Timor Awakening
Veterans Care Association's Timor Awakening program is designed to help veterans and their partners overcome trauma and renew their sense of purpose.
Embrace renewal and rehabilitation
Inspired by the resilience of WWII Commandos and the courageous Timorese veterans, Timor Awakening is an immersive experience held over 11 days in Timor-Leste or 10 days on the Gold Coast.
The program offers renewal and rehabilitation through holistic health education, group therapy, mentoring, counselling, physical activity, community development and more.
Upon completion of the program, selected veterans and partners may go on to train as peer support mentors for the veteran community.
We’re programmed to be part of a community and Timor Awakening encourages and instils that it’s okay to get help. Indeed, we can continue to live lives with purpose, identity, honour and in service to our community as we did when in uniform.
- Mick Stone,
Veterans Care Association President
Register for an upcoming event
If no programs are currently available, you can register your interest for future events through the Timor Awakening website.
Friday, 17 October 2025 - 25 October 2025
Timor Awakening (Timor Leste) – Veterans Care Association
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Timor Awakening is a program centred around an 11-day immersion in Timor-Leste, creating a disruption from participants’ routine to take pause, learn about themselves and seize responsibility for a positive direction forward in life. Timor Awakening is available to Australian Veterans (and spouse or carer), from any state, with or without operational service. The aim of Timor Awakening is to prevent veteran suicide and improve the well-being of veterans and their families.
Timor Awakening is available to Australian & New Zealand Veterans (and spouse or carer), with or without operational service. Participants provide each other with inspiration, practical tools, strategies and routines in overcoming trauma and re-establishing purposeful lives.
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