On Wednesday March 26, Tackling Indigenous Smoking team coordinators and team leaders from Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service and Mawarnkarra Health Service, gathered in Perth on Whadjuk Country for a networking and learning forum facilitated by NBPU Program Officer Onike Williams. The forum was a space for TIS Coordinators from across Western Australia to network, share ideas and insights and build relationships with each other to support their TIS outcomes.
The group sat down to reflect on the past year and explore what were the main successes and challenges to the work they do in the TIS program. The TIS leaders engaged deeply in this activity from a self-reflection and constructive perspective and were able to name key qualities of themselves and the program. Responses were aligned to improving services to community, better collaboration and supporting their workforce needs, while creating a program that is strong and sustainable into the future.
During the day, the team leaders heard the latest updates from NBPU TIS, ran through brainstorming activities, spoke about common problems needing solving and sat in on refreshing discussions around partnerships and monitoring and evaluation. The forum also gave the team leaders opportunities to ask questions from NPBU and to support them in their roles, sharing evidence and best practice, and ways to develop strategies for local and regional level action.
Ashleigh Parnell from the ECU Indigenous Health Info Net also joined on the day to lend a hand. Later in the day, team members from The Lung foundation Policy, Advocacy and Prevention team joined us to share their work in the tobacco control space and resource development with other First Nationals Tackling Indigenous Smoking grant recipients from around the country. The workshop was a success, and the TIS leaders found it useful to their role and were keen to participate in another one in the future.
Brent Walker (GRAMS TIS Coordinator), Onike Williams (NBPU TIS), Annarella Mongoo (Mawarnkarra TIS Team Leader), Bianca Graham (Mawarnkarra TIS Project Specialist), Kaupa Pitt (KAMS TIS Coordinator)
April 29, 2025
WA NBPU TIS Coordinators Workshop
On Wednesday March 26, Tackling Indigenous Smoking team coordinators and team leaders from Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service and Mawarnkarra Health Service, gathered in Perth on Whadjuk Country for a networking and learning forum facilitated by NBPU Program Officer Onike Williams. The forum was a space for TIS Coordinators from across Western Australia to network, share ideas and insights and build relationships with each other to support their TIS outcomes.
The group sat down to reflect on the past year and explore what were the main successes and challenges to the work they do in the TIS program. The TIS leaders engaged deeply in this activity from a self-reflection and constructive perspective and were able to name key qualities of themselves and the program. Responses were aligned to improving services to community, better collaboration and supporting their workforce needs, while creating a program that is strong and sustainable into the future.
During the day, the team leaders heard the latest updates from NBPU TIS, ran through brainstorming activities, spoke about common problems needing solving and sat in on refreshing discussions around partnerships and monitoring and evaluation. The forum also gave the team leaders opportunities to ask questions from NPBU and to support them in their roles, sharing evidence and best practice, and ways to develop strategies for local and regional level action.
Ashleigh Parnell from the ECU Indigenous Health Info Net also joined on the day to lend a hand. Later in the day, team members from The Lung foundation Policy, Advocacy and Prevention team joined us to share their work in the tobacco control space and resource development with other First Nationals Tackling Indigenous Smoking grant recipients from around the country. The workshop was a success, and the TIS leaders found it useful to their role and were keen to participate in another one in the future.