Counterpoints Family and Children Services

We offers the following family and children services.

Poets Corner pre-school is a Community based preschool for 3-5-year-old children based in Redfern with a 30 year history. Providing quality Educational programming that is affordable within a safe & nurturing environment for children and their families.

Our beautiful large and natural space / environment lends itself to experiences that are engaging and enjoyable whilst encouraging and supporting the valuable foundation skills of communication, language, early literacy, numeracy, social and emotional development needed for the future.

Poets Corner Preschool was awarded Meeting in all national quality standards and exceeding in quality area 6 collaborative partnerships with families and communities all fundamental in achieving quality outcomes for our children.

Our play based learning activities include

Fees: $8 – $30 (Dependent on individual circumstances)

Counterpoints Poets Corner Preschool
Rear of 55 Morehead St Redfern NSW 2016
Phone: 02 9699 3175 Email: poetspreschool@counterpointcs.org.au

Targeted Family Support

Counterpoint’s Community Support Service works with young people, families and individuals. We have a dedicated team to assist residents with support, advice and advocacy services. Staff offer support on a range of topics including Housing and tenancy support, Homelessness, Benefit checks, Financial management, Family issues, Community Safety, Health and well-being, Parenting, Education, work and community participation

Our Community and Family Support worker may be able to help in a single session, or by taking more time getting to know the individual and/or family’s situation then connecting them to the right services that can help.

Anyone including individuals, parents, grandparents, other family members and young people can contact our targeted family support for advice and information, to discuss about their concerns about their own welfare, their family’s welfare and what supports are available.

Counterpoints Factory Community Centre
67 Raglan Street, Waterloo, NSW 2017
Phone: 02 9698 9569 Email: communitysupport@counterpointcs.org.au

Supported Playgroups

Counterpoint partners with Alexandria Park Schools as Community Centres (SaCC), and Save the Children Play2Learn Program, to support the operation of three local supported playgroups in Alexandria and Waterloo. Each playgroups runs during the school terms.

The Dobell Playgroup operates in a community room on Tuesday afternoons and supports local families living in public housing in Redfern or Waterloo.

his supported playgroup provides a space for residents to connect with local families, health services, and provides basic food and donated foods from OzHarvest.

The Alex Park School Readiness Program operates on Wednesdays during Terms 3 and 4 of the school year. The playgroup is for local families with children aged 3-5 years who will be enrolling in Kindergarten at Alexandria Park Community School.

The Community Playgroup held each Thursday during school terms is an open playgroup for families living in the local inner city area. The playgroup encourages the participation of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) families in order to support those families with any emerging needs.

We are also an active member in the Inner City Child and Family Interagency group, which aims to bring all child and family services in the area together with the aim of providing evidence based and community driven initiatives to the families in our community. The Interagency group is currently led by Julie Katz from SDN Children’s Services

Dobell Supported Playgroups
Dobell Community Room 250 Pitt Street Waterloo NSW 2017
Phone: 02 9319 4073 Email: cms@counterpointcs.org.au

School Readiness and Community Supported Playgroups
Alex Park Community School, Park Road ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015
Phone: 02 9319 4073 Email: cms@counterpointcs.org.au