The April 2010 Round of funding is now complete. Successful projects are listed below. The next round will open in August and close in September.

Strengthening Families Resourcing Parents Inner West Small Grant Scheme is proudly supported by Families NSW to encourage and assist not-for-profit agencies (for example pre-schools, early intervention services, health, non-government agencies, councils, schools) to deliver parenting information, support and education initiatives to families in their community who have children aged 0-8 years. Launched in July 2003. Each year, the small grants scheme contributes to approximately 35-40 parenting initiatives. Agencies are welcome to apply for subsequent grants.

 

Please read the Funding Criteria before downloading an application form.

Download forms for Inner West Applications:

Application for Inner West [78KB]

Additional forms required for the Inner West include:

	SFRP Essential Questions [20KB] - for all projects please add these questions to your Agency's Evaluation Form, to be used in the
	End of Project Report [44KB]
	Parent Concerns Questionnaire - Brief Version [287KB] - please use for all Group Projects. Instructions are on the form.

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Inner West Sydney Funding Criteria

Essential:

• Addresses parenting education for parents of children 0-8 years;
• Service to be provided within Inner West Area, using Families First geographic boundary;
• Demonstrate responsiveness to community needs;
• Agencies applying for funding will also need to contribute resources to the project;
• Evidence of an evaluation strategy developed for use; NB For the August September 2008 funding round applications for group will be required to use the Parent Concerns Questionnaire Brief Form. See For Professionals - Download Application Forms Inner West page to download forms.
• All projects will need to include answers to the SFRP Essential Reporting Questions in their their End of Project. See For Professionals Download Application Forms Inner West page to download forms.

Helpful Hints for Applicants:

• Funding can be utilised for: Childcare Workers, Program Resource Materials (eg workbooks and tip sheets);
• Administration costs up to 10% of the total funding requested;
• Salaries for Out of Business Hours facilitators;
• Salaries for Daytime external facilitators only.

Desirable:

Initiatives that provide assistance to families who need extra support (Families First Field of Activity 3);

Initiatives that improve the connection between families and the community (Families First Field of Activity 4);

Initiatives that demonstrate use of strengths based practice;

Initiatives that demonstrate collaboration and partnerships with other agencies;

 

Congratulations to  the Successful Projects from the April 2010 Round

Program	Agency	Suburb
Parent & Carer Education Series (PACES)	Child Abuse Prevention Service	Ashfield
Starting Points	The Salvation Army, Campsie	Campsie
Triple P Seminars in Mandarin	Ashfield Council	Ashfield
Parenting Awareness & Information for Greek Families	Greek Orthodox Community of NSW	Lakemba
Triple P Group in Korean	Multicultural Health SSWAHS	Marrickville
Parenting Seminars with Multi Mix Mob	Catholicare	Marrickville Metro
Early Days	The Infants Home	Ashfield
Care for Caring Parents	Koorana Child & Family Centre	Belmore
1,2,3 Magic Parenting Program	Lakemba SACC et al	Lakemba
Women as Mothers	Lakemba SACC	Lakemba
123 Magic & EC for Korean Speaking families	Burwood Council	Burwood
Motherless Mothers Support Group	Canterbury Earlwood Caring Assoc.	Earlwood
Perspectives on Bullying	St Fiacre's Primary et al	Leichhardt

 

Congratulations to  the Successful Projects from the October 2009 Round

Name of Programme	Agency	Suburb of Venue
Triple P Group	Leichhardt Family Support Services	Leichhardt
Triple P Group	Canterbury And Arabic Family Support	Lakemba
Triple P Group	Glebe Public School	Glebe
Toddlers: Terrible or Terrific Young Parents	SSWAHS	Marrickvillle
Listening to Children Through Play	Lakemba SACC	Lakemba
Promoting Positive Behaviours	Eurella Community Services inc	Burwood
We're All inThis Together	St Vincent's Primary School	Ashfield
"PB with Kids"	The PB Consultancy Group NSW	Marrickvillle
Kids and Dads Night	Connect Marrickville	Marrickville
Listening to Children Through Play	Connect Marrickville	Marrickville
Triple P Seminar Series	St Joseph's	Enfield
Transiting New Territory- From Couples to Parents	DCC	Drummoyne
ParentingTips for Loving your Kids	Elsie Women's Refuge	Glebe
Triple P Group	SSWAHS	Croydon
Kids and Dads Together	Lakemba SACC et al	Lakemba

 

Congratulations to  the Successful Projects from the April 2009 Round

Name of Programme	Agency	Suburb of Venue
Toddlers: Terrible or Terrific	SSWAHS	Croydon
Parenting Ed & Consultation Sessions	The Smith Family	Burwood
123 Magic for Greek Parents/Gparents	Canterbury Earlwood Caring Assoc	Earlwood
Families in Cultural Transition	Canterbury Bankstown MRC	Marrickville
TIPS for the Tongan/Pacific Island Comm	Tongan Community Support Service	Inner West
Connecting Communities	St James Primary et al	Forest Lodge
Triple P Seminar Series	St Michael's Primary School	Belfield
Parenting - How to keep your cool	Summer Hill Community Centre	Summer Hill
Triple P for Indian Migrant Families	Ashfield Council	Ashfield
Vietnamese Parenting Skills	Canterbury Family Support Services	Lakemba/Pbowl
Positive Parenting for Lakemba	Canterbury City Community Centre	Lakemba/Pbowl
Strengthening African Refugee Parents	Canterbury Bankstown MRC	Canterbury
Positive Parenting for Canterbury Families	Canterbury Cluster of Schools	Canterbury
123 Magic Parenting Program	Lakemba SACC et al	Lakemba/Pbowl
Listening to Children Through Play	Lakemba SACC	Lakemba
Listening to Children Through Play (T4)	Lakemba SACC	Lakemba

 

Below are Case Studies from Recently Funded Projects.

Facing the Challenge I’m a Dad

Run by Tresillian Family Care Centre and Uniting Care Burnside

Eight fathers attended this one day workshop and all fathers were already connected with Burnside. The majority of the group time was experiential learning focusing on the fathers birthing experience and the importance of the changing role of fathers. Photoshop was used to help reflect on their relationship with their own father and the relationship they have or would like to have with their own children. The afternoon session focused on the importance of reading, spending time with children, positive parenting principles including limit setting and behaviour management strategies.

Cool Kids Cool Parents

Run byThe Parent Council for Deaf Education

By using a strengths based and parent empowered approach to workshop delivery, parents had the opportunity to come together to share their experiences raising a child who is deaf or hard of hearing.  Parents were guided through a range of topics pertinent to their experience, including activities covering:

Communication challenges and Strategies

Why do siblings fight and Fight Free Families

The Emotional Journey, and

My Strengths, My goals

Parents generously shared their experiences and drew upon their own resources and knowledge to create a great pooled resource of:

Books

Websites

Support networks

Helpful and recommended organisations

Worthwhile seminars and workshops

Community opportunities

The backgrounds and experiences of each parent were quite diverse and subsequently, parents were not only acknowledged in their own situation, but inspired by the different approaches and learnings.

Parental Feedback:

‘ I have made a connection to another family and we have already organised a get together in the school holidays. This workshop has provided me with the opportunity to meet new people and to add to my support network which is an invaluable gift which would never have happened if I didn’t attend this workshop. Thankyou for running it.’

 

‘It has been hard to know where we fit in, but I really felt everything you were talking about was very relevant to us and really appreciated the opportunity to attend’

 

‘it was very insightful sharing stories with other parents’

 

As well as funding parenting initiatives, the Strengthening Families Resourcing Parents Inner West Small Grant Scheme has established a number of ongoing projects:

The Resourcing Families Website

Distributing parenting Resources to the Inner West local libraries

The Groupwork Practice Review Consultation (GPRC)

This initiative provides parenting groupwork facilitators opportunities to

reflect on their practice work,

support and further develop the groupwork skills and strategies that are already working well for them, and

explore and experiment with new skills and strategies aimed at making a difference future groups.

• The provision of evidence-based parenting programs such as Triple P - Positive Parenting Program or Magic 123