“Council of Single Mothers and their Children is honoured to have the support of the Joan Hudson sub-fund for our Single Mothers Speak Out program. We are excited to be empowering single mothers to contribute to systemic change, as well as equipping them to negotiate better outcomes for themselves and their children.

We commend Victorian Women’s Trust for funding this project, having had many other funders decline to fund this advocacy work to give single mothers a voice in their lives and their future.”

Organisation: Council of Single Mothers and their Children Inc.
Sub Fund: Joan Hudson Sub-Fund
Amount: $8,530
Year: 2018/19

The Council of Single Mothers and their Children will train single mothers to advocate for their children and support other single mothers. Single Mothers Speak Out will equip single mothers with the skills, confidence and networks to advocate for themselves and their children to secure employment and housing, deal with Centrelink and Family Law, and change the narrative of single-mother public policy. This innovative social justice approach will enable single mothers to address the entrenched disadvantage they and their children face in the media, their communities and because of public policy.