Brotherhood

In 1967, the Brotherhood established Victoria's first successful family planning clinic. In 1971, the Brotherhood pioneered a family day care trial in the inner city to cater to mothers in public housing who had no access to a formal creche. In the 1980s, the Brotherhood built community housing for people with dementia. In 2009, the Brotherhood partnered with three other leading charities to create the national childcare agency Goodstart after the private operator ABC Learning collapsed. This significant social investment enables Goodstart to operate as a not-for-profit and address the broader issues of child welfare and learning without commercial pressures.