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The Family Action Centre
towards a truly civil society

The Family Action Centre has the vision of a truly civil society, and a belief that family wellbeing is the cornerstone of healthy communities. We strengthen families and communities by undertaking research, training and learning; developing and implementing strength-based programs; and creating models of practice that promote sustainability, social justice and community leadership.

We are self-funded, with assistance coming from the University of Newcastle, state and federal governments, private and philanthropic organisations, sales of our publications and resources, and the delivery of training and workshops.

Click here to find out more about our current research activities, or click on the sidebar links to the left to find out about our wide range of programs.

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Position available: Family Worker, SNUG Program. The FAC has a one-day (7-hour) per week position available for a suitably qualified FAMILY WORKER. In addition to the 7 hours per week the Family Worker would need to be available to attend SNUG camps. Fore more information, download a copy of the position description. Applications should be sent to Kerrell Bourne, Team Leader Community Programs, The Family Action centre, University of Newcastle, University Drive, CALLAGHAN 2308 or email: Kerrell.Bourne@newcastle.edu.au  by COB Friday, 26 June 2009.

Available now! The C4C evaluation for Raymond Terrace and Karuah can be downloaded from this site. The report, by Gaye Sheather, comes in two parts: the main Evaluation Report and the Report Appendices. Each file is approximately 2.6MB.

Effective Tools for Engaging Your Community: Australian tour. Don't miss this opportunity to work with facilitators Ted Smeaton and Dee Brooks. Workshops will take place during August and September in Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Launceston and Darwin: go to the ABCD Effective Tools page for details of dates, registration and workshop summuaries.

Drumbeat is an exciting and innovative resilience-building workshop based around the power of music. Developed by Holyoake, Drumbeat uses music and rythm to engage young people, improve their participation and cooperation skills, and encourage personal growth and self-esteem.

Results-Based Accountability training workshops are taking place now in Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane. RBA is a disciplined way of thinking and taking action that  improves the quality of life in communities, cities, states, territories and nations, and can also be used to improve the performance of programs, agencies and service systems

Would you like to become a Home-Start volunteer? Contact Evelyn on 4921 6842 (daytime course) or Kerri on 4921 7925 (evening course), or download the information flyer here to learn about forthcoming courses.

Rock & Water: the March and April 2009 round of R&W workshops is now complete. To find out more about the October/November workshops, or register on line, go to the Rock & Water page.

The Fathers program of the Family Action Centre and Good Beginnings Australia have collaborated to produce the Involving Fathers in Early Childhood Services website. Launched at the recent NIFTeY conference, the site is packed with resources and information.