Our Story
Our Vision
Every Wimmera South Mallee child succeeds in learning and life.
Our Priorities
Equitable access
High quality care
Engagement and participation
Confident and connected families
Supportive community environments
Our Approach
Place-based solutions that make a difference in the WSM
Leverage local resources
Utilise the latest evidence to support decision making
Innovate, test, evaluate, improve, and share
Harness and use local data
Advocate for sustainable solutions to local issues
Our Goals
Ensure all WSM children and families have access to quality universal early years services in the quantity required for children to thrive, particularly:
› Antenatal care
› Maternal and child health
› Early childhood education and care
Improve access to targeted and treatment services, required for children to thrive, particularly:
› Social care
› Parenting support
› Primary care
› Paediatric specialists
Improve community conditions known to support children and families.
Our Commitment
To partner with families, communities, service providers and researchers to identify, test and implement solutions to nurture our most precious asset: children.
Our Focus
All children from conception to school transition
Parents, carers and families of children
Early Years Services that support children, families and carers
The communities of the WSM
Our Collaborators
WSM Regional Partnership
Individuals, families and communities
Learning and research partners
Aboriginal community controlled organisations
Local, state and federal government
Healthcare, government, community, education and social care providers
Our Outcome
By 2030, the percentage of developmentally vulnerable children in all LGAs across the WSM will be equal to or less than the Victorian average as per the Australian Early Development Census.
The By Five Strategic Plan 2022-2025 outlines the plan to improve the Australian Early Development Census outcomes of children in the Wimmera Southern Mallee.