Working together to help your community THRIVE- supporting your children and families

  It is designed for organisations who: 

  • Support and promote mental health and wellbeing at an individual, family and community level
  • Deliver or fund services that strengthen community resilience and connection
  • Work with women, parents, caregivers and children across the perinatal period and early childhood
  • Have a focus on primary health, improving health literacy and understand and value the importance of early identification and early intervention
  • Understand the significance of the first 3,000 days and the long term impact the right support in this period has
  • Apply for grants or funding to deliver health, wellbeing and prevention-focused programs
  • Are seeking trusted partners to deliver evidence-based services to their communities

How to Work with Us

This document has been created for not-for-profit organisations, Primary Health Networks (PHNs), government departments, councils and community-based services who are supporting women, children, families and communities across rural, regional and remote Australia.

What you’ll find inside

  • Our beliefs, values and approach to working alongside women, families and communities
  • The core concepts that underpin all Rural Child Health services
  • Clear outlines of our programs, services and delivery models
  • Practical examples showing how our services align with common grant criteria
  • Language and descriptions you can draw on directly for grant applications, proposals and internal planning

We’ve intentionally written this document so you can use what you need, when you need it — whether that’s copying sections into a grant, shaping a project proposal, or exploring partnership opportunities.