Today Tweddle CEO Ms Jacquie O Brien joined Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas, Treasurer of Victoria and Member for Werribee, Tim Pallas at the location of Wyndham’s new Early Parenting Centre on the Princes Highway in Werribee. The Minister for Health highlighted the great need for support in a child’s first 1000 days of life […]
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This national Mental Health Awareness month, and World Mental Health Day (Oct 10th), Tweddle would like to remind parents that asking for help is a strength, not a weakness. The foundations for good mental health start in infancy and travel along a continuum throughout life. Many different factors shape mental health such us our environment, […]
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Tweddle Child and Family Health Service (Tweddle) and the City of Wyndham are delighted to announce a new Early Parenting Day Stay program opening in North Tarneit for Wyndham families from the 11th of October 2022. Delivered by Tweddle, the Tarneit Day Stay Program will operate weekly for families with babies up to 12 months […]
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Tweddle’s Professional Development educators have had the privilege to deliver specialist training to the team heading up the western region Women’s Prevention and Recovery Care centre (WPARC). Melbourne’s western suburbs are at the forefront of family service innovation. The opening of Victoria’s WPARC located near Sunshine Hospital is the first in the state to provide […]
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Especially for Father’s Day, Tweddle has compiled a list of ‘Dad jokes’ for all of the fathers who might be looking to refresh their repertoire. Dad jokes are a fundamental form of humor that teach us a great lesson courtesy of goofy dads everywhere — that humor has the power to make people happy, even […]
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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 safe and supported. Keeping children safe is up to us all. As […]
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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 launching in Melbourne’s West. Early Help The Early Help Family Services program (Early Help) will provide […]
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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 Islander children, as well as learn about the crucial impact that culture, family, and […]
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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 practicing yoga with little ones. Yoga teaches adults and children to focus […]
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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 multi-million-dollar upgrade of the Footscray site will see century old Tweddle build capacity for more […]
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