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Students Lead the Charge in Overcoming Obstacles

September 6, 2021

Back in Term 1 of the 2021 school year, the Family Life Creating Capable Communities (CCC) Team joined with Youth Services and Hastings Primary School

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Wallaroo Primary School – Map Your World Project

September 2, 2020

Map Your World (MYW) is a digital platform helping to empower young people to have a profound impact on their communities. It supports the development

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Thank-You Ksafekids!

December 6, 2019

Ksafekids is a not-for-profit, family organisation that was established in 2009. Over the past 18 months Ksafekids has provided 30 courses of basic first aid

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Unite Celebrates First Birthday

September 2, 2019

This July marked the first birthday of the Family Engagement Program – Unite. This is quite an achievement, with Family Life breaking out in a

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Creating Capable Leaders with Willum Warrain Aboriginal Association

September 2, 2019

As part of an initiative to increase social and economic outcomes, the CCC Hastings team has been delivering the Creating Capable Leader program to indigenous

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Creating Pathways

September 2, 2019

During term 4, 2018 Creating Capable Communities (CCC) Hastings delivered their first Creating Capable Leaders (CCL) program with women from Wallaroo Community Estate in Hastings.

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NAIDOC Week 2019

August 2, 2019

NAIDOC Week celebrations were held across Australia in July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This event

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A Big Thanks to QV

May 1, 2019

Australian made and owned, QV Skincare, has generously donated 180 units of QV Baby Bath Oil and QV Baby Gentle Wash to Family Life, for

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Family Life Mourns Loss of Beloved Patron

January 24, 2019

Family Life offers its condolences and mourns the loss of beloved Patron, Dr Roger Riordan AM, who passed away on Thursday 2 January 2019, aged 85.

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Corporate Volunteering Event

December 6, 2018

Puma Australia has been working with Family Life to support children in our community and, as a result, help create capable communities.

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We want a better bayside as our legacy

November 7, 2018

Hear from some of Family Life’s supporters Kerry Hegarty and Glen Duddy, Black Rock   “Recently, we were updating our wills and we chose to

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These are difficult times for families

November 7, 2018

“Family Life responds to these difficult times of rising costs and great pressures leading to undue stress on families. I’m very proud to support their work." Graeme Disney OAM

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