Building resilience in Tasmanian families
OUR SERVICES
Trainning
We can offer information & education on aspects of family life and child development.
Connect
We can help you connect with available support services provided within the community
Support
We can provide in-home mentoring, with activities focused on skills development
"We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill
Become a Volunteer and reconnect with your community
APPLICATIONS OPEN
The B4 Early Years Coalition (B4) is an initiative of the Tasmanian Government
and was launched in August 2016 with the name B4 representing the early years of a child’s life from pregnancy to age four. As a collective impact initiative, B4 connects, supports, engages with, and encourages, individuals and organisations to work together to ensure all children in Tasmania in the early years, reach their potential. From the very moment a life begins, a child’s experiences and environments will shape their lifelong learning, health and development.
OUR SERVICES
A FLEXIBLE VISITING SERVICE PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR PARENTS
Free service available to anyone
Early Support for Parents (ESP) is a free service available to anyone with the care and responsibility of children under the age of 18 years. There is no need for a referral to us. Give us a call or send an email and we can make arrangements for a home visit.
After our first chat we will link you with a trained volunteer visitor who will then be in contact on a regular basis. We try to be flexible – our volunteers are not restricted to ‘normal’ hours and will try and work with you to meet your needs.
What we can do
No parent should feel lonely or overwhelmed.
Early Support for Parents is here to help you, to build stronger more resilient families.
Call today, we would love to hear from you.
Our Board Members
INTERIM PRESIDENT
Vanessa Lee-Dollar
VICE PRESIDENT OF ESP
Janet Stephens
SECRETARY
Brenda Kimber
TREASURE
Sarah Leckie
MEMBER
Nanette Shurman
MEMBER
Sally McGuishin
MEMBER
Alison Nicholson
MEMBER
Verity Dawkins
MEMBER
Brooke Schiebel
Our team
Marian has three children of her own who are 7, 6 and 5 years of age. Marian has an extensive work history in the social services sec-tor; both as a frontline worker and a leader of teams. She brings with her a passion and extensive work and vol-unteer history in child and youth devel-opment, community capacity build-ing, leadership of teams and a strong ethic on inclusive practice within our organisation, the families we support and the wider community in general
Marian Ellul
Program Manager
Camila has more then 5years of experience in business administration, and two years as a founder of Geoflorece, academy platform with holistic orientation. She is passionate about the well-being of people and everything that involves a better relationship with the environment. A couple of years ago; She has decided to direct all hers experience in the business world to participate in organizations and projects with more conscious. She has a strong background in marketing and social media which she shares today with our organization.
Camila Bosaans
Admin coordinator
Early support for parents is a registered charity in Australia ABN 66 326 338 807
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