Little Long Walk for NAIDOC Week
As part of NAIDOC Week, Winslow Group staff at our head office joined local community members in the annual Little Long Walk around the Essendon Fields precinct, in support of the Long Walk Foundation.
NAIDOC Week in 2025 marks a powerful milestone: 50 years of honouring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture, and resilience.
The 2025 theme – The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy – celebrates not only the achievements of the past but the bright future ahead, empowered by the strength of young leaders, the vision of Indigenous communities, and the legacy of their ancestors.
A Welcome To Country was performed by Aunty Pat Pederson, who is the daughter of Sir Doug Nicholls, followed by a didgeridoo performance by Brent Watkins, Director of Culture Evolves, and community addresses from Victorian Deputy Premier The Hon. Ben Carroll, The Long Walk CEO Leanne Brookes, and Essendon Fields CEO Brendan Pihan.
It is 21 years since AFL legend and Essendon champion Michael Long walked 650km from Melbourne to Parliament House in Canberra to make a stand for Indigenous communities.
Two decades on, the Long Walk Foundation continues to Walk the Talk, raising money and awareness to support Indigenous education programs across the country.
The Little Long Walk around Essendon Fields was to strengthen our relationship to country, walking together in solidarity, and keeping the momentum going in the spirit of NAIDOC 2025, and to raise funds for The Long Walk Foundation.
