Addressing the impacts of isolation for children, families, and communities.
Contact was an organisation that thought nationally and worked locally to support children and families across Australia in isolated, rural, regional and remote communities.
We did this by working across communities to find solutions to local service gaps and to improve access to support and information.
Due to our networks and capability, we were uniquely placed to reach hard-to-reach communities. We had the agility to authentically co-design, evolve and test practical programs for children and families, with a focus on achieving meaningful impact.
The legacy of Contact’s work continues through the people, programs, partnerships and communities that were strengthened over 46 years.
Thinking nationally, working locally with isolated and rural and remote communities.
Download our recent reports
Contact’s history and Lasting Legacy will be available in the future as a book through the National Library.
Our strategic focus areas:
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Supporting children, families and communities.
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Building the capacity of the local service sector.
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Rather than designing services, Contact went into communities, asked families, community members and the services about what they needed and began building responses around those needs.
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Contact did not simply provide services. It changed the way organisations thought about reaching isolated families.
Connect isolated children
Connected isolated children and their families with others in their region, and promoted a range of support services.
Services and programs
Facilitated opportunities to build families’ knowledge of available services and programs.
Support
Supported, as appropriate, children and families’ recovery from the adverse impacts of natural disasters.