The NSW Government is supporting more Aboriginal carers in rural and remote communities in Western NSW with a $300,000 funding boost through the Carers Investment Grant Program 2025-27.
The funding will go to the Regional Enterprise Development Institute’s (REDI-e) Yadama Yoorayga project to drive greater awareness of support services available to Aboriginal people who care for family and friends.
Many Aboriginal people in New South Wales provide unpaid care to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age, and account for 3.6 per cent of all carers in New South Wales…