Early Years Newsletter – Term 1 2026

The Early Years Newsletter is created by one of our local Health Promotion Officers and Smiles4Miles Coordinator in Swan Hill. The Early Years Newsletter is distributed to local early childhood services and is open to anyone interested in knowing more about early years programs and messages. To start off the year, this newsletter will dive … Read more

The State of Australia’s Children 2025 Report

This report shows that many children and young people are getting the support they need. It highlights positive progress and foundations on which to build. Early childhood education enrolment is increasing, youth civic participation is rising and key health indictors such as low birthweight rates and immunisation coverage remain relatively strong. Early experiences shape children’s … Read more

You Are What You (Can Afford To) Eat

The purpose of this Young and Wise roundtable is to gain an understanding of the perspectives of young people about Nutrition, to support the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing in developing policies and communications that will be more meaningful and reflective of their audience. Key discussion themes, identified in consultation between ARACY and The … Read more

A guide for creating a Child Safe Organisation

This edition of A guide for creating a Child Safe Organisation has been updated to reflect new standards that further strengthen and reinforce the protection of children’s safety when engaging with organisations. While we know that the overwhelming majority of individuals working with children have their best interests at heart, we continue to see children … Read more

MFC CfC Community Needs Analysis – May 2025

Mallee Family Care, the Facilitating Partner of the Communities for Children initiative across the Swan Hill LGA , in partnership with the Mallee Family Care Research team, conducted a community needs assessment over many months, with the needs analysis report finalised in May, 2025.