The Clean-up Crew work towards assisting GRAMS clients, many of them being elderly patients, to create a healthy environment by cleaning the rubbish, waste and debris away from their residence.

The GRAMS NAIDOC Ball, Always Was Always Will Be was held on Saturday 7th November 2020 to celebrate and acknowledge the history, culture and achievements of the First Nations people who have occupied and cared for the land for over 65,000 years.

The GRAMS TIS team awarded the prizes for the children that had the scariest and most creative costume.

The GRAMS Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) and Deadly Cru teams went on a remote trip to the Karalundi Community to facilitate culturally safe community education and health promotion activities to encourage healthy lifestyles.

Written by Nola Gregory.

Tackling Indigenous Drum Beat session with Mayoni Banda

GRAMS invites you to nominate an outstanding individual for the Elder, Youth and Scholar of the Year Awards to be presented at the GRAMS NAIDOC Ball Saturday 7 November 2020

The Geraldton Police and Community Youth Centre (PCYC) and the Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (GRAMS) Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) team is supporting youth wellbeing through friendly sport competitions.

Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service is committed to providing culturally appropriate support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander living with disability under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

A great day shared by all at the Hapee-ear Health screening and Health promotion day held on August 20th at Mungullah village.

The GRAMS Health Promotions team travelled to Carnarvon recently to deliver training and support to the Aboriginal Medical Service and evaluate strategies in improving the services and programs aimed at promoting Aboriginal community health and wellbeing.

Stage II of the Suicide Prevention trial undertaken by GRAMS and Peter Kenyon from Bank of I.D.E.A.S is in the final stages of a twelve-month contract with WAPHA.

The GRAMS team continues to deliver support to vulnerable community members by giving away COVID-19 care packages in Carnarvon and surrounding remote Indigenous communities

GRAMS has received medical supplies and equipment from the Minderoo Foundation to help respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure we continue to provide exceptional medical services to our patients.

We would like to thank everyone who participated and entered our competition. We received many amazing entries that celebrated what ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’ means to the First Nations people.

Learn more about the upcoming activities in our Elders Day program and our new initiative,

We recently launched our Elders Day Program to recognise the Elders in our community and create a culturally safe place for yarning, sharing and storytelling.

GRAMS is working to provide health promotion programs in Mt Magnet to empower Aboriginal health services in rural communities.

To help raise the awareness of mental health, our Deadly Cru team travelled to Meekatharra last week to provide mental health training and workshops at Meekatharra District High School.

The Back on Track program is a youth engagement program provided in partnership with Headspace and government initiative, Community Alcohol and Drug Services (CADS).

The coronavirus (COVID19) situation pandemic has had a significant health and financial impact on a national, state and local level. GRAMS has been working hard to prepare COVID-19 care packages for those most in need.

The Women’s action for Mums and Bubs (WOMB) project is an initiative conducted by James Cook University Australia which aims to identify opportunities to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander maternal and child health.

The Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (GRAMS) Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) team is excited to launch a weekly Drum Beat Program from 30 July 2020 at Geraldton Police & Community Youth Centre (PCYC).

The GRAMS Reserve is undergoing an upgrade to design and construct new recreational facilities including scooter and skate park, art elements, lighting and basketball half-court.

Western Australia Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) has provided funding to GRAMS to facilitate the development of a Community Safety and Well Being Action Plan for the communities of Geraldton, Mt Magnet and Carnarvon as part of the Midwest Suicide Prevention Trial

Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (GRAMS) is launching a photography competition to showcase the 2020 NAIDOC theme of ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’.

The Go Gero Van will now be at GRAMS on Monday mornings between 9 and 9.15am.