How we can help
The Koorie Night Market aims to assist Aboriginal owned and managed enterprises through a series of initiatives, including.
- Night markets at the Northcote Town Hall
- Indigenous markets across Victoria
- Coaching and mentoring for Indigenous business owners and managers
If you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person who would like business incubation please contact us.
The Darebin Enterprise Centre Ltd (DECL), has been assisting business development with Indigenous (Aboriginal) Australians since 2000.
Koorie Night Market Vision
We have a vision of vibrant,viable and innovative Koorie Night Market
enterprise that creates opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people now and into the future.
In our vision the Koorie Night Market is a meeting place, community
builder,cultural showcase and business incubator, giving Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people access to resources they need, the
space to promote their culture and opportunity to achieve their potential.
In our vision, the Koorie Night Market will bring peoples of all
nations together to build socially inclusive communities where
diversity and difference are embraced and where Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander cultures, heritage, scared and significant sites are
acknowledged, respected and protected.
Our vision is guided by principles of collaboration, respect and equity.
Koorie Night Market Purposes
To support, nurture and promote the Koorie Night Market as a space to
celebrate and promote Aboriginal and Torres strait islander identity,
arts, culture and business.
To ensure the Koorie Night Market creates opportunities for Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people to improve their quality of life.
To ensure the Koorie Night Market is an incubator for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander businesses.
To cultivate an strengthen the Koorie Night Market as a viable,
valuable and sustainable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
community and commercial enterprise.
To ensure that Koorie Night Market Inc profits are utilized for
charitable purposes for the benefit of the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander community.
To govern the Koorie Night Market in a cooperative, transparent and
accountable manner.
To value, respect and raise awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander diverse cultures and heritage.