Who We Are
YIRA means
to rise.
100% Aboriginal and family owned and operated — built on 30 years of working alongside families, schools, and services to improve outcomes for our community.
Lisa Garlett
Founder, YIRA Group
YIRA means to rise. And rising is not just a word for us — it is a responsibility. A responsibility to our children, to our families, and to the generations still coming.
Lisa Garlett
Founder, YIRA Group Aboriginal Corporation
Our Story
YIRA Group aspires to work alongside the community to enhance self-worth and self-determination — ensuring that every opportunity is embraced and celebrated.
Our people are key to our success. We are a community-centric organisation dedicated to delivering measurable outcomes for the communities we serve.
I have seen the brilliance of our children, our community — and I have also seen the systemic gaps that hold them back, especially in literacy and early learning.
YIRA Group's approach is to truly empower our community by creating opportunities for our people to work together and develop practical solutions for ourselves.
Our Approach
Cultural knowledge meets practical experience.
By combining our cultural knowledge and learning styles with practical experience, we aim to create powerful, out-of-the-box strategies that provide an in-depth understanding of the diversity within our community.
Leading to more comprehensive and effective outcomes.
Our strategies are not borrowed from outside — they are built from within. Grounded in who we are, shaped by what we know, and designed to work for our people.
What We Stand For
Self-Determination
We believe Aboriginal people have the right to lead, to own, and to shape the future of their communities — not as recipients of programs, but as architects of change.
Self-Worth
Every opportunity is embraced and celebrated. We work to ensure our people know their brilliance — because we have seen it, and we will never stop believing in it.
Community-Centric
Our approach is to truly empower our community by creating opportunities for our people to work together and develop practical solutions for ourselves.
Measurable Outcomes
We are dedicated to delivering real, measurable outcomes for the communities we serve — grounded in 30 years of lived experience alongside families, schools, and services.
YIRA Group Aboriginal Corporation honours our Elders past and present, whose strength, courage and cultural leadership continue to guide us.
YIRA Group Aboriginal Corporation · ICN 11876
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