First Nations Leadership & Philanthropic Partnership: What 12 Years of Working Together Can Teach Us

This session explores how philanthropy can play a more useful role by backing First Nations leadership and strengthening community-led solutions.

At its centre is a real, 12-year partnership between philanthropy and First Nations leaders, showing what's possible when relationships and trust sit at the core of the work. That partnership has helped drive progress on rheumatic heart disease (RHD), a preventable condition that still disproportionately affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

This session is for funders, policymakers, community partners and anyone interested in practical models of First Nations-led collaboration and long-term impact.

Hear from Australian experts:

Associate Professor Vicki Wade

Noongar woman

First Nations Fellow, Menzies School of Research

Adjunct Professor Maree Meredith

Bidjura woman

Advisor to Snow Foundation

Dr Bo Remenyi

Pediatric Cardiologist

Georgina Byron AM

CEO Snow Foundation

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