Strong communities. Strong culture. Stronger children.
Organisations
Family Matters Strategic Alliance sponsors
The Family Matters National Leadership Group acknowledges the invaluable support of the following organisations, who have answered our call for financial support of agencies and individuals committed to making a difference.
The primary benefit to sponsor organisations is being part of the movement for change, to ensure that every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child is brought up strong in their family and their culture. Find out about sponsorship opportunities
PLATINUM level
GOLD level
SILVER level
BRONZE level
All Family Matters Strategic Alliance member organisations
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation
Aboriginal Family Law Service (WA)
Aboriginal Family Support Services (SA)
ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body (ATSIEB)
ACT Council of Social Service
Act for Kids
Act for Kids Adelaide
Amnesty International
Anglicare
AnglicareNT
Anglicare SA
Anglicare Southern Queensland
Anglicare Tasmania
Anglicare Victoria
Anglicare WA
ANTAR
ANTAR Queensland
Armidale Family Support Service
Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies
Australian Association of Social Workers
ACOSS
ARACY
Australian Eco Print
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
Australian Red Cross
Barnados Australia
Bahloo Women’s Youth Shelter
Balaclava After School & Vacation Care
Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-Op
Benevolent Society
Be My Koorda
Centre for the Excellence in Child and Family Welfare
Berry Street
Boab Health Services
CAFS
Cape York Partnerships
Centrecare
CREATE Foundation
Central QLD Indigenous Development
Child & Family Welfare Association of Australia
Child & Family Welfare Association of Australia
Children’s Garden Kindercare
Children’s Ground
Churches of Christ in Queensland
Coffs Harbour Aboriginal Family Community Care Centre
Collegiate ELC and OSHC
Community Connections Solutions Australia
Community Early Learning Australia
Community Legal Centres Queensland
Community Services Industry Alliance Ltd
Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM)
Connecting Foster Carers – SA Inc
Coolabaroo Neighbourhood Centre
Council for the Care of Children
Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child & Family Centre
Cunnamulla Aboriginal Corporation for Health
Curtin University School of Social Work
Cyrenian House
Dandenong and District Aborigines Co-Operative Ltd
Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women
Families ACT
Families Australia
Families Inclusion Network South East Queensland
Family Life Limited
Family Outreach and Relationship Services
National Violence Prevention Legal Services
Federation of Community Legal Centres Victoria
Foundation Housing
Foundations Care
Garl Garl Walbu Alcohol Association Aboriginal Corporation
Gawler & District College Children’s Centre
Gawooleng Yawooleng Aboriginal Corporation (GYAC)
Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative Pty Ltd
Goodstart Early Learning
Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-Op
Grace Lutheran Creche and Kindergarten
Grandparents for Grandchildren South Australia
Griffith University – School of Human Services and Social Work
Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation
Gungarde Aboriginal Corporation
Helping Hands Network Staines
HenderCare Foundation
Human Rights Law Centre
Independent Education Union
Indigenous Allied Health Australia
Infinity Community Solutions Ltd
Institute of Urban Indigenous Health
Interact Support Incorporated
Interrelate
Investing in our Youth
Jaanimili UnitingCare
Jalygurr-Guwan Aboriginal Corp
Journey of Healing SA Inc
KARI – Aboriginal Community Support and Preservation Services
Key Assets
Kimberley Interpreting Service
Kummara Association Inc
Kununurra Waringarri Aboriginal Corp
Kurbingui Youth & Family Development
Life Without Barriers
Lulla’s Child and Family Centre
Lutheran Community Care (SA)
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation
MacKillop Family Services
Marra Dreaming
Meditation Institute Pty Ltd
Merriwa Pre-school & Activity Centre
Mercy Community
Micah Projects
Mungabareena Aboriginal Corporation
Mura Kosker Sorority Inc.
NAPCAN
National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
National Indian Child Welfare Association (Canada)
Ngunya Jarjum Aboriginal Corporation
Northern Territory Council of Social Service
NPY Women’s Council
NSW Council of Social Service
Office of the Public Guardian QLD
OzChild
Palm Island Community Company
Parenting Research Centre
PeakCare QLD
Premier Youth Works
Public Interest Advocacy Centre
QEC
Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak
Queensland Alliance for Mental Health Ltd
QCOSS
Queenslanders with Disability Network
Reconciliation Australia
Reconciliation SA
Relationships Australia
Relationships Australia Queensland
Role Models and Leaders Australia
Ruth Johnson Lawyers & Associates
Smart Health Australia
South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS)
South Burnett CTC
Safe4Kids
Save The Children
School of Education, Murdoch University
SNAICC – National Voice for our Children
Society of St Vincent De Paul
South Melbourne Mission Kindergarten
Strong Women’s Group (Kununurra)
Taikurrendi Children & Family Centre
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
Telethon Kids Institute
The Bringing The Home Committee (WA) Inc
The West Australian Stolen Generation Aboriginal Corporation
Time for Kids
Triple P International
Uniting Children’s Advocate NSW ACT
Uniting Communities Inc. SA
UnitingCare Australia
UnitingCare Wesley Country SA
University of Calgary
Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance
WACOSS
Wanslea
Warringu Women’s Shelter
Wathaurong Aboriginal Corporation
Winangay Resources Inc.
Wendy Brooks & Partners
Wesley Mission Victoria
Working Visions
World Vision
Wunan
YFS
Yorganop
Yorgum Aboriginal Corporation
yourtown
Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia
YWCA
Name and position at time of signing:
Deborah O’Neill – Senator for NSW, Australian Labor
Janet Rice – Senator for Victoria, Australian Greens
Rebekha Sharkie – Member for Mayo, Nick Xenophon Team
Jenny Macklin – Member for Jaga Jaga, Australian Labor
Cathy O’Toole – Member for Herbet, Australian Labor
Mark Coulton – Member for Parkes, National
Party Carol Brown – Senator for Tasmania, Australian Labor
Rachel Siewert – Senator for Western Australia, Australian Greens
Sarah Hanson-Young –- Senator for South Australia, Australian Greens
Glenn Sterle – Senator for Western Australia, Australian Labor
Claire Moore – Senator for Queensland, Australian Labor
The Hon Ken Wyatt – Member for Hasluck and Minister for Indigenous Australians, Liberal Party of Australia
The Hon Linda Burney – Member for Barton, Australian Labor
Alex Gallacher – Senator for South Australia, Australian Labor
Stephen Jones – Member for Whitlam, Australian Labor
Dr Anne Aly – Member for Cowan, Australian Labor
Nick Champion – Member for Wakefield, Australian Labor
Malarndirri McCarthy – Senator for Northern Territory, Australian Labor
Rob Mitchell – Member for McEwan, Australian Labor
Tanya Plibersek – Member for Sydney, Australian Labor
Patrick Dodson – Senator for Western Australia, Australian Labor
Dr Mike Freelander – Member for Macarthur, Australian Labor
Mark Dreyfus QC – Member for Isaacs, Shadow Attorney General, Australian Labor
Christopher Ketter – Senator for Queensland, Australian Labor
Louise Pratt – Senator for Western Australia, Australian Labor
Sue Lines – Senator for Western Australia, Australian Labor
Name and position at time of signing:
Will Hodgmann – Premier of Tasmania
Jenny Mikakos – Victorian Minister for Families and Children
Susan Close – South Australian Minister for Education and Child Development
Brad Hazzard – NSW Minister for Family & Comunity Services
Shannon Fentiman – Queensland Minister for Communities, Women and Youth, Minister for Child Safety and Minister for Multicultural Affairs
Dale Wakefield – Northern Territory Minister for Families
Tammy Franks – South Australian MLC
Steven Marshall – South Australian State Liberal Leader
Rachel Stephen-Smith – ACT Minister for Community Services and Social Inclusion
Rachel Sanderson – Member for Adelaide, Liberal Party
Vickie Chapman – Member for Bragg, Liberal Party
Jayne Stinson – Member for Badcoe, Australian Labor
Di Farmer – Member for Bulimba and Minister for Child Safety, Youth and Women and Minister for Domestic and Family Violence, Australian Labor
Name and position at time of signing:
Amanda Shaw – South Australian Guardian of Children & Young People
Penny Wright – South Australian Guardian for Children & Young People
Helen Connolly – South Australian Commissioner for Children & Young People
Andrew Johnson – NSW Advocate for Children & Young People
Jodie Griffiths-Cook – ACT Children & Young People Commissioner and Public Advocate
Cheryl Vardon – Queensland Principal Commissioner for Family & Child
Tammy Williams – Queensland Commissioner for Family & Child
Mark Morrissey – Tasmanian Commissioner for Children
Justin Mohamed – Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children
Liana Buchanan – Principal Commissioner, Victorian Commission for Children and Young People
Colin Pettit – Western Australian Commissioner for Children & Young People