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The links on this page are provided for your information and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Child and Family Centres. Criteria used to decide whether the links are reputable include: a government agency; a community partner; a funded community organisation; recommended by key informants; regularly maintained and updated. Individual and commercial websites have been excluded from these listings. If you have any difficulty linking to any of these organisations please contact the Child and Family Centres.
Community Partners and Agencies
Support Organisations
General Parenting
- Blended families
- Breastfeeding
- Child health and development
- Child safety
- Newborn behaviour
- Nutrition
- Parentlink
- Parenting tip sheets
- Postnatal depression
- Pregnancy information
- Raising Children Network
- Relationship counselling
- Starting school
- Teething
- Toilet training
Services
Community Services Directorate
Phone: 13 34 27
Email: csd@act.gov.au
Address: 11 Moore Street, Canberra ACT 2601
Postal address: PO Box 158, Canberra ACT 2601
Belconnen Community Service 
Phone: 6264 0200
Fax: 6253 2901
Email: bcs@bcsact.com.au
Postal address: PO Box 679, Belconnen ACT 2616
Care and Protection Services
Phone: 13 34 27
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
Woden and Tuggeranong Service
Phone: 6205 1469
Fax: 6207 5266
Address: Building A Level 2, Callam Offices, Easty Street, Phillip ACT 2606
City, Belconnen & Gungahlin Service
Phone: 6205 1050
Fax: 6207 5266
Address: Belconnen Health Centre, Cnr Benjamin Way & Swanson Court, Belconnen ACT 2616
Citizen’s Advice Bureau
Phone: 6248 7988
Fax: 6257 7383
Address: Rm G02, Griffin Centre, 20 Genge Street (off Bunda), Canberra ACT 2601
Postal address: GPO Box 669, Canberra ACT 2601
Communities@Work Tuggeranong
Phone: 6293 6500
Fax: 6293 6555
Email: admin@commsatwork.org
Address: 245 Cowlishaw Street, Greenway ACT 2900
Postal address: PO Box 1066, Tuggeranong ACT 2901
Gungahlin Regional Community Service
Phone: 6228 9200
Fax: 6242 8201
Email: grcs@gungahlin.org
Address: Collanades Professional Suite 2.2A, Gungahlin Place, Gungahlin ACT 2912
Postal address: PO Box 35, Gungahlin ACT 2912
Family Relationships Centre
Phone: 6122 2444
Address: Level 1, Westfield Offices, Woden Town Square, Phillip ACT 2606
Marymead Child and Family Centre
Phone: 6162 5800
Fax: 6295 9944
Email: programs@marymead.org.au
Address: 255 Goyder Street, Narrabundah ACT 2604
Postal address: PO Box 4260, Kingston ACT 2604
Office for Children, Youth and Family Support - Children’s Policy and Regulation
Phone: 13 34 27
Fax: 6205 9183
Postal address: GPO Box 158, Canberra ACT 2601
Parentline ACT
Phone: 6287 3833
Address: Duffy Primary School, Burrinjuck Crescent, Duffy ACT 2611
ParentLink
Phone: 13 34 27
Fax: 6205 0968
Email: parentlink@act.gov.au
Postal address: GPO Box 158, Canberra ACT 2601
Relationships Australia Canberra and Region
Phone: 6122 7100 Fax: 6122 7199
Address: 15 Napier Close, Deakin ACT 2600
Postal address: PO Box 320, Curtin ACT 2605
Smith Family
Phone: 6285 4000
Fax: 6282 1725
Address: Cnr Launceston and Easty Streets, Phillip ACT 2606
Postal address: PO Box 10500, Woden ACT 2606
Women’s Information & Referral Centre (WIRC)
Phone: 6205 1075
Email: wirc@act.gov.au
Address: Ground Floor, London Court Building, 13 London Circuit, Canberra 2601
YWCA of Canberra
Phone: 6239 6878
Fax: 6239 6509
Email: canberra@ywca-canberra.org.au
Address: Level 1, 71-73 London Circuit, Canberra ACT 2601
Postal address: GPO Box 767, Canberra ACT 2601
Support Organisations
National
Australian Association for Infant Mental Health
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Early Childhood Australia
Kids Help Line
Lifeline
Local
ACT Health Directorate
Barnardos
Canberra Mothercraft Society and Queen Elizabeth II Family Centre
Centrelink
Domestic Violence Crisis Service
Health Direct
Karinya House
Parents Without Partners ACT
Richmond Fellowship of the ACT
Government Agencies
Child Support Agency
Immunise Australia Program
General Parenting
Blended Families
Child Support Agency - Me and My Changing Family booklet [PDF 918KB]
Stepfamily Association of South Australia
Breastfeeding
Australian Breastfeeding Association
NSW Health
Child Health and Development
ABC Parents
Australian Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare (AWCH)
Better Health Channel
Child Health
Early Childhoood Australia
Health Direct
Health Insite
Nemours Foundation
Victoria Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Zero to Three
Child Safety
Newborn Behaviour
ABC Parents
Raising Children Network
Nutrition
Nutrition Australia
Better Health Channel – Healthy recipes
Nutrition Resources - ACT Health Directorate
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ParentLink
ParentLink aims to provide easily accessible and up-to-date information about parenting issues and family support systems in the community. ParentLink works in partnership with the community, other government departments and the business sector, using a community education approach through a range of multimedia initiatives.
Whether caring for babies, pre-schoolers, young children or teenagers, you will find lots of good ideas in ParentLink’s range of straightforward, real-life guides to many of the situations you might experience as a parent. They contain sensible information and suggestions on how to manage a wide range of parenting challenges, including grandparenting, blended families and sibling rivalry.
Parenting Tip Sheets
ABC Parents
Child, Youth and Women’s Health Service – Child and Youth Health
COPMI - (Children of Parents with a Mental Illness)
Fatherhood Institute
Karitane
Kidslife Foundation
NSW Department of Community Services
Parenting SA
Queensland Government
Raising Children Network
The Royal Women's Hospital
WA Department for Communities
Postnatal Depression
Beyond Blue
National Health and Medical Research Council l - Postnatal Depression Not Just the Baby Blues [PDF 131KB]
SA Department of Health
Pregnancy
Better Health Channel
HealthDirect
NSW Food Authority Pregnancy and Food Safety
Pregnancy Counselling
Pregnancy Help Australia
SA Department of Health
Raising Children Network
Raising Children is your online guide to raising children aged 0 to 8 years in Australia. You’ll find all the basics on behaviour, nutrition, safety, health and daily care in this easy-to-use website. There’s tailored information for parents from all walks of life, plus some great tips on managing family resources.
Relationship Counselling
Family Relationships Online
Relationships Australia
Starting School
Education and Training Directorate – Starting School: A Guide for Parents [PDF 1.15MB]
Children, Youth and Women’s Health Service - Starting School
NSW Department of Education and Training – Tips for Parents of Children Starting Kindergarten
NSW Department of Education and Training – Time to start school booklet [PDF 1.20MB]
Teething
Better Health Channel
Children, Youth and Women’s Health Service
Health Insite
NSW Department of Health
Toilet Training
Children, Youth and Women’s Health Service
Health Insite
Raising Children Network
