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Elders & Leaders Visitation

Heeyersu's Elders & Leaders Visitation work takes support into community settings. It strengthens trust, creates space to identify concerns early, shares useful information and helps connect community members and leaders with appropriate services and pathways.

Heeyersu's Elders & Leaders Visitation work takes support into community settings. It strengthens trust, creates space to identify concerns early, shares useful information and helps connect community members and leaders with appropriate services and pathways.

What this involves

  • Support that comes to where people already gather
  • Space to raise concerns early, in language
  • Practical information about services and navigation
  • Referrals and follow-up where appropriate
  • Working through trusted elders and community leaders

The team

Elder Visitation Team

  • Ko Yeh Talor

    Cultural Safety & Quality Lead

    Ensures culturally safe practices in all project activities and consultation processes. Ko Yeh Talor is a dedicated Settlement Support Worker supporting newly arrived migrants and refugees across Ararat, Wyndham, and Geelong. He plays an important role in helping communities navigate settlement, strengthen social connection, and build a sense of belonging. Ko Yeh is an active community leader in Ararat, serving as President of the Ararat Community Garden, where he coordinates meetings, organises community events, and supports community participation. He also contributes to local wellbeing initiatives through vegetable donations to Ararat Neighbourhood House. Ko Yeh is a committed member of Rural Australians for Refugees and supports advocacy, inclusion, Welcome Week activities, and fundraising for refugee and asylum seeker communities. He also volunteers with Ararat Community Meals and has led Karen and Solomon Islander volunteers in bushfire recovery efforts in Pomonal, supporting affected farmers and residents through community rebuilding.

Other ways we can help

Saturday Community Clinic

A welcoming first point of contact for information, support, service navigation and warm referrals.

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Reconnecting Youth Program

Supporting identity, belonging, wellbeing, resilience, leadership and pathways for young people.

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Tell us what you need and we will help you find the right first step.

Heeyersu

Heeyersu is a community-led initiative working alongside individuals, families, young people, elders and community leaders to strengthen access to support, build community capacity and create more culturally responsive pathways to services.

Formerly the Karen Community Project


Heeyersu acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we live and work, and pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We welcome all cultures, faiths and communities.

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