Hubs as a Local Platform to Deliver Thriving Kids
- Published
- Thursday, October 9, 2025 - 12:00 PM
We've published a suite of resources, including a webinar, policy brief and submission, exploring how we can leverage Hubs as a local platform to deliver Thriving Kids.
Webinar: Connected Care for Thriving Kids
This webinar recording discusses the vital role of Child and Family Hubs in connecting families with local, high-quality, and integrated services and supports. It also explores why Hubs are ideally placed to support the delivery of the Thriving Kids initiative.
Date: Tuesday 28 October 2025
Panel members
- Prof Sharon Goldfeld AM: Director, Centre for Community Child Health
- Dr Suzy Honisett: Manager, National Child and Family Hubs Network
- Olivia Wright: Director, School Gateway Project, NSW Council for Social Services
- Prof Christine Imms: Apex Australia Foundation Chair of Neurodevelopment and Disability at the University of Melbourne
- Codey: mother of two and parent engaged with Mirrung.
View the recording
Policy Brief: Harnessing Hubs to Realise the Vision of Thriving Kids
Unlocking the full potential of physical and virtual Hubs can help achieve the vision for Thriving Kids.
This brief outlines six key recommendations to leverage and strengthen the role of Hubs as local delivery platforms and invest in the key enablers that support integrated, inclusive, and responsive service systems:
1. Leverage existing Hubs, including ACCO integrated early years services, to deliver local
solutions, co-designed with children, families and communities
2. Provide sustainable investment in the glue to enable integrated, multidisciplinary support
3. Empower families with evidence-based information and community connections
4. Strengthen universal services to meet children’s developmental needs in everyday settings,
and offer seamless pathways to additional support where needed
5. Use data to drive quality, equity, and impact, inclusive of Indigenous data
sovereignty principles
6. Align investment to build a connected early childhood development service system
Read the Network's Inquiry into the Thriving Kids Submission here.
Proudly in partnership with
The National Child and Family Hubs Network is a national, collaborative group working together to strengthen Child and Family Hubs Australia-wide through research, policy, advocacy, and learning. The Network is generously supported by The Ian Potter Foundation, Minderoo Foundation, and Paul Ramsay Foundation.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging.