Winner of 2017 Victorian Early Years Award
06-Nov-2017
Empowering Parents Empowering Communities led by VICSEG New Futures
• Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
• UK Centre for Parent and Child Support
• The Smith Family – Brimbank Communities for Children
• Kildonan Uniting – Hume Communities for Children
• R.E. Ross Trust
Helping parents from culturally diverse communities to develop positive parenting strategies, confidence and skills is at the heart of the unique education and support program, Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities.
The eight week ‘Being a Parent’ program aims to improve knowledge of local early years services, create new support networks and support parents of children aged 2 to 12 years. This program strives to build the confidence of mums and dads to parent children in their newly adopted country by creating to support networks to rely on.
Presentation of 2017 Victorian Early Years Award - National Gallery of Victoria 23 October 2017
Left to Right: Felicity Tregurtha (Smith Family), Janet Elefsiniotis, John Zika, The Hon. Jenny Mikakos, Za Tuah Nguri, Nhung Nguyen, Colleen Turner