Congratulations to the sucessful projects in the April 2010 round of funding.

The South East Sydney Parenting Coordination Project, is a Families NSW initiative, which is undertaken by The Benevolent Society. The aim of the project is to establish a framework for the coordination and promotion of parenting groups and programs for families with children aged 0-8 years across South East Sydney.

The project will support the existing service network and facilitate a focus on prevention and early intervention and the promotion of strengths-based approaches within parenting programs.

The South East Sydney Parenting Coordination Project will also administer a number of seeding grants every year. Grants will be offered over a period of two years through several open Expression of Interest rounds. The Seeding Grants will be up to the value of $3000 each. These grants will support innovation and collaboration in the service network in the delivery of parenting programs, and test models of best practice.

The Benevolent Society is Australia’s oldest charity, established in 1813. For almost 200 years we have been leaders in identifying the evolving needs of the community and pioneering vital social reforms and services. The Benevolent Society’s objective is for everyone to have the opportunity to live in communities that are safe, healthy and full of opportunities. For more information, please see www.bensoc.org.au

Please read the Funding Criteria before downloading an application form.

  "Please Note: If you have received the free Triple P training from Families NSW, this grant cannot be used to pay for salaries or materials, but may be used for other costs such as child care, venue hire, etc" 

Download forms for South East Sydney Applications;

April 2010 Application Form

Additional forms required for South East Sydney include:

• End of Project Report In order to complete the End of  Project report you will need the data from the two forms below.

SFRP Essential Questions [20KB] - for all projects please add these questions to your Agency's Evaluation Form,

Parent Concerns Questionnaire - Brief Version [287KB] - please use for all Group Projects. Instructions are on the form.

South East Sydney Funding Criteria

For the purpose of this funding, a Parenting Program is defined as:
“A clearly planned and specified set of activities to be undertaken by a trained facilitator, with a group of parents. Parenting Programs are focused, short-term interventions aimed at educating parents to improve their relationship with their child, and preventing or treating a range of problems, including behavioural and emotional adjustment”

Essential:

Addresses parenting education for parents of children 0-8 years;

Service must be provided to families living within the South East Sydney area, using the Families NSW geographic boundary;

Demonstrate responsiveness to community needs and an increase in service delivery beyond what already exists;

Parenting Education must be delivered in line with Families NSW principles, with a particular focus on improving outcomes for families within a prevention and early intervention framework.

Evidence of an evaluation strategy developed for use. Please note: you will also be required to use the Parent Concerns Questionnaire Brief Form.

Initiatives must commence within 6 months of receiving funding and must be completed within 12 months of receiving funding;

All not for profit and Local Government agencies are welcome to apply. State government agencies may apply but only in partnership with a not for profit or Local Government agency;

If an organisation applies for a grant in order to train their staff, then they must demonstrate that parenting programs will be run as a direct result of this training.

Desirable:

Initiatives that demonstrate use of strengths based practice;

Initiatives that demonstrate collaboration and partnerships with other agencies;

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

Initiatives that will improve access to families that otherwise may not be accessing your service.

Congratulations to  the Successful Projects from the April 2010 Round

Congratulations to  the Successful Projects from the October 2009 Round