Celebrating NAIDOC Week with Margaret Tucker Hostel’s Breakfast  

Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2024!  

This NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week Hope Street Youth and Family Services partnered with Margaret Tucker Hostel to host their signature NAIDOC Breakfast. This event commenced with a powerful smoking ceremony that grounded us all in reflection and connectedness.  

Thank you to Worrelle Blow for hosting this fantastic event and sharing the NAIDOC spirit with Hope Street. Hope Street and Margaret Tucker staff were joined by sector representatives of youth homelessness services and other community services. Guests included community leader Uncle Ralph White, AFL SportsReady, respected First Nations journalist Shelley Ware, and representatives from the Carlton Football Club. Koorie radio @3KND interviewed Sue Scott from Hope Street as well as Worrell Blow in their first live broadcast since the covid lockdowns. Another beautiful celebration of NAIDOC.

The NAIDOC Week breakfast at Margaret Tucker Hostel was also an opportunity to showcase to the community the importance of collaboration and walking together in reconciliation now more than ever. This year to celebrate NAIDOC’s theme of “Keep the Fire Burning,” Blak, Loud and Proud; both organisations have built on their long-term relationship by developing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), a feature of Hope Street’s developing Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). Standing together to deliver safe and secure housing and holistic support for young people experiencing homelessness.

The NAIDOC Breakfast was a wonderful opportunity to catch up with Margaret Tucker Hostel’s community and those that are passionate about advocating for youth housing solutions for Melbourne’s young people.  

There is a significant opportunity for Hope Street to share resources and learn from Margaret Tucker Hostel on providing services for Aboriginal young people and their children experiencing homelessness.  

Margaret Tucker has a strong legacy in the community as a leader in Aboriginal Rights activism and upholding connections to country and culture. Hope Street will continue to walk in reconciliation with Margaret Tucker Hostel to support outcomes for young people to have access to safe and secure housing and a connection to community with wrap-around support to achieve their goals.  

Thank you to everyone that celebrated NAIDOC alongside the Hope Street team!