Tools and resources

This is a selection of resources that may be useful to support coordinators and agencies. For the full collection of tools and resources, visit our Hubs Resources page.

School contacts change form

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Complete this form when a school has any change of contact details, so we can keep hubs up to date with important messages and news from Community Hubs Australia.

School contacts change form

Useful resources for the hub

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Taking photos at an event or during one of your classes? Ask your hub participants to fill out this photo release form. 

Photo release form

Department guides to parent and community engagement

The best education happens when parents and schools work together. Working together as partners is fundamental to maintaining positive student behaviour in schools.

Click below to access state based Department of Education resources on building and improving parent and community engagement within schools. 

 

Websites for program inspiration

Bank of ideas

A useful Australian-based website for community development resources and ideas.

Institute of family studies

The Australian Government Institute of Family Studies strategies for community engagement.

Tools to boost engagement

The partnerships analysis tool

This tool from VicHealth can be used to help sustain your hub’s community partnerships and evaluate how they are going.

The governance toolkit

This governance toolkit looks at what governance means when services work together in new ways and explores different models of governance.

Valuable reports on community initiative success​

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Research snapshot: engaging families
How early years services and schools connected with families.

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Outside the school gates
A model that was used to tackle disadvantage and promote participation in preschool.

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Parent and family engagement
Report from the Inner Northern Parent and Family Engagement Initiative.

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Acting early, changing lives
The importance of a comprehensive approach to early intervention.

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Guide to evaluating and sustaining community partnerships

This guide from the Victorian Council of Social Service can help you to sustain your hub’s community partnerships and evaluate how they are going.