Upper Yarra Partnership

This initiative supports professionals in learning from families in the Upper Yarra. Through the experiences of young children aged 0-6 years, the initiative uses powerful storytelling to explore:

• parent and caregiver perspectives on what contributes to children’s social and emotional wellbeing

• how and where families connect with their community

• how families access support services

Positive social and emotional wellbeing helps children to form strong relationships, build resilience, and stay engaged in learning. However, local data and evidence shows that children in the Upper Yarra are experiencing challenges in this area.

You can read what families told us in the Listen to Learn Findings Report.

Listen to Learn Findings Report(PDF, 3MB)

The report has an accompanying illustration that tells a powerful story of the assets, strengths, and enablers for social connection within the Upper Yarra community (credit: Amandine Thomas).

In response to what families shared through 'Listen to Learn,' we have launched the ‘Creating Connections’ project. This project helps identify, support, and fund community projects to strengthen social connection for children aged 0 – 6 years and their families in the Upper Yarra.

We will support the Upper Yarra community to:

• come up with project ideas

• choose which projects get funded

• design the final plans alongside families of young children.

We want to make sure families have a strong voice in what happens and that the community leads the way in creating positive change.

Are you interested in how can we support children's wellbeing in the Upper Yarra, together?

Join us at the Community Ideas Generation Workshop. This workshop to helps create real, funded projects that will strengthen social connection for young children and their families.

Register now