Trauma informed cultural awareness training and specialist Indigenous research and evaluation.

Behind every Indigenous statistic there is a child, a family,
and a community story.

Australia's First Peoples are thought to be the longest living culture in the world. Theirs is a story of connection to land, sea and winds to songlines and stories across nations and generations. It is this culture with strengths grounded in resilience and generations of knowledge sharing that offers the opportunity to build a better future. The deep history of colonisation and dispossession has had disastrous effects on generations of Indigenous communities.

The Seedling Group is committed to working with Indigenous communities on projects to build capacity and hope - by the people for the people.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands, winds and waters where we live and work. We pay respect to them and their Elders – both past and present. Please note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People please be aware that this website may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or printed material.

Special Announcement

The Seedling Group Co-Founders Nicole Tujague and Kelleigh Ryan are thrilled and proper excited to announce, after 10 years of delivering our training all over Australia, we have just launched our book called Cultural Safety in Trauma-Informed Practice from a First Nations Perspective: Billabongs of Knowledge.

Our deep gratitude to all of those who have trusted us to share our knowledge of cultural safety in trauma-informed practice. We have been invited to deliver our training from Thursday Island to Port Hedland, to Tasmania and many places in between.

To all our countrymen who asked us to put our knowledge into a book, it’s taken us three years, but this is for you.

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ASSESSMENT

The Seedling Group | Trauma informed cultural awareness training

The Seedling Group is experienced in utilising focus groups, interviews and research to conduct comprehensive service audits.

PLANNING

We design and build training programs to suit your needs and make them culturally appropriate for your identified target audience.

TRAINING

We specialise in developing and delivering culturally responsive training and therapeutic interventions.

EFFICIENCiES

The Seedling Group works within evidence based practice models to provide psychological assessments and deliver group programs.

OUR SERVICES

Our Team

Kelleigh Ryan and Nicole Tujague, the co-founders and directors of The Seedling Group, grew up and have worked in many Indigenous communities in Australia. They are descendants of the Kabi Kabi People in the Sunshine Coast area of Queensland and the South Sea Islander community of Australia.

Kelleigh is a Psychologist while Nicole is a VET Trainer with a bachelor of Indigenous Studies (Trauma & Healing/Managing Organisations).

Along with their team of dedicated contributing specialists, The Seedling Group are committed to working with Indigenous communities to provide trauma informed cultural awareness training and specialist Indigenous research and evaluation.

WHO WE ARE

Testimonials

" I feel hopeful about where we are going as a community. Seeing that there are people like you that care, you guys bring a light out here to us. For you to take this on yourselves to tweak this thing, well, hats off to you mob, thank you"

(Participant, Focus Group Hall's Creek).

"I will welcome the Seedling Group back into the Torres Strait at any time, because of their professionalism, and cultural awareness in general, that gives our participants a sense of belonging and ownership."
Frank Cook (Community Elder, Thursday Island, Torres Strait)