Developing positive outcomes for isolated children and families.
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Contact’s unique expertise was built over more than four decades of working alongside isolated children, families and communities.
During this time, Contact developed innovative approaches and practical, effective programs that responded to local needs and strengthened outcomes for those living in isolation.
Our work was grounded in a deep understanding of the challenges faced by isolated communities and in a commitment to working alongside local people to develop solutions that made a lasting difference.
About Us
Contact served the community by working across the child, family and children’s sectors, providing services in ways that best met local child and family needs.
Working in urban, rural and remote communities throughout Australia, Contact utilised its extensive networks, experience and established strategies to design and deliver:
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Innovative professional development and resourcing programs that strengthened the skills of communities and their services;
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Support and referrals; and
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Creative solutions that responded to locally identified needs.
Community.
Empowering Isolated communities
Established in 1979, to celebrate the International Year of the Child, Contact was an Australia's dedicated charity addressing the impacts of isolation on children, families, and communities.
Operating nationally while working locally, Contact focused i on building resilient and sustainable rural and remote communities, and positive outcomes for isolated children and families.