Logan Communities For Children
Through local partnerships, community leadership and culturally responsive practice, we support Logan kids and families to thrive together, with trust at the heart.
Funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services, we’ve worked in Logan for over 20 years, backing First Nations leadership, child voice, and place-based action.
We’re proud to be the Facilitating Partner in Logan, working alongside the Logan Together Collective Impact movement to build a trusted, inclusive system where all children can thrive.,
Our priority areas
First Nations first
A generational strategy led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to co-design and action real projects that challenge but still develop systemic change while improving and deepening outcomes for children and families.
Community led
We believe power should be shared equally across our diverse community.
Together we have to change the discourse and build trust so that we achieve the shared aspirations for Logan's children and families. If we intend to disrupt the system and shift the power, we need to ensure children and families have both agency and a strong voice.
Our community are those who get up in the morning and go to bed at night in Logan; whose children live in Logan and have a deep and abiding love for those children.
Children at the heart
Evidence shows children who have material basics are the children who thrive. They need to feel loved and safe, be healthy, able to learn and actively participate in a community filled with aspiration and hope, where they are deeply valued and their voices are heard.
Strengthening and evaluating Community Gateways
Evidence supports a universal platform as the most effective way for families and children, irrespective of their circumstances and experience of vulnerability, to access services and more targeted support when needed.
Community Gateways provide families with opportunities to develop social networks to learn from each other, to take part in activities that benefit them and their children, and to link with the wider service system where this is needed in a timely way.
Community Gateways also enable organisations to provide prevention and early support for families alongside crisis support.
Our vision and principles
Our vision
Our vision for Logan is that all our people: children, families, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and those from other diverse cultures are at the forefront of all the decisions that impact their lives.
Our principles
Our overarching principles are:
- Prevention and early support
- Evidence-based practice
- Creating an inclusive, holistic service system
- Respectful cultural relationships and connection
- Child-centred and family focused
- Demonstrating and facilitating mentoring and modelling
- Inspiring leadership and innovation