WHITE RIBBON DAY: A group of White Ribbon Ambassadors and supporters from the Riverland has organised an event to help raise awareness about White Ribbon Australia’s work to end men’s violence against women. Continue Reading
Couples & Families
National Adoption Awareness Week
Every child has the right to grow up in a family and with stable care. This is critical to children’s emotional security, their development, sense of belonging and overall wellbeing. However, there are many children both in Australia and overseas who do not have the benefit of stable family care.
National Adoption Awareness Week (NAAW) runs from 9 to 15 November and recognises that adoption can provide families for children who would otherwise live in institutions or without permanent and loving care. Continue Reading
ActNow Theatre’s Zero Feet Away at the Feast Festival
Where did you meet your first love? How would you describe yourself to a stranger? Where’s the best place to be kissed? What do you never talk about in public? How do you find intimacy in a virtual world?
Following the rise of dating applications such as Tinder and Grindr, Zero Feet Away explores how to find intimacy in virtual spaces, and what actually happens in our heads, our hearts and our bedrooms. Created by a team of professional and community young gay artists, this is innovative, provocative, inspiring and honest theatre not to be missed. Continue Reading
FRSA Conference Update: ‘Long way to go’ to hear children voices in court
Australia’s top family Court judge has warned that family law services are still not doing enough to include children in family court proceedings. Continue Reading
Measuring Our Outcomes by Measuring Kids’ Outcomes with PACES
Dr Jamie Lee, Deborah Lockwood and Dr Rebecca Feo explain how our Together 4 Kids (T4K) service uses the PACES tool to measure the impact we are having on our T4K clients, in a recent edition of Parity magazine. Continue Reading
FRSA Conference Update: Service providers get ‘carrot’ to adopt early intervention practices
Family and Relationships services have been challenged to engage families well before they ‘break down’ and leave someone to ‘pick up the pieces’. Continue Reading
Together 4 Kids wins NAPCAN award
On 11 September 2014, our Together 4 Kids team received a NAPCAN Play Your Part Award, recognising their great work with children in the homeless sector. Continue Reading
MEDIA STATEMENT: Stronger Relationships Trial
Relationships Australia provides relationship counselling and support to couples seeking to strengthen and enhance their most intimate relationship.
We value each and every one of our clients and maintain our clients’ right to privacy. Continue Reading
Happy Father’s Day! Top Tips for New Dads
Congratulations, you made a human being! Being a dad is one of the most amazing and rewarding things you can do in life, but it can also be pretty scary and daunting at times.
Having someone completely rely on you, trying to support your partner and trying to maintain a sense of normality amongst all the nappies, crying, vomiting and chaos can be a challenge.
But don’t worry! We asked some seasoned fathers to tell us their top tips for new dads and here’s what they had to say… Continue Reading
Do you or your partner experience chronic pain?
Chronic pain is recognised as pain that lasts for at least three months. Relationships Australia and the Australian Catholic University are working together to look at how chronic pain affects relationships and what can be done in terms of support. We’d love to hear from you! Continue Reading