboriginal reconciliation action in the services they provide.and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their These local action plans create opportunitiescommunities in all the work we do every day. for employees and volunteers to raise culturalAnd we recognise the continuing sovereignty awareness and learn more about how to developof First Nations peoples over their lands and mutually respectful relationships with localtheir inalienable right to self-determination. Our Aboriginal communities. Cultural Safety Audit and Planning Resource, Ian Bloomfield, Senior Aboriginal Cultural Advisor,developed by the RAP Working Group, was has been brought in to promote cultural safety intested in a pilot across 18 programs and services our residential and clinical Alcohol and Other Drugin Ballarat, Barwon and West Melbourne. The services. He is also tasked with strengtheningresource is providing practical guidance to our our links to local Aboriginal services. The RAPfront-line and administrative services.artwork created by Cassie Leatham from theIn the Wimmera, our team started discussions Taungurung people from the Kulin Nation pieceabout an amended version of the AustralianOver Watershas been printed around theCentre for Rural Entrepreneurships Social stairwell at the main building of our AOD services.Enterprise in Schools Program. The potential It represents the path we should all take: the pathpartners for this work are Goolum Goolum of reconciliation to make our future a better one.Aboriginal Co-operative, Barenji Gadgin Land It is fitting that it sits alongside the stairs used byCouncil and local secondary colleges. employees who work in the building each day. TheIn Southern Tasmania we are working with the Over Waters artwork was also installed in ourUniting Church and the Uniting Aboriginal and Dana Street office in Ballarat. This complementsIslander Christian Congress to establish an the reconciliation garden outside the office, whichAboriginal Community and Education Centre and a was created in 2019.social housing development.In Gippsland, our Gumnuts Early Learning Centre in Sale unveiled a mural by Nanette Channing Solomon, a Monaro Ngarigo woman. The mural symbolises the contribution the centre and its employees make in the local community.Work is now underway on our Innovate RAP, which builds on the learnings and achievements gained from our Reflect RAP.38 Uniting Vic.Tas Annual Report 2019-2020'