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The Canberra Mothercraft Society started in 1926 when Canberra was a very young city and most of the people working here, to develop the national capital had no support from their extended families. The main focus of the organisation was the welfare of mothers and babies but has now expanded to include all those very important people like partners, grandparents and supporting friends.
In this role it mangers the Queen Elizabeth II Family Centre (QEII). The Centre runs residential programs for families with young children who are experiencing difficulties in the first 3 years.This could include issues around sleeping or feeding, perhaps behaviour problems or postnatal depression.
The Canberra Mothercraft Society (CMS ) is proud of its tradition of being innovative and responsive to community needs and in this spirit the organisation is now developing programs to help grandparents and fathers in their parenting roles.
We would also like to look at issues around maternal anxiety so watch this space to see what is new !!!
The cmsinc.org.au site will keep parents informed about what is happening at QEII and in the CMS.
It will also provide a guide to facilities we offer and provide links to organisations you may find helpful.
Our Values and Vision
As a major stakeholder in child and family health for the ACT and surrounding region the Canberra Mothercraft Society at the Queen Elizabeth II Family Centre holds values and vision.
In realtion to children and families we place high value on:
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promoting the physical, emotional and psychosocial wellbeing of children and their families and strengthening family resilience;
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enhancing maternal confidence and infant health, whilst supporting new parents and carers; and
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achieving effective outcomes.
In relation to service provision we place high value on providing a safe, caring and supportive environment that:
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respects individual and cultural differences;
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promotes equity, access and empowerment;
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enables staff to achieve the highest professional standards that reflect best practice and research;
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promotes cooperation and collaboration with other service providers; and
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advises government on health needs of families with young children.
Acrobat Reader
Many of the documents published on our web site use the PDF format (denoted by the icon  ).
To view these documents you will have to down load Acrobat Reader here (its free of charge!)
Many Thanks to this years sponsors:
- Addicted to Fabric
- Bakers Delight
- Wednesday Knitters - Crafts of our Mothers
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The Grandparents Forum
Thursday 20th October
National Museun of Australia
A great opportunity to raise awareness of those issues specific to grandparents who are parenting grandchildren due to alcohol and other drugs.
Papers from the Forum available now
click here
for more information
The Grandparents' Stories
These are the last words in the journey that began with the Grandparents Parenting Grandchildren because of Alcohol and other Drugs Forum.
The next step was the production of the Report which has been widley distributed and now the Grandparents have their say.
This is a book that tells it how it is written with passion and honesty and as Ms Annette Ellis MP said at the launch "this should be compulsory reading for all politicians along with the Report"
You are able to read these stories now (click here)
For more news and events, please click here
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