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Barnardos Australia - Canberra Children's Family Centre
Helping local families everyday
Barnardos have centres across New South Wales, in location such as Sydney Metro, Penrith, and the South Coast, to ensure you receive the right support when you need it most. Explore our other children’s family support centres and find your closest one.
The Canberra centre offers family support and supported accommodation services for disadvantaged children, adolescents and their families in the ACT area.
2 Atherton Street, Downer, ACT, 2602
(02) 5134 6701
Services and support
Family support
Practical assistance, information and in-home support for vulnerable families to ensure children are safe, healthy and thriving
Parenting support
One-on-one support and group programs including counselling, parenting help and playgroups
Child and youth mentoring and tutoring
We support children and young people to develop resilience, self-confidence, emotional intelligence, achieve improved educational outcomes and help them transition into future learning and employment
Youth homelessness services
We support young people to obtain safe and stable accommodation with a variety of supports including links to education and training, tenancy management and referral and linkage to other services
Foster care
We provide foster care for children who cannot safely live with their birth family, providing a safe and secure environment. We work to make sure they can eventually return to their birth family, or we find them a permanent home
Community Adolescent Programs
We work flexibly with young people through case management and as practical support in foster care, with an emphasis on independent living and education, training and employment.
Contact Barnardos
Head office
(02) 9218 2300
60-64 Bay Street, Ultimo, Sydney, 2007
GPO Box 9996, Sydney, NSW, 2001
General enquiries
NSW: 1300 237 507
ACT: (02) 5134 6700
Become a foster carer
NSW: 1800 663 441
ACT: 1300 We foster (1300 933 678)
Family Connect and Support
All areas: 1800 066 757
