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
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.
Useful resources for the hub
Taking photos at an event or during one of your classes? Ask your hub participants to fill out this 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
Research snapshot: engaging families
How early years services and schools connected with families.
Outside the school gates
A model that was used to tackle disadvantage and promote participation in preschool.
Parent and family engagement
Report from the Inner Northern Parent and Family Engagement Initiative.
Acting early, changing lives
The importance of a comprehensive approach to early intervention.
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.