About Us

The Caroline Chisholm Society is a charitable organisation, both privately and government funded, and is non-denominational.  The Society offers support to pregnant women and parents with children up to school age.  The Society provides a range of programs for families in need, including counselling, housing, material aid and in home family support.  The families that the Caroline Chisholm Society works with are often bereft of wider social and family supports and are very grateful for the practical, emotional and financial supports the Society can offer.

The members feel that they are emulating the Society’s namesake, Caroline Chisholm, who was also concerned with the pressures facing women and families.  She provided practical assistance with accommodation, work and protection – as well as politically agitating on behalf of women and their children.

The Society was initially established 1969 by a doctor and a group of volunteers in response to a very real need in the community. Whilst the original focus of services was upon providing material aid and pregnancy counselling services, the Society began working in the area of in home family support in 1979.

Our Vision

Caroline Chisholm Society is a family support agency that provides a broad range of support and assistance to pregnant women and parents with young children.

Our Mission

To deliver a range of pregnancy and family support services that respond to the needs of families and support them to achieve and maintain a safe and nurturing environment.

Our Values

The Caroline Chisholm Society:

• has respect for life,
• is compassionate and caring,
• values social justice,
• believes in empowerment of women and families,
• recognises diversity, and
• operates accountably according to best practice.

Objectives of the Society

• To operate a  Pregnancy Support Service
• To provide a service of counselling and practical support to meet the physical, psychological and social welfare needs of pregnant women, parents of preschool children, and their families
• To provide a comprehensive service of care and support that will free women from feeling compelled by physical, psychological and social pressures to choose the termination of a pregnancy. 
• To help alleviate poverty and distress through the provision of financial support material aide and shelter.
• To provide programs of health education.
• To develop a greater awareness and understanding of the welfare rights and needs of all people, including the unborn child.
• To assist those who seek and use the services of the CCS to function independently.

Our Strategy

Information about our strategy can be found in our strategy and fundraising brochure.

Our Services

Information about our services can be found in our service brochure and on the our services section of our website.