2026 National @naidocweek Award Nominations CLOSING THIS SUNDAY 🙌🏿 Do you know someone deadly who deserves to be celebrated this NAIDOC week? Every year, the National NAIDOC Awards shine a light on the strength, brilliance, leadership and quiet achievers in our communities. The people who lift us up, walk alongside us, and make change for our mob every single day. From young trailblazers and community champions to cultural leaders, artists, educators, carers, innovators and lifelong advocates. This is our chance to recognise the people who inspire us and make our communities stronger. Too often our heroes stay humble and go unnoticed, so this is the time to put their names forward. ✨ Celebrate their achievements ✨ Honour their contributions ✨ Share their stories with the nation If someone comes to mind right now… don’t wait! Nominate them today by visiting: https://lnkd.in/g84cu6F4 Let’s make sure our people are recognised, celebrated and remembered. Submit your nomination today! 🖤💛❤️💙💚🖤🤍 #NAIDOC2026 #NationalNAIDOCAwards #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC50 #50YearsDeadly

🎉 @speak.write.consulting is excited to support @catsinam_ for their 2026 National Conference- a powerful gathering of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives. Early bird registrations are open, and abstracts are now being accepted. All details, including registration and submissions, are available via the conference website: https://agentur.eventsair.com/catsinam-national-conference-2026 📍 Where: Alice Springs Convention Centre, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), NT 📅 When: 17–19 November 2026 We look forward to seeing you here on country later this year. 🌳🦅 @indigenous_midwives_rlimcf @midwives_acm @kingsnarrative

SpeakWrite will be closed from 15 December 2025 to 27 January 2026 ✨ We’re taking a much‑needed break to rest, recharge, and spend time with family, ready to step into a deadly and prosperous 2026. Wishing you all a safe, joyful Christmas and New Year. We can’t wait to see you in 2026! 🎄🎅🏿

💡Is your Aboriginal business or organisation planning to grow, start-up, or create meaningful change in your community? Big opportunities are opening soon for Territory-based Aboriginal businesses and organisations – but the application process can be tricky without the right support. That’s where we come in. SpeakWrite specialises in: ✅ Business and project plan development ✅ Capability statements ✅ Strategic and operational planning ✅ Grant writing and submission support ✅ Cultural and community-led program design. Whether you're starting out, expanding your impact, or delivering community-led innovation, we can help you pull together everything needed for a strong application – from financials to storytelling. 📆 Now is the time to prepare – these funding rounds open soon and require detailed planning. Email us at werte@speakwriteconsulting.com.au to book a consult. Together, let’s get your vision funded. #AboriginalBusiness #NTGrants #SpeakWrite #CommunityImpact #BusinessGrowth #StrategicSupport #SpeakWriteConsulting #GrantReady #EconomicEmpowerment

🖤💛❤️ Congratulations NT Indigenous Business Network! What a powerful moment for Blak excellence as we joined in the launch of Issue 2 of the Blak Business Magazine at the Mparntwe Hub. This edition showcases the breadth, brilliance, and strength of Aboriginal owned businesses across all sectors. From vision to impact, this Mob is setting the standard. 🔥 So proud to see SpeakWrite featured in this episode, standing strong alongside other deadly enterprises, and backing NTIBN not only as a contributor but a proud member business. It’s more than just a listing: it's elevation, connection, ensuring Blak futures. NTIBN is building economic power, cultural pride, and a deep network of support. Here’s to every Blak business burning the trail and every story and voice lifting the collective. #BlakBusiness #AboriginalExcellence #BuyBlak #EconomicJustice #CommunityPower

Happy Birthday to 1 half of SpeakWrite - Jess 💫💖 She’s the blueprint. Built different. Boss in every room. Moves in silence, delivers loud. A force, not a follower. Grace and grind. She leads. She lifts. She loves. My sister in life, love, and legacy. She doesn’t just show up, she levels it up. Where she goes, greatness follows. Built on community, fuelled by purpose. Powerhouse. Period Here’s to you, your magic, and this next big year ahead. We’ve only just begun. 🌟 Let’s keep building and dreaming big together. 🖤🧡🔥 #BusinessAndBloodlines #SisterhoodAndSuccess #MumBossEnergy #ThrivingAndUnapologetic

#NAIDOCWeek is officially wrapped for the calendar, and we have witnessed strength of our Mob in every direction. From the desert to the dancefloor, from grassroots grounds to the national stage. Our strength was seen. Our vision was felt. Our Blak legacy roared. We don’t wait for a theme to live our truth. NAIDOC is every day. We ask you to show up the same way. Here’s how allies can show up beyond lip service: ✊🏾 Support Blak-Owned Businesses: Buy Blak, build legacy, drive economic empowerment. 🌱 Fund Future Generations: Invest in First Nations-led youth, education, and language programs. 🔥 Amplify Blak Narratives: Share uncensored stories, art, music, and journalism that speaks truth. 🛠️ Resource Resistance: Offer practical support: design, logistics, legal aid, event space. 📢 Challenge Institutions: Demand accountability, not cupcakes. Where’s the Blak employment, policies, partnerships? 📚 Embed NAIDOC Into Practice: Bring First Nations wisdom into systems year-round. ✨ Celebrate Sovereign Joy: Platform Blak excellence through fashion, food, laughter, and love. Protest is not just pain, it is power. This movement isn’t borrowed. It’s not for show. It’s ours. First Nations people - past, present, forever. #BlakBusiness #SpeakWrite #OurTruth #LegacyInAction #BuyBlakBuildBlak #BlakEconomicPower #WeWriteWeRise #NextGeneration

Today we got the news that our final outstanding grant application was SUCCESSFUL! In our first 6 months since launching SpeakWrite, we’ve secured $964,798.04 in grant funding for small Aboriginal businesses in Alice Springs and Tennant Creek — every single application we have written has been granted. 🖤💛❤️ This funding has helped create 4 new local Aboriginal jobs, purchase vehicles to deliver essential goods to remote communities, fund NAIDOC celebrations, and support start-ups to purchase essential business assets. These are real outcomes. Real impact. Right here on Country. We are a small Blak-owned business — two women, eight sons between us, wives, mums, community members and consultants. Sometimes it feels like we are spinning a thousand plates. But today, we are pausing. We are reflecting. And we are celebrating. ✨ Because when Blak business supports Blak business, we all rise. We also want to say a massive thank you to our Project Lead, Lachie Hogg, who has played a massive role in supporting us to get the work across the line. Your dedication, calm under pressure and commitment to our vision has made all the difference. 🙌🏽 This milestone is not just ours — it belongs to our clients, our families, and our community. Thank you to the deadly Blak businesses that trust us and choose us to walk alongside you. We are proud to be part of this wave of Aboriginal-led change — economic, social, and cultural. Strong Blak women. Strong Blak business. Strong Blak futures. #BlakBusiness #BlakExcellence #AboriginalBusiness #GrantWriting #SpeakWriteConsulting #EconomicEmpowerment #centralaustralia #BlakWomenInBusiness #CommunityImpact

⚠️⚠️Change of dates pending for both workshops‼️ Due to circumstances out of our control we have made a decision to postpone our workshops. Thank you to Turnstone Collective and Women for Election for your ongoing collaboration and support on this important initiative. **Please keep an eye open for new dates** **Notice has been sent to registrants via email**

Last week, SpeakWrite partnered with @ywcaaustralia's NT team to begin the development of their cultural safety framework. Situated in Garramilla (Darwin), on stunning Larrakia Country, SpeakWrite spent a couple of days engaging with teams across YWCA. Cherisse and Jess had the opportunity to learn about the vital advocacy and support work being carried out for families affected by domestic, family, and sexual violence (DSFV) and homelessness. The initiative to create a cultural safety framework was spearheaded by YWCA, laying a strong foundation to strengthen relationships with First Nations communities in Darwin and surrounding areas. This effort is particularly significant as a growing number of Aboriginal clients, including those from remote communities, are accessing their services. SpeakWrite is inspired by the energy and compassion of YWCA staff and looks forward to collaborating with this remarkable organisation in a co-design process over the coming months.