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Bulletin no.5 Autumn 2004

The fifth Stronger Families Learning Exchange Bulletin has a strong focus on finding creative ways to document the work of the Stronger Families Fund Projects. It also highlights the work of the projects through a series of questions which address the work they are currently doing.

The full Bulletin can be downloaded in PDF format (size=1.1 MB) - you will need an Acrobat Reader which is free from the Adobe Systems Web site. Alternatively, access sections as listed below, either in PDF format, or where indicated, in HTML.

Contents

Editorial

• Stronger Families Learning Exchange - where we're at / Kelley Johnson HTML | PDF (71K)

Creative documentation

• Gathering information to inform action - / Maya Haviland HTML | PDF (95K)
• Scrapbooking: creative documentation / Katrina Bredhauer HTML | PDF (100K)
• Scrapbooks in the context of a Parent Peer Support Group / Anne Garrow PDF (60K)
• Our Scrapbook of Strengths / Review by Ellen Fish of a new collaborative visual resource PDF (104K)
• Using photography as a tool in action research / Maya Haviland HTML | PDF (167K)
• An ocean of stories / Kelley Johnson PDF (111K)

Working in collaboration

• The challenge of working collaboratively / Alison King and Gill Westhorp HTML | PDF (80K)
• A 'natural' affiliation in community development / Members of the Illawarra Community Development Project team outline what constitutes a successful working partnership HTML | PDF (59K)

Stronger Families Fund Project Profiles / compiled by Ellen Fish and Colleen Turner

• Journeys of community involvement and development / Ellen Fish HTML | PDF (97K)
• First Glimpse
  • Southside Good Beginnings Volunteer Home Visiting Program, ACT HTML | PDF (98K)
  • Barrwayambang Girrwa Growing Community Project, Bowraville, NSW HTML | PDF (66K)
  • Red Ochre Link, Dubbo NSW HTML |PDF (48K)
  • Wellington Community Networkers Project, Dubbo NSW HTML |PDF (48K)
  • HIPPY La Perouse, New South Wales HTML |PDF (74K)
  • Minto Under 12's Project, NSW HTML |PDF (96K)
  • Building Stronger Families and Communities in the Daly/Cox-Finniss Region, NT HTML |PDF (84K)
  • Family Income Management, Qld HTML |PDF (62K)
  • The Wide Bay Burnett Indigenous Stronger Families Project, Queensland HTML |PDF (60K)
  • Bright Start Port Pirie and Peterborough, SA HTML |PDF (81K)
  • Connecting the Community, Victoria HTML |PDF (52K)
  • The Platforms Strategy, City of Moonee Valley, Victoria HTML |PDF (71K)
  • Where Families Meet the Service System, Wodonga Vic HTML |PDF (48K)
  • Children of Parents with Mental Illness (COPMI) Workforce Development and Regional Service Provider Collaboration (Extension of Partnering Families), Ruah Inreach, WA HTML |PDF (79K)
  • Community Building in Mandurah, WA - 'Building Communities From The Inside Out' HTML |PDF (67K)
  • Mid-West Gascoyne and Murchison Parent Support Project, Geraldton, WA HTML |PDF (70K)
  • Parenting and Early Childhood Development in Wiluna and surrounding communities, WA HTML |PDF (61K)
  • Anglicare's Young Mum's Support Project, Perth, WA HTML | PDF (53K)
  • Quality Relationships Alliance Inc, Mandurah WA HTML |PDF (117K)
• A Second Look - the following projects were introduced in previous issues of the Bulletin or in 'A First Glimpse'. This is an update on their progress.
  • Quality Relationships Alliance Inc, Mandurah WA HTML | PDF (102K)
  • Illawarra Child and Family Community Development Partnership, NSW HTML | PDF (98K)
  • Strengthening Families in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands Project Murkurla Walyjumunu Kanyilma, NT HTML | PDF (89K)
  • Inala, Qld HTML | PDF (60K)
  • Young Families Support Service, Qld HTML | PDF (48K)
  • The Platforms Strategy, City of Moonee Valley, Victoria HTML | PDF (56K)
  • Creating Capable Communities (CCC), Southern Family Life, Melbourne Vic HTML | PDF (60K)
• Further update - In a third round of questions projects were asked about their development particularly in relation to the use of action research in their work. Two projects report.
  • Young Families Support Service, Qld HTML | PDF (51K)
  • Bowraville, Barrwayambang Girrwaa (Growing Community) / Bea Ballangarry, Marg Bruggisser, Tracy Bugden, Maureen McCarthy and Lisa Natoli HTML | PDF (68K)
• Old Hands! - Three of the Stronger Families Fund projects have featured several times in this update series. Here, they reflect on their progress, discuss how their project has changed their community, and say how they plan to maintain and build on their work into the future.
  • Ashmont Community Resource Centre, Wagga Wagga NSW HTML | PDF (69K)
  • Families Now, Beenleigh Qld HTML | PDF (83K)
  • Creating Capable Communities (CCC), Southern Family Life, Melbourne Vic HTML | PDF (60K)

Stronger Families Learning Exchange - welcome to one more member PDF (55K)

Literature highlights / compiled by Joan Kelleher PDF (87K)

Conferences HTML (current Online list)