CASSE Australia – Creating A Safe Supportive Environment
Our Vision
A reconciled Australia, with a two-way cultural heritage, living and dreaming together.
Our Mission
Changing minds and saving lives by using psychoanalytic approaches to violence, trauma and healing.
Our Core Work
By changing minds and spirit, we are saving lives. It is this simple belief which guides our work every day.
Latest Posts
CASSE wholeheartedly supports the urgent calls from the community for immediate action and increased support to address the deeply concerning issue of domestic violence in Mparntwe and the wider Northern Territory.
Alice Springs advocates demand 'pocket change' to fund domestic violence sector amid national crisis
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People dressed in purple marched silently through the heart of Alice Springs as the Northern Territory grappled with the highest rates of domestic violence in the country.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Curfews are not the solution!
There is an urgent need for better support and services for Aboriginal young people in Alice and across the territory.
Let’s focus on our young peoples mental health and well-being and providing the necessary guidance to our youth, rather than isolating them further!
The CASSE team are here to support young Aboriginal men experiencing disadvantage, trauma and other life challenges.
We believe that with the right support our young men can thrive!
#SupportOurYouth #CommunityCare #CASSE
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Happy NAIDOC week mob from Chris Croker Luritja man and CASSE chairperson #NAIDOC2024
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Our annual dreams
To take 60-100 youth per year on cultural healing Shields For Living,Tools for Life camps to make traditional tools every year.
To hold day cultural healing camps for the town at-risk youth a day a week at our Desert Knowledge site.
To be in Youth Detention Alice Springs one day a week to deliver traditional tool making.
What we deliver
Through our programs and resources we create spaces for intercultural exchange and understanding.
CASSE respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of the lands on which we meet and work.
CULTURAL CAMPS AND TRADITIONAL TOOL MAKING
The Men’s Tjilirra Movement has partnered CASSE with Aboriginal communities in Haasts Bluff (Ikuntji), Mt Liebig (Amunturrngu), Kintore (Walungurru), Papunya (Warumpi) and Kiwirrkurra in Australia’s central western desert region. CASSE’s ‘Shields for Living, Tools for Life’ program delivers cultural camps for high-risk youth in Alice Springs at Desert Knowledge Australia, Willowra, Santa Teresa, Snow Bore, Titjikala, Tempe Downs, Lajamanu, Finke, Mutitjulu and Imanpa.
