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Our Mission

To create caring, capable communities through innovative, ethical solutions, promoting wellbeing, and responding to the needs of families, children and young people.

 

Family Life

Is a community services agency providing counselling, mediation and support services for families, children and young people.

 

Latest News

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Professor Fiona Stanley AC - endorses Family Life's SHINE Mental Health Evaluation

 

"The creative and innovative interventions developed by Family Life SHINE, and shared in this report indeed "SHINE a light" on cost effective ways professionals and parents can work together to strengthen children's mental health and prevent adolescent mental illness."

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Aboriginal Advisory

Committee

 

Inaugural meeting - March 2012

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Getting Kids Working


How can an unemployed young person

get a job if they don't have work
experience and suitable skills?

 

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Frankston PeopleWorx Op Shop

Now open

13 Playne Street.

Come in and check out the bargains.

Donations are greatly appreciated.

Would you like to have fun and help the community by volunteering? Please give us a call?                                                 

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Empowering Family Dispute Resolution

Training for Practitioners

 

Are you looking for new ways to further your skills in family dispute resolution and enhance your client mediation skills?

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Bushfires Response

Creating Capable Communities Toolkit

 

Creating Capable Communities strengthens vulnerable families and high-need neighbourhoods. Find out how you can do this in your community, with the Creating Capable Communities Toolkit.

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The Strengths and Assets Summit 2010

 

Click here to download the keynote presentation "Strengthening families and communities: making the case for investment", by Family Life CEO, Jo Cavanagh. The Strength and Assets Summit took place at The University of Newcastle, 30 November to 3 December 2010.

 

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Creating Capable Communities Presentation

By Jo Cavanagh

 

Presentation by Jo Cavanagh for XVIII ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, "One World, One Family, Many Cultures: Strengthening Children and Families Affected by Personal, Intra-Familial and Global Conflict", 26-29 September 2010, Honolulu, Hawai'i USA.

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Shine

Mental Health Program

For Children and Young People

 

With support from the Australian Government, Family Life runs the innovative SHINE Mental Health Project which supports vulnerable children aged 8-14 and their families, who live in the Frankston and Chelsea (Victoria) districts.

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What about the Children?

What about the Children?

Parenting post separation and divorce

 

A research report

 The research by Professor Thea Brown, Monash University, investigated the outcomes for families attending the Frankston Family Relationship Centre over its first three years, 2006 - 2009.

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