Council of Single Mothers and their Children
For over 56 years, CSMC has supported single mother families and advocated for change. CSMC provides specialist support services to single mothers, and drives for changes to enable all single mothers to provide for their children and build a happy and secure life.
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Melbourne Metro
03 9654 0622
Outside Melbourne
1300 552 511
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CSMC is recruiting a Fundraising Manager
Fundraising Manager Utilise your established fundraising expertise and lived experience (current or past) as a single mother to grow CSMC’s income & impact. Join our dynamic, family friendly and passionate organisation. Job description Join a thriving...
Welcome to CSMC’s Bank of Brilliant Ideas
Single mothers are strong, resilient, determined - and full of great ideas about changes that would make a positive difference to ourselves and our families. The CSMC Bank of Brilliant Ideas helps single mothers share our great ideas! Click on the ideas below - at...
Global single mother organisations unite
In October, CSMC's CEO Jenny Davidson joined representatives from 11 single parent organisations across eight countries in León Spain for the first Global Symposium of Single Parent Families. The gathering was made possible by the Isadora Duncan Single-Parent...
NDIS changes: one mother’s story
Background - what the government says The Federal Government has flagged a major overhaul designed to rein in costs and refocus the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), in order to bring it more in line with what it describes as its 'original intent'. For...