Families and children
Gold Coast City Council offers a range of programs and information to assist families and children.
- Active and healthy families
- Library programs and events for children and families
- Council Immunisation Program
- Family Emergency Planning
- Broadband Internet for your family
- Browse the kids’ library
- Resources for teachers - children’s education programs
Community Guide- Cultural Directory
- Bicycle Safety Program
Northern Gold Coast Communities for Children Initiative
Council staff are working with the North Gold Coast Communities for Children Initiative to develop support for families with young children in the city’s northern growth corridor. The initiative is funded by the Australian Department of Family and Community Services and auspiced by Lifeline Gold Coast.
For more information contact the Program Manager, Margaret Spriggs on phone (07) 5580 4997 or email 
margarets@lifelinegoldcoast.org.
Related links
- Raising Children Network
- Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- Stronger Families and Communities Strategy 2004-09
- Australian Government Department of Human Services
Queensland Government sites
- Queensland Department of Communities
- Child Care Information Service
- Queensland Health – Community Child Health Service
- Queensland Department of Child Safety
- The Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian promotes and protects the rights, interests and wellbeing of all Queenslanders under 18.
- Do you need a Blue Card?
- Education Queensland website – choosing a school
