BUSHkids Annual Report 2022-23

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Annual Report 2022–23

Around our services

Babimim Jharr — Our Family Place — teleBUSHkids Centre Opening

This allowed us to start construction work in September 2021 and we invested BUSHkids’ money, fundraised and received many kind donations from our friends and supporters to ensure the project could be completed late last year. It was fantastic that so many of our supporters could come together and celebrate the official opening. The new centre has been named Babimim Jharr meaning “family place” in the First Nations Jagera language. The name was decided following consultation with representatives from the local Jagera community. Our Babimim Jharr teleBUSHkids Centre will enable us to support more families across Queensland.

We were delighted to celebrate the official opening of our new teleBUSHkids Centre, Babimim Jharr , in May this year. This centre enables us to remotely provide a full range of support and therapies to children and families in locations across Queensland. Research into the development of a telehealth framework was undertaken by a University of Queensland PhD student sponsored by BUSHkids. This research catalysed the evolution of telepractice at BUSHkids – resulting in the development of our flagship centre. Plans for the new centre became a reality in June 2021 when the Queensland Government contributed nearly half a million dollars through a grant from the Community Infrastructure Investment Partnership (CIIP) program.

Deputy Premier the Hon. Dr Steven Miles MP did the honours before a large crowd at our Toowong Precinct, with music by the Australian Army Band.

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