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Indigenous Programs

The Family Action Centre has a growing commitment to supporting indigenous communities and service organisations to deliver strength based approaches when working with families.

The Family Action Centre as a mainstream organisation, employs an indigenous worker, and builds partnerships with indigenous organisations in order to promote strength based approaches, disseminate the outcomes and develop culturally appropriate resources.

Our current programs are:

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) "Parenting and Men: Posters for Aboriginal and Islander communities"
Brothers Inside

Through these strategies the Family Action Centre assists organisations, communities, families and individuals to strengthen their capacity to achieve sustainable outcome for indigenous children.

So Now You're A Dad DVD

New release!

Craig Hammond recently completed the DVD project So Now You're A Dad. In the DVD, aimed at first-time Indigenous fathers, men from all walks of life candidly discuss their mixed feelings, from fear for their partner's health to their sense of joy at becoming a father. These dads all embrace fatherhood and demonstrate the strengths and skills that helped them through this emotionally draining but exhilerating moment in their lives.

This collaborative project was coordinated by Craig and funded by UnitingCare Burnside, a member of the UnitingCare Children, Young People and Families Services of UnitingCare NSW/ACT.