THE RETURNING

‘The Returning’ is an Indigenous charity designed to bring all peoples of all ages, races and places back to country. Their programs are community events or camps created for care to help bridge the privilege gap between those who can afford retreats and those who cannot. 

All programs are designed to reconnect participants back to self, community, land and our more than human kin through a culturally safe lens that prioritises decolonised health and wellness. 

With Indigenous Scholarships available for all programs and single mother scholarships available for women only gathering, founder, Ella Bancroft, started The Returning in 2018 as a not-for-profit event. Slowly, Ella has grown the organisation into a registered Indigenous Charity with a majority Indigenous female board. The Returning puts the furtherance of Indigenous culture at the heart of all activities. It strives to meaningfully promote Indigenous voices at all workshops, events and retreats.

The Returning offers programs for all people:

Camps for Elders, Men, Women and Jarjums.

Postpartum care for Indigenous Mothers.

Weekends for Women.

Indigenous health connection retreats and Youth programs.

Annual arts and culture retreat for west Bundjalung peoples. 

“ Returning to wholeness, to nature, to knowledge, to ourselves and to one another.”