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Goodstart celebrates exceptional practice at 2024 National Goodies Awards
After a record-breaking year of more than 750 nominations and 80 Goodies State Award Winners, the sp...
Goodstart’s inclusion goal is to enhance outcomes for children in vulnerable circumstances. Our strategy is underpinned by a universal platform with targeted support structures in vulnerable communities. Beyond our day-to-day work within centres, we actively support our sector by collaborating, advocating and taking affirmative action to address vulnerability.
In selected centres, we implement and/or coordinate targeted programs and support services, as well as participate in new service models, to support families, address vulnerability and deliver enhanced learning, development and wellbeing outcomes for children.
Our educators are at the heart of our social inclusion work, passionately ensuring all children and families have meaningful access to early learning services in our centres.
As an organisation, we continually invest in our people to build their capability to support our families and children. With relevant expertise and experience, our people play a vital role in delivering enhanced outcomes for vulnerable children and families.
We collaborate with the early learning sector to advocate for children and families and take affirmative action by implementing new initiatives beyond our existing centres in partnership with others.
All our social inclusion programs and initiatives are driven by local community needs. With this community-minded approach, we ensure all children and families feel welcome, can meaningfully participate in our early learning programs, and more children and families experiencing vulnerability enrol and stay in our care.
For Goodstart, children who are vulnerable are those children at risk of not achieving the learning, development and wellbeing outcomes they need for school and life by the time they commence school.
Cohorts of children that Goodstart considers vulnerable align with the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) framework and include children:
Goodstart enhances children’s learning, development and wellbeing and strengthens support for their families through universal and targeted programs across six key domains:
Learn more about our programs and initiatives.
Goodstart stories
Goodstart stories
After a record-breaking year of more than 750 nominations and 80 Goodies State Award Winners, the sp...
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