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Ivanhoe East Primary School Principal Milena Maranville with proud students at the opening
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Posted 17-06-2010
The Children’s Protection Society was proud to host an art exhibition celebrating the importance of families in the lives of children as part of National Families Week. The exhibition ‘Our Families’ featured the artwork from 30 children from Ivanhoe East Primary School. Functional families provide the corner stone for happy, healthy and well adjusted children.
The exhibition was officially opened by Ms Jenny Mikakos, Member for Northern Metropolitan Region, and Planning Secretary for Planning who was so impressed with the exhibition she congratulated the artists and CPS in Parliament.
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MP Fiona Richardson took time out to relax in nature with students from Holy Spirit Primary School
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Posted 17-06-2010
‘Harmony’ brought together four Thornbury Primary Schools: Holy Spirit, Pender’s Grove, Thornbury and Wales Street for our term 1 art exhibition at the Children’s Protection Society in Heidelberg. Facilitating harmony in children’s lives is a vital aspect of CPS’s work with vulnerable children so it made for a great exhibition theme.
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Posted 19-07-2010
Stay tuned for an update on this event.
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Janet Williams-Smith, Manager Early Childhood Services & Cameron Davidson, Marketing Division Manager, Aquent in front of one of the four computers donated by Aquent
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Posted 31-03-2010
The benefits of high quality childhood education and care are well know, and the Children's Protection Society (CPS) recognizes that often those who would benefit most are those least likely to participate in early years services. With this in mind, CPS have embarked on an Australian first program designed to provide access to vulnerable families to ensure they are better supported to care for children, while at the same time transforming the life outcomes of children in the form of a special purpose, developmental focused early education and care centre in Heidelberg.
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Vince Leccese, Melbourne Regional Manager, EID, TOSHIBA Australia presenting a new laptop to CPS Sexual Abuse Counselling Staff – David Stracey and Jo McDill.
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Posted 13-01-2010
Being child centred, CPS is always challenged to be more innovative and flexible in working with children, families and communities. With more and more clients for CPS in new growth corridors, often with limited public transport, access to services is sometimes limited. Fortunately CPS has a partner in Toshiba. Toshiba and CPS have worked together to overcome the issues of access, innovation and flexibility, values jointly shared by both organisations for over 17 years.
With a new decade, comes new challenges of access, which is why CPS is pleased to announce the donation of 5 new laptops by Toshiba to CPS. These laptops will allow the CPS counselling teams to extend their reach into families and the community, and provide them with portability and access to electronic data and client files as our programs grow into the growth corridors of the North and West Metropolitan regions of Melbourne.
Click on the heading to read more.....
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Northern Auxiliary Committee members
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Posted 21-12-2009
Inside our Summer Edition: CEO's Message on resilience and strength within communities; Dads Galore Art Exhibition; Lunchtime Rumours Feast; Stop Press! Exciting News - Integrated Early Education and Care Project pilot; Volunteers Lunch - 25 years of CPS Op Shop.
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Posted 23-09-2009
Children’s Art Exhibition
Featuring the artwork of Montmorency children
Thursday 10th September 2009
What a fabulous turnout of more than a hundred people for our latest art opening, ‘Dads’ an exhibition celebrating the important role father’s play in the lives of children.
Young artists from three Montmorency Primary Schools: Montmorency, Montmorency South and St Francis Xavier’s proudly showed their work and stories to an admiring crowd of parents, siblings, grandparents and school communities.
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Posted 04-09-2009
It’s no rumour that this year’s Rumours Feast was a huge success! 442 guests filled the Regent Theatre Plaza Ballroom to support CPS.
All at CPS would like to thank everyone for their generosity, participation and support especially CPS patrons Elaine Marriner and Ross Stevenson. We are pleased to announce we have raised close to $120,000. Find out more….
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Posted 10-07-2009
Playtime for our supported playgroup is even more fun now thanks to the generous donation from the Community Enterprise Foundation in Partnership with the East Ivanhoe Community Bank.
The purchase of outdoor play equipment and the development of the outside garden area alongside the children’s space at Banyule Community Health Centre will enable children to play outside regardless of the weather.
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Dame Elisabeth Murdoch A.C.,D.B.E. supports CPS
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Posted 18-06-2009
Support CPS efforts in the fight against child abuse and neglect. Join Dame Elisabeth Murdoch with contributions large or small to CPS this June.
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Onefire Koorie Dance Group performing at the I'm An Aboriginal Dad program Re-launch.
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Posted 07-07-2009
Inside our Winter Edition: CEO's Message on infancy and attachment; Mentoring Mums project; International opinion on CPS early years program; ChildFIRST problem solvers; ChildFIRST - supporting new mums with early connections; I'm An Aboriginal Dad program re-launch; Diary note: Lunchtime Rumours Feast 7th August 2009 - tables selling fast - book your tickets now!
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Posted 15-05-2009
‘My Family’ Children’s Art Exhibition
Wednesday 13th May 2009
Our latest Art Exhibition Opening was indeed a family affair. More than 60 children from 3 local Primary Schools : Banyule, Heidelberg and St Martin of Tours came together with their families and members of their school communities to celebrate the importance of families during National Families Week .
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Drawing by Taleb G.6 Ruthven P.S.
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Posted 26-03-2009
CPS staff have been involved in the relief efforts for the recent Victorian bushfires. Read more of their stories of resilience and renewal and access tips for parents supporting children in times of crises.
Assistance for those affected by the bushfires is available via the Bushfire Case Management Response Service: 1800 050 400
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Drawing by Assad Gr 5 Ruthven Primary School
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Posted 26-03-2009
Inside our Autumn Edition: CEO's Message On Resilience; The Importance of Play in Times of Trauma; Reducing Harm Strategy; The Office of the President; Diary Note: Lunchtime Rumours Feast - Friday 7th August 2009.
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Posted 27-03-2009
Harmony is the theme of our current art exhibition in the Elaine Marriner Children’s Gallery at CPS. It features art work from three Reservoir Primary Schools - Reservoir East, Ruthven and St Gabriel’s in order that we at CPS can celebrate the diverse communities in which we live and work. The exhibition to celebrate National Harmony Day on the 21st of March was officially opened by Mr Robin Scott M.P for Preston who presented each artist with a certificate and small gift in appreciation of their work.
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Posted 27-02-2009
As temperatures soar, volunteers in the Rosanna CPS Opportunity Shop are keeping their cool thanks to a new dual system cooling system purchased with monies received from a $5000 grant from the Commonwealth of Australia, Department of families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Volunteer Grants Program.
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Posted 16-01-2009
Mrs Clemens joined the CPS committee of management in 1961. This was already a family affair as her mother, Mrs. Emily Turnbull, had also served on the committee and as President in the 1940s. Mrs Clemens served on the committee for 18 years, 16 of them as President. The Presidency became a fulltime, unpaid job and for much of the time Mrs Clemens was the President, the de facto CEO and main fundraiser for the Society and she enlisted many family and friends to help.
It was not an easy role in a time when Australian society refused to acknowledge child abuse and neglect but through years of tireless work and dedication, Mrs. Clemens became extremely influential progressing policy change in child welfare in the State of Victoria.
In her reflections, Mrs Clemens made it clear that:
“We must all continue to try to make Victoria a good place for children to live in”.
The Children’s Protection Society is pledged to continue her work. Mrs. Clemens place in the history of the Children’s Protection Society is renowned and celebrated.
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Posted 14-01-2009
CPS has renamed the Doula Project to the Volunteer Support for New Mums project to illustrate through the name what and who the project is trying to provide support for. Recruitment of Volunteers has begun.
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Posted 12-12-2008
CEO Bernadette Burchell acknowledged the dedication and hard but rewarding work CPS staff do to make a difference in the lives of children. “This year’s achievements could not have been made without the vision, leadership, ambassadorship, good work and good will of staff at all levels,” stated Ms Burchell.
Special congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Staff and Team Awards presented at our Annual General Meeting.
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Posted 27-11-2008
CPS was one of the popular stalls at Banyule Council’s Children’s Week Celebrations in the Mall West Heidelberg.
Painting, chalk drawing and playing with clay attracted young and old to our stall giving parents the opportunity to engage fully with their children through creative activities designed to engage the senses and express their creativity.
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Posted 31-10-2008
Protect children of course, which is the most important aspect of our work at CPS.
Soon visitors to CPS in Heidelberg will be greeted by a host of colourful Angels drawn and painted by more than 70 children from St Pius X Primary school in West Heidelberg."Our Angels" was unveiled at a special assembly St Pius X Primary School as part of CPS's celebrations for Children's Week.
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Posted 10-10-2008
Rumour has it that this year’s Luncheon was a huge success!
490 CPS supporters filled the glamorous Plaza Ballroom to capacity.
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Posted 04-09-2008
‘Any fool … can make a baby, but only a real man can raise his children’, says Furious in the 1991 film Boyz in the Hood. Children’s Protection Society CEO Bernadette Burchell echoes this sentiment: ‘Fathers are fathers for life, and being a good father or a bad father or an absent father will affect your child’s future. It is a job worth taking seriously and as early as possible.’
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Posted 09-10-2008
Their Future, Our Future
Today sees the launch of a significant tool in Child Protection: Their Future, Our Future campaign.
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Posted 08-08-2008
CPS President, Dr Alice Hill calls on the community to become ‘CPS Angels’, to join those who “have had the courage to engage in one of the most difficult problems of our community – the abuse and neglect of children – and the foresight to realise that they could make a difference.”
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Posted 06-08-2008
CPS staff from the Sexual Abuse Counselling Prevention Program and Men and Fathers Support Program assisted the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress in facilitating a Children are our Future workshop in July,, 2008 with more than 400 Aboriginal men in The Northern Territory.
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Posted 06-08-2008
CPS staff worked with Arabic children and their families to pilot a literacy model at the Thomastown Library. The program ran over 10 weeks and focused on celebrating Arabic culture through art and literature.
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Posted 06-08-2008
Federal Minister for Families, Housing, Community and Indigenous Affairs and local MP member for Jagajaga, Jenny Macklin launched the National Child Protection Framework Discussion Paper at CPS in May, 2008. In her introduction the Minister paid tribute to the work of CPS as a community organisation in preventing child abuse and neglect and emphasised the importance of government and community partnership to attack this growing social problem.
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