We are excited to share that The Beautiful Shawl Project won the Excellence in Aboriginal health and wellbeing Award at the 2024 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards.
From left: Jim O'Shea - Chief Operating Officer and Secretary VACCHO, Rita Butera - CEO BreastScreen Victoria, Elisabet Wreme - Chair BreastScreen Victoria, Clare O’Reilly - Director Health and Healing VACCHO, Dr. Jill Gallagher AO - CEO VACCHO
This project works in partnership with the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO), Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCOs) and Aboriginal-led services to provide culturally safe breast screens for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Since 2018, the project has helped over 1,100 women feel empowered during their screening appointments.
Rita Butera, BreastScreen Victoria CEO, said, "We are incredibly proud to be recognised for this important initiative, as it demonstrates that collaboration and community-led efforts are essential to achieve equitable access to our life-saving service."
You can learn more about this project and its implementation model here.
We acknowledge the significant achievement of our Multicultural Project as a finalist in the 2024 Awards, and we would like to thank both current and former staff for their contributions to this project.
From left: Gracy Wu - Multicultural Engagement Lead and Rita Butera - CEO BreastScreen Victoria
For more information contact Lorena Gibson, Communications Manager via lgibson@breastscreen.org.au or 0456 730 878.
