Over the past year Dr Gill Westhorpe from Community Matters has been undertaking an evaluation of Family by Family, focussing on not just if Family by Family creates change for families but how it creates change.Download the report and read it for yourself! The report’s key findings include: Family by Family recruits families in genuine need of support - 62.5% were categorised as ‘stuck’ or…

My family and I have been a sharing family for just under a year. After my son and I attended camp we went straight into coaching which was great but also a little daunting as I didn’t really know what to expect but I found the others in my group super friendly and happy to answer any questions I had.…

My family and I had been linked up with a lovely family that had recently arrived in Australia from Sri Lanka. This particular family wanted to know what Aussie families do together and what that looks like. For our first meeting we decided to spend an afternoon at the park with lots of fun things to do together. We met…

As you may already know the Family by Family team have been seeing a bit more of the kids from our sharing families lately! We've been tagging along to link ups, as well as catching up with kids in their homes to find out more about them and their role in Family by Family. We wanted to explore the following…