Tweddle 2010’s Timeline

• 2010 – 90 years old
• Refurbishment of premises in Sydney Street Footscray as new Psychology consulting rooms
• Accreditation achieved from the Australian Council of Healthcare Standards (ACHS) – EquIP
• New Day Stay service for Vietnamese families commences in Brimbank 2011
• Joint early parenting sector submissions to the Protecting Victoria’s Vulnerable Children’ inquiry
• Partnered with Western Health to deliver Childbirth Education
• Extension of mental health services
• Development of new communication plan and establishment of Tweddle in social media
• 2012 Completion of Jean Hailes Foundation Day Stay research
• Completion of NHMRC research into Residential services
• Three year Alfred Felton Bequest grant Received to measure parenting confidence
• Research grant from Victorian Women’s Trust funded research ‘Empowering Somali Mums’
• 2013 CEO Vivienne Amery departs and Ms Jacquie O’Brien Commences as CEO
• New five year strategic plan is released
• Channel 9’s The Block refurbishes Footscray Day Stay Unit
• Delivered a therapeutic ‘PlaySteps’ program in Macedon Ranges with Medicare Local funding
• 2014 – 2015 – 95 Years Old – Celebration at Whitten Oval
• Tweddle joined State and Federal Governments in delivering a formal apology for past forced adoption practices which mainly took part between 1950 and 1975
• Introduced an indigenous parenting program, Ballert Bubup
• Partnered with Sons of The West, ( Western Bulldogs ) to deliver health seminars for men across the west.
• Change in service delivery model to provide support services in the home
• New Infant and Perinatal Psychology and In Home service launched.
• Improving online referral accessibility, and the pilot of a duty worker.
• Priority partner in the Maribyrnong ‘Family Strengthening Strategy 2015-2018’.
• Working with the Family Drug Treatment Court
• 2012 Closure of Brimbank Vietnamese Day Stay
• Hosted the Australasian Association of Parenting and Child Health Conference
• Parliamentary Secretary For Families and Community Services, Ms Andrea Coote launched Tweddle’s new Infant
  and Perinatal Psychology Service and In Home Support Service
• 2015 Working Out Dads pilot – Maribyrnong and Wyndham launch
• Infant Mental Health Awareness Week – Babies’ Brains Matter Seminar – business breakfast
• Construction of new Family Pod commences
• Peer Support Worker Pilot
• New Brimbank Breastfeeding Clinic
• Marce Conference and OPEN Research Symposium presentations
• HoPES Program continues in Geelong and Footscray
• Parenting, Babies & Toddlers App launched
• Sleep Play Bond Video series launched
• Minister Gabrielle Williams MP and Ms Katie Hall MP Member for Footscray opened Family Strengthening Unit
• Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews and Minister for Health Jenny Mikakos visited Tweddle to announce $9m redevelopment funding