June 9, 2011
Minister for Family and Community Services Pru Goward today announced ongoing funding of more than $200,000 for the next three years for the Southern Youth and Family Services association to run the Getting It Together program.
Some of the areas which this service covers include: Kiama, Shellharbour, Nowra, Bomaderry and Wollongong.
“These ...
June 6, 2011
Minister for Family and Community Services Pru Goward saw first-hand the important work being done to support vulnerable children and families in NSW when she visited the St George Community Services Centre (CSC) today.
Ms Goward visited the centre with the Member for Oatley, Mark Coure, to meet with frontline caseworkers and hear some of their co...
June 6, 2011
Opportunities for parents and carers from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds to improve their parenting skills will open up following the graduation today of 20 bi-lingual workers in the NSW Government’s internationally acclaimed parenting program Triple P (Positive Parenting Program).
Minister for Family and Community ...
May 20, 2011
NSW Minister for Roads Duncan Gay and NSW Minister for Women Pru Goward today announced the launch of ‘Hands on Engineering & IT Day’, being held at UTS’ Broadway Campus.
“Engineering staff from the RTA will today take part in an event aimed at encouraging year 11 and 12 female school students to consider a career in en...
May 16, 2011
Minister for Family and Community Services Pru Goward has launched a new fact sheet, Family Fatigue, encouraging parents to allow their children and themselves some downtime and avoid committing to too many extracurricular activities.
“As parents, we want the best for our children. We want them to have lives that are full of opportunities an...
May 2, 2011
The Department of Family and Community Services will host the annual conference of the Domestic and Family Violence Crisis Lines of Australia Network in Parramatta.
Over the next two days domestic violence workers from around the country will discuss and share information with each other as well as hearing from leading experts in the field.
NSW M...
April 1, 2011
Minister for Family and Community Services today confirmed a grant of $31,500 for Jenny’s Place Women and Children’s Refuge, an important service in the Hunter providing crisis support, accommodation and information for women and their families escaping domestic violence.
“This funding will help the Domestic Violence Resource Cen...