TO GATHER TOGETHER
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The Returning is a community controlled charity. We have a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status.
All donations over two dollars are tax deductible.
Support Us
• Donate- make a one-off or recurring tax deductible donation
• Fundraising - you can choose to raise funds for The Returning individually, through your school, local club or even organise a sporting event! Contact us with your fundraising idea, register your event with us, and you’re on your way.
• Volunteer - come along and help us provide a range of services to our community
• Corporate Partnerships - based on shared values and making a positive contribution to your community.
We are so grateful for your support, helping to make a difference to the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
We The Returning is an Indigenous charity designed to bring all peoples of all ages, races and places back to country.
Our programs are community events or camps created for care to help bridge the privilege gap between those who can afford retreats and those who cannot.
All of our programs offer full scholarships to all Indigenous participants and single mothers for The Gathering only.
Retracing our ancestral steps to rewrite a new paradigm of living.
Bundjalung Nation.
Our Mission
Bringing together diverse people for deep connections through our nature therapy programs. Reinstating our elders, cultural workers and artists as the original knowledge holders of the land in which you stand.
Since 2018, we’ve been changing the lives of mothers, families and our Indigenous community. Our programs are designed to invest in the health and wellness of our communties mothers and our Indingeous peoples.
We offer opportunities for our women and communities to engage in culturally safe and trauma informed nature-based health programs that are genuinely transformational.
Unlike other nature therapy programs, our programs are designed by Indigenous peoples for our Indigenous communities, designed by our Indigenous women for all mothers and families.
Imagine building a relationship with unlikey connections, learning about our east coast stories from Indigenous elders, facilitators, cultural workers and artists.
“Let food be thy medicine” is our moto, we ensure we produce the most local and organic food on all our programs and retreats.
Our Impact
Education: cultural knowledge, nature therapy, living in deep connection, truth telling, climate and healing
Employment opportunities for regional cultural workers, elders and artists
Mental and Physical nature therapy programs.
Making health and wellness spaces accessible to mothers and Indigenous peoples.
Holistic care and investment in pregnancy, birth and beyond
Build relationships between Indigenous people and non-Indigenous communities
Youth and Family CULTURE CAMP
"I love Culture camp, I made some of my bests friends here. I just turned 16 and I have been to every Culture Camp that The Returning runs. It makes me calm to be in nature and to be with so much community lights me up. I have made the best relationships at Culture camp and I know its good for my soul
— Jataya Bolt- 16 year - old Scholarship Holder
“Every time I come to the gathering, it helps me remember who I am. It connects me to Country, to community, and teaches me new ways of being that support not only my life, but also the generations to come. ”
