Created by a partnership of member organisations of Australia’s leading early childhood agencies, the Raising Children website is produced with the help of an extensive network including the Australian Government.
Content partners
Partnerships with specialist content providers have helped the website create a comprehensive range of parenting topics.
Production partners
Joining forces with partners such as IBM and MapShed has helped the Network go above and beyond its original vision for the website.
Experts & advisors
The website is guided by a panel of independent national experts and is scrutinised by a team of over 120 expert reviewers.
A non-profit organisation
The Raising Children Network (RCN), incorporating Smart Population Foundation, is an incorporated company limited by guarantee. Its member organisations are the Parenting Research Centre and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children’s Hospital who work in partnership to provide information that can help parents with the day-to-day decisions of raising children.
Parents
Over 1000 parents were consulted at different stages of the website's development, either through focus groups, surveys or 'test-drives'.
Government supported
This website is funded under the Australian Government's Family Support Program.
Stakeholders
Interest groups and health, education and child care professionals have helped to guide the development of the website, and will continue to do so.
