Established in 1969, the Caroline Chisholm Society is an accredited and registered community service, providing a broad range of supports with a focus in the specialised area of working with women and their families to promote and enhance early childhood and parenting outcomes.

The period from earliest pregnancy to preschool is critical in human life and this is the focus of our work. There is a growing body of research which shows that experiences during a child’s first 1000 days can have lifelong consequences for health and wellbeing. With this in mind, the organisation is clearly focused on supporting women with their pregnancy and early parenting to create safe and nurturing environments for infants and young children.

We work with the whole family to support secure attachment, optimise child outcomes through parenting interventions, prevent and alleviate the impacts of poverty, homelessness, family violence and mental health issues that have an impact on parent and child wellbeing. Our goal is to prevent the involvement of child protection services through early intervention.