Below are some commonly asked-for services. Click on the links and learn more!

DEADLY VIBE

You've probably seen the magazine, "Deadly Vibe" that covers heaps of issues for indigenous people - profiles of artists and sportspeople, health tips, community happenings, etc. If you check out the Vibe website, you'll find even more! ...Listings of indigenous CDs on the Vibe Records range, the latest projects and incentives for community groups, sports competitions and even jobs out there for indigenous people.

NAIDOC

National Aboriginal and Islander Day of Commemoration (NAIDOC) has grown into a week of indigenous events and is the highlight of the year for most Aboriginal communities. It is compulsory in schools to acknowledge NAIDOC week and yet a lot of parents and staff seem at a loss to know where to start.

Try the NAIDOC website

See posters from previous years, order posters for this year's coming NAIDOC activities, (available from May ) find out about the history of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags, or download a handy NAIDOC quiz to share at school or work to help celebrate NAIDOC.

A tip about ordering free NAIDOC posters: call 1800 050 009. You can order online but you may get lost in the system; call the number instead - it's a free call!

MORE NAIDOC IDEAS

This time from the Department of Communities:

Find out some ideas for celebrating NAIDOC in the community or at school, also find out about events in the area, access funding (each school or community group is able to apply for up to $1000 for NAIDOC activities; enter before the end of March usually). Also you can ring and get some freebies - activity books, bookmarks and calendars for your school or community group.

THE 'INDIGENOUS PORTAL'

Sounds a bit like a door into another world... It's a scary name but not so scary in real life - just a one-stop shop for all sorts of indigenous resources, latest papers and reports, and links to Australian Bureau of Statistics for indigenous stats.

Check it out here

BLUE CARDS

Anyone working with children for a community group or a school needs to have a 'Blue Card' which confirms they have had a police check with the Commission for Children and Young People.

It's great to see community members getting involved in helping out at schools and sharing their skills and knowledge. Log onto the website and download a form. If you are going to volunteer your time, have the local organisation (school, church etc) to sign the form also. You'll need a JP or other authorised person to sight your ID, but apart from that, you just fill in your details, sign and send it off. (If you will be doing paid work, you'll need to send off a cheque for $50 also)