About Us

Our Vision:
The Family Space exists to support and strengthen families in the community.
With a focus on building relationships, the Family Space:
  • Provides a warm, friendly environment where family life is encouraged and nurtured.
  • Helps people network with other organisations and the wider community.
  • Looks for ways to support, train and equip parents and caregivers.
  • Aims to meet identified needs by running a range of programs & providing practical services for children & adults.
  • Invites families to explore and experience a faith based spirituality with our Gateway Church family next door - all are welcome. 

Our Mission:  

The Family Space seeks to:

  • Support families to do their job well, knowing that healthy families are important 
    for growing healthy children.
  • Build families who are healthy, and resilient physically, emotionally, mentally, 
    relationally and spiritually.
  • Accept and support families in whatever shape they may come, believing that families are those people who choose to connect together and call themselves a 'family'.
  • Build fences at the top of the cliff and provide ambulances at the bottom, 
    for families in our community.
Our Team:

Playgroup Coordinator:  Karen Fergusson

Fundraising Manager: Susan Clare

Financial Manager: Matthew Blair

Cleaner: Leanne Churms



Our Governance:
The Family Space Trust Board:
· Chrissie Edwards  
· Rosemary Sutton - 388 8796

· Phil Coates - 388 6535
Feel free to contact one of us if you have any questions about The Family Space.

The Board meets monthly.  Please contact any of the Board if you wish to raise an issue for them to discuss.  
 

Gateway Baptist Church Miramar: 

The Family Space is a ministry initiative from Gateway Baptist Church, Miramar. The Church looks for ways it can support The Family Space and the families it engages. This involves helping facilitate social evenings, inputting into the vision and direction, providing helpers at playgroups and building supportive relationships with families to help make The Family Space a warm and friendly environment.
 
 
Our History:

 

The Family Space was established by Gateway Baptist Church in 2007 with the intent to support and strengthen families in our community.  We aimed to do that through providing our own services, and by helping families access social services that are provided by other agencies in the community.  Since then The Family Space has consistently provided playgroups that are facilitated by a skilled staff-worker, including a Dad's playgroup (now called 'Saturplay' and open for all parents/caregivers), music and drama playgroups, and a caregivers'/ grandparents' playgroup.
 
In the past The Family Space has also employed a Community Worker, who connected families to a variety of community agencies and also acted as an advocate for families in discussions with government agencies.  The Family Space also employed staff to run OSCAR, an after-school programme, which operated for over a year. 
 
Other services we have provided in the past and intend to continue to provide, include Toolbox Parenting Courses, informal parenting and family seminars on topics such as budgeting, eczema etc, social nights for Mums and family nights where families could relax together in an informal and fun environment.
 
Subpages (1): Welcome to the Family Space
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