Current Community Projects
Community Project for Children and Mothers living in the City of Canada Bay, NSW, Australia 2025/ 2026
Will be commencing from October 2025 to June 2026.
Past Projects
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP WITH DIABETES NSW AND ACT: Commenced in Term four 2020, Term 2, 2021, Term 4, 2021 online, Term 4 2022 online 2023.
COMMUNITY RELIEF and COMMUNITY SUPPORT WITH FOODBANK NSW PARTNERSHIP to recommence Term 4 2022 in Inner West, St George, and Sutherland. On Wangal, Bidjigal and Dharawal Countries.
This project was supported by Georges River Council
Ongoing Outreach support services
Where: Online ongoing from 2023
Who: Refugee, migrant families with children aged less than 6 years and stakeholders
Support for: NDIS, Health, Early Childhood, Primary School Transition guidance and support services
Community Webinars - Healthy and Happy Start to School
Where: Online
By request with: School principals | Early Childhood Directors | Diabetes NSW | Accredited Allied Health Specialists
Additional Support: translators when required
Past Projects
Healthy families COVID-19 FORUM -March 2020 to april 2021
NSW HEALTH South Eastern Sydney Local Health District Health Promotion Service, Chinese Australian Services, Georges River Council with community stakeholders including EYIA met regularly to discuss community needs in relation to COVID 19 and provide updates to each community of support directly from NSW Department of Health.
HEALTHY FAMILY LIFESTYLE EXPO
Where: Georges River Regions, NSW 2021
Below image: steering committee photo
Community Integration Project for children and mothers
Where: Hurstville Grove Infants School
Who: New arrival families and host country families
Support: Integration, partnerships and support services. Translators provided
Government Liaisons
2017 / 2018 - Australian Minister for Immigration in pivotal change to visas for the well being of children and their migrant or refugee families
2023 / 2024 - The Australian Government Inquiry into Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia
Local Government Supporters: Georges River Council: City of Canada Bay
Government Department Project supporters: NSW Health, Services Australia
Steering committee of Healthy Family Lifestyle Expo in partnership with NSW Health, Georges River Council, Diabetes NSW and ACT. and Sydney based charities
Australian University Research Partnership: Macquarie University 2024-
INTERNATIONAL CHARITY Research PARTNERSHIP- EECERA SIG: Children From Refugee or Migrant Backgrounds
The Inclusive Education for Refugee and Migrant Children: A Toolkit for Early Childhood and Care Settings was created to support early childhood practitioners worldwide to implement a research based and trauma informed pedagogical toolkit supporting the inclusion of young children from refugee and migrant families. Early Years Intercultural Association EYIA™ project lead and Board Director Jennifer is a co author of the toolkit and one member of the research team.
Research Project: February 2021 to November 2022 and continuing.
This toolkit is protected by international IP and copyright laws.