About the National Centre for Family Wellbeing (NCFWB)

background

Concerned for the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, a group of researchers in conjunction with industry and community partners have been involved with the delivery and evaluation of the Family Wellbeing Program. Through its success and demand the program has extended to many sites across the nation and has also been utilised as an intervention to address different social and health issues. The program has been systemically reviewed and as such the research component of the program has contributed significantly to the evidence base in this field. The National Centre for Family Wellbeing has been established to support the program's sustainability on a national level in response to the limitations of short term funding for such programs.

Role of the NCFWB

The role of the NCFWB is to support a national network of hubs that deliver and evaluate the impact of FWB programs on the social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) of Indigenous participants and families.

the NCFWB principles are

• Community: helping people recognise, find or build on their inner strengths
• Empowerment: empowering people to reach their full potential in life
• Innovation: providing an innovative Centre that brings key stakeholders together to share information and resources, support each other, engage in a range of activities and research, and contribute to building an evidence base in this field
• Leadership: assisting people to identify and build on their leadership qualities through FWB activities, taking advantage of opportunities and supporting each other
• Relationships: establishing and maintaining strong, collaborative and sustainable relationships to work toward common goals and shared understanding