Our Approach
We are an incubator and facilitator drawing together people from government, the sector and lived experience, to uncover the root cause, systemic issues and re-envisage the system to provide the right support, to the right people, at the right time.
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Our Goals
Our ‘One Door’ approach across 1000 days will result in a community which:
- Nurtures parents, so they can nurture their children;
- Values the caring role of all parents;
- Invests in parents and children early, recognising when they succeed, our communities do too;
- Upholds the rights of both parent and child; and
- Harnesses the power of place.
Our Focus Areas
Connecting lived experience to the design of policy, we mobilise agencies across disciplines to create an enduring support system that places people at the heart of policy.
System
We need to simplify and re-envision the systems that support families.
Prevention
We need people on the ground creating pathways to opportunity.
Funding
We need long-term thinking to fund viable support systems.
Our Advisory Council
We have Australia’s brightest thought leaders and subject matter experts, across a range of perspectives.
Meet the Advisory CouncilNews & Insights
From Brave to SEED: ‘Our country needs healthy families’
This article originally appeared on the Philanthropy Australia website on Friday 8 Sep 2023. As origin stories go, Bernadette Black’s is highly compelling. Her drive to establish Brave Foundation[...]
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New appointments in CEO and Ambassador roles
Former World Vision Australia executive and newly appointed CEO, Jill Roche, has been a key contributor to Brave’s operations and strategic planning since joining the organisation as Chief Operating[...]
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Brave Foundation Launches New Systemic Advocacy Initiative
Brave Foundation today launches its new systemic advocacy initiative, the Social Economic Empowerment Division (SEED), to re-envision how we tackle disadvantage and poverty in young people and families. Social[...]
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Where we’ve come from
SEED was born from Brave Foundation, an organisation working with expecting and parenting young people. Building on the knowledge gained over 16 years working with young parents, we aim to solve the systemic problems they encounter and provide a pathway to a flourishing life.
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“Prevention is almost always cheaper, almost always more effective, and always more humane than repairing.”
Bernadette Black AM, Social Economic Ambassador and Founding Director of Brave Foundation
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