News and Events
Welcome to Tweddle’s News and Events Page! Stay updated with the latest happenings, insightful articles, and exciting events that aim to foster a strong sense of community, provide valuable parenting resources, and celebrate the journey of early parenting. We’re dedicated to sharing knowledge, creating connections, and ensuring every family is empowered with the information and support they need during this crucial phase of their lives.
Children Thrive When They Feel Safe – Child Protection Week
Next week is National Child Protection Week (4-10 September) with the overarching message that ‘Every child, in every community, needs a fair go’. This year Child Protection Week looks at how we can all contribute as individuals and communities to children growing up...
New ‘Early Help’ and ‘Bringing Up Great Kids’ Programs helping Families in Melbourne’s West
New ‘Early Help’ and ‘Bringing Up Great Kids’ Programs helping Families in Melbourne’s West Two new programs delivered by Anglicare Victoria in partnership with Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) and Tweddle Child and Family Health Service (Tweddle) are...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day 2022
Aboriginal Children’s Day is a time when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities and all Australians, celebrate the strengths and culture of Aboriginal children. It is an opportunity for us to show our support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
Yoga At Tweddle for Residential Families
Tweddle is excited to introduce a weekly yoga program for parents, care-givers and their babies and toddlers. As part of the Tweddle Residential program, families are invited to join us in a playful, strengthening and nurturing yoga session. There are many benefits to...
Minister for Health Praises Tweddle EPC Redevelopment
We were grateful to have the Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas join Tweddle Child and Family Health Service Board members, CEO, staff, and the Bowden Corporation team today to view the construction progressing on Tweddle’s Early Parenting Centre (EPC). The...
Milestone Sleep and Settling Training Delivered
Tweddle is thrilled to have passed a significant milestone in the delivery of Victoria’s Maternal and Child Health Nurse (MCHN) Workforce Sleep and Settling model of Training (the model). This important achievement included a swift transition to online training in...
Tweddle Redevelopment to Increase Capacity For Babies, Toddlers and Their Families
Tweddle Child and Family Health Service is thrilled to announce that construction has started on the expansion of their historic Adelaide Street Residential and Administration buildings, after 102 years of caring for Victorian families. New designs have been unveiled...
Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! for NAIDOC Week 2022
This year Tweddle will be observing and celebrating NAIDOC Week (3rd-10th July 2022). The NAIDOC 2022 theme is Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a proud history of getting up, standing up, and showing up. From the frontier...
Early Trauma: Key to Infant Wellbeing
Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (IMHAW) in Australia launched today with the Tweddle Foundation’s ‘Understanding Early Trauma’ Seminar at the Substation in Newport. IMHAW has become a movement for change since it was started in 2016 by the Parent Infant Foundation...
