Aboriginal Facilitator and Educator - Cultural safety training

EOI-2526-13

Applications close 9 December 2025

Background

COORDINARE is inviting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Facilitators and or Educators to apply for funding to facilitate cultural education sessions for primary healthcare mainstream providers to promote cultural safety. 

Across Australia, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 54% of Aboriginal people access their primary healthcare through mainstream services. As such, the cultural safety of mainstream services has a direct impact on the health outcomes of Aboriginal community members.

The purpose of this funding is to support mainstream service providers to improve the care they provide to Aboriginal community members through cultural safety training and education. 

This funding opportunity includes up to $40,000 ex GST to facilitate cultural education sessions across South Eastern NSW in the 2026 financial year. 

EOI details

This is an 'open expression of interest' which means that Aboriginal facilitators or cultural educators who live on or have cultural and community connections to the Yuin Nation, Ngarigo, Walgalu areas are eligible to apply. 

Applicants may apply individually or as part of a group proposal.

Learn more about the EOI in our video below:

Important documents

• EOI guidelines - Aboriginal Facilitator and Educator - Cultural safety training
• Attachment 1 - Application form

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Timeline

How to apply

Applications close at 3pm, Tuesday 9 December 2025.

We’d love to hear from you in the way that feels most comfortable and right for you.

There are three options for sharing your response:

• ONE: you can download and fill out the written EOI application form (Attachment 1) and include anything else that helps explain your ideas. You can email the completed application form to commissioning@coordinare.org.au

Acceptable file formats include word, excel, pdf and jpg files. If the documents are large, please specify the relevant page number(s) / section(s) to your response.

• TWO: you can complete the online application form here. Please note, your progress will not be saved if you close the window or refresh the page. We recommend completing the application in one session.

• THREE: you can send us a short video, where you talk us through your responses and show us your creative ideas. You may use any of the following platforms to upload your video:

  • • Online storage platforms such as OneDrive, Google Drive or Dropbox. Note* for these platforms, make sure the sharing settings allow anyone with the link to view.

    • YouTube (unlisted or private link recommended for security). Note* for YouTube, set the video to unlisted so it’s not publicly searchable but still accessible via the link.

You can submit the video link via the online application form or email the video link to commissioning@coordinare.org.au

COORDINARE will not share your video link with any third parties, other than project team and evaluation panel members of this project.

Please take your time reading through the questions and make sure your application matches the scope and specifications in Section 4 of the EOI guidelines. Please also make sure you respond to all the assessment criteria in page 6 of the EOI guidelines.

Have any questions?

Email COORDINARE's Commissioning Business Team at commissioning@coordinare.org.au.