King's Narrative

Officially launched in December 2021, King’s Narrative is a profit-for-purpose social enterprise that exists to change the narrative for Aboriginal men at a time when it’s needed most.

Founded and led exclusively by Aboriginal men in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), it exists to build blak wealth, blak excellence, and strong blak futures for Aboriginal men and their families.

With a range of programs across eight streams, including cultural wellbeing camps, narrative therapy and counselling, cultural immersion programs, bush medicine programs and the innovative Blak Barber Kings program, the team’s work enables Aboriginal men of all ages to re-author their own stories and step outside the negative discourse that prevents them from seeing their true worth.

King’s Narrative’s programs and business model privileges Arrernte culture at the heart of their work and operations, to facilitate the therapeutic healing work required for real change to take place.

A proud Arrernte man, father, and community leader, Tyson Mpetyane Carmody’s vision is to showcase to Aboriginal men and people that sustainable solutions to problems in their communities can be found in the rich history of Aboriginal culture.

It is through this vision that Tyson and the team of men at Kings Narrative hope to create proud futures for the next generations following in their footsteps.

“We (Aboriginal people) are the original innovators when it comes to finding solutions for problems we face. We’ve been innovating for over 60,000 years and we can continue innovating our own solutions to a new set of problems we’re facing now. Your Aboriginality is enough,” said Tyson.

In recognition of its commitment to improving the wellbeing of the community it serves, and for its commitment to Aboriginal men, King’s Narrative won the 2024 Telstra Best of Business Awards, Northern Territory Championing Health and Indigenous Excellence Awards.