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Parenting Workshops

Connect with other local mums and grow your skills, knowledge and confidence.

Mums, especially those caring for children impacted by domestic and family violence, can face many unique challenges. At times it is important for them to have extra help, support and connection to deal with parenting issues that arise.

We offer a range of free programmes throughout the school terms where our clients can learn:

  • Effective parenting strategies
  • How to promote a child’s development
  • How to manage their own emotional regulation and reactivity
  • How to support a child in regulating their emotions

The workshops offer a great opportunity for clients to connect with other local mums and grow their skills, knowledge and confidence.

All workshops are free to attend, though entry criteria may apply.

Free childminding is available during the workshop so that attendees can engage and focus on the learning experience. Availability is limited, so please advise if required on the referral form. 

2025 Calendar

Black Box Parenting Program

An innovative program developed specifically for the challenges after disruption in family life such as: loss, family breakdown and/or family violence. The program is a great, non-blaming way to get parents thinking about how they interact with their children and how to manage some of the challenges after experiencing domestic & family violence.

Times & Dates:

  • Runs for 7 weeks on Tuesdays from 6 May to 17 June 2025
  • 10am to 12:30pm
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Bringing Up Great Kids: Parenting After Family Violence

Bringing Up Great Kids (BUGK): Parenting After Family Violence provides a friendly and safe environment for parents to learn from each other and begin a journey of understanding and healing themselves and their children from the impacts of family violence.

Program Content:

  • Understand how family violence affects parents’ relationship with their child
  • Identify important messages that parents want their children to know
  • Learn more about brain development in children and how this influences their thoughts, feelings and behaviour
  • Understand the meaning behind behaviours, and how to respond to children’s underlying feelings and needs
  • Learn about your own parenting wisdom, strength and courage
  • Runs for 6 weeks on Wednesdays from 14 May to 18 June inclusive - NOW FULLY BOOKED
  • 10am to 12:30pm

Client Testimonials

The Circle of Security Program has opened my eyes about many things! I understand the importance of filling my child’s emotional cup and being there as a secure base for my child. I found it useful sharing my experience with other parents. Thank you for the opportunity to attend this great workshop.
NMCircle of Security
The Circle of Security Program has helped me strengthen my parent-child bond. It has helped me to calm myself and be more understanding and supportive to my child. It takes a calm and loving/caring parent to have a calm and smiling child.
SYCircle of Security
The Black Box Group gave me a place to belong - a community. The topics were insightful and helped me reflect on my experiences and how I can be a better parent and understand myself fully.
AKBlack Box Parenting Program
The parenting groups made me into a more understanding mum who can cope.
MichaeliaParenting Workshops
So informative and inspiring. I now have awareness of when I’m emotionally dismissive and see it as an opportunity to connect with my children.
RCParenting Workshops
I came to the Deli at a point when I knew I needed help but wasn’t sure where to go… The Deli was the first place that made me feel like all I was feeling was real. I could be angry or upset; frustrated or fine. It didn’t matter. It was the first step in feeling “it wasn’t me”. It wasn’t my fault.
BelindaCounselling/DV
I have learnt that there is hope for recovery and happiness.
DianeCounselling/DV
I am deeply and eternally grateful for the support, care and professional understanding and expertise The Deli provided me through those years of terror.
KarenCounselling/DV
The hardest thing to put into words is my enormous gratitude for the safety and support provided by The Deli counsellors. I learned how to trust myself, believe in myself and create space for myself.
AnonymousCounselling/DV

The Deli Women and Children’s Centre acknowledges the traditional owners the lands on which we work, the Kameygal people of the Eora nation. We recognise their continuing connection for over 65,000 years to land, waters and culture, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. 

Sovereignty was never ceded. 

It always was and always will be Aboriginal land. 

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