BushMob Aboriginal Corporation

Welcome to BushMob

Grog, Sniffing, Drugs, Crime, Violence. No Good.

What we do:

Our Vision:

Journeys are made in Central Australia by, and for, young people to get the self-respect, trust and courage and skill to have a good life because grog, sniffing, drugs and crime are no good. (Our vision developed by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young people and families in meetings under trees and in dry creek beds in and around Alice Springs)

BushMob helps Young People aged 12 – 25 who are having hassles with alcohol, drugs and sniffing. We run a 20 bed residential treatment facility (with some unfunded beds for which we charge a fee for service), outreach and support to Young People and families, horse riding and horse culture programs, media programs, fun group activities and we have an amazing trauma unit working with the Young People.

A message from our ceo

BushMob wouldn’t exist without the hard work and humanity of all our staff across Residential, Bush Adventure Therapy, Media, Children and Schooling and Horse/Culture/Healing. BushMob continues to represent a collaboration of personal and community interests around being responsible and realistic mentors for traumatised young people needing treatment not prisons.

People often mistakenly believe that the “problems” are only with marginalized, remote based Young People. This is selective thinking and is convenient to policy makers in further isolating the problems facing young people instead of working with them toward simple solutions.

It would seem that Australia has forgotten young people nationally and made them into “Shadow People”, neglected or ignored and facing tough uncertain futures from being educated, trained, making OK choices and finding work.

With our great Board of Directors, staff and young people and supporters BushMob has been able to develop simple choice driven strategies and programs around young people and substance abuse to begin to create safety and support as young people grow from childhood to adolescence and into early adulthood.

BushMob has always aimed to provide long term, intergenerational, multiple entry and exit and sustainable programs.

We continue to thank the many generous individuals and groups out there who have continued to support our trauma informed therapeutic processes.

Thanks also to our horses, pigs and various dogs!

Will MacGregor

CEO BushMob

Residential

BushMob runs a 20 bed residential program (with limited fee-for-service beds for out of state participants) in Alice Springs for young people aged 12 to 25 years of age, wanting help to make positive life choices. The BushMob residential program is a very unique program, tailored to meet the needs of young people living in Central Australia.

The program requires the participants to undertake alcohol and other drug assessments, receive medical checkups and receive counselling.

The BushMob residential program provides:
•24 hour support
•Individual case management, counselling and brief interventions
•Education and training, life skill development programs and promotion of positive life choices
•Holistic therapeutic care
•Safe healing environment
•Fun group activities
•Access to our media program and rescources

Outreach

BushMob’s Bush Adventure Therapy (BAT) team consists of specially trained outreach workers who visit and talk with people and their families, run day and overnight bush trips, run horse riding programs, follow up with Young People who have recently left the residential program and more.

BushMob is a member of A.A.B.A.T. (Australian Association of Bush Adventure Therapy)

Fee-For-Service

BushMob offer Fee-For-Service options for interstate Young People, agencies, schools, communities, tourists and individuals.

For enquiries about Fee-For-Service beds for out of state Young People to attend our residential program, please contact nirajan@bushmob.com.au

For enquiries about Fee-For-Service options for camping, Return to Country, horse riding and Alcohol and Other Drugs sessions please contact bat@bushmob.com.au

For enquiries about Fee-For-Service options for media programs and equipment hire, please contact media@bushmob.com.au

Downloads

BushMob Referral Form
BushMob Model of Treatment
BushMob AGM Report 2017-2018
BushMob Strategic Plan

Donations

BushMob Aboriginal Corporation is a registered charity.

If you wish to make a donation to BushMob please download the BushMob remittance form HERE (pdf format).

When you have filled in the form/s please email to accounts@bushmob.com.au.

Please note that all donations to BushMob are tax deductible.
For tax deduction details click this link: ATO. Deductions you can claim.

If you require these documents in another format please contact us at media@bushmob.com.au.

Thank you for your donation.

BushMob Aboriginal Corporation is a registered charity.

If you wish to make a donation to BushMob please download the BushMob remittance form HERE (pdf format).