Just down the road and I’ve stopped in at Darwin Indigenous Men’s Service (DIMS).
DIMS was established in 2005 as a Family Violence Prevention and Healing program under Darwin Aboriginal & Islander Women’s Shelter (DAIWS), and became independent in 2017. They provide a number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men’s programs to improve men’s social and emotional wellbeing and prevent family violence from occurring and re-occurring.
Their services include:
- Indigenous Family Violence Prevention and Healing program – providing individual mentoring, family violence counselling and education programs and healing activities for Indigenous men;
- Indigenous Men’s Healing program – providing mentoring, men’s Groups, yarning circles, cultural and healing activities, and leadership workshops for Indigenous men; and
- Strong Men Strong Communities program – providing support, mentoring, case-management, leadership, cultural and healing workshop camps and activities to Indigenous men living in Darwin and town communities.
Find out more about their great services at: https://www.dims.org.au/
