Play With Your Kids: Playgroup for families

Providing you and your children with a safe and supportive environment to learn, play and connect

Play With Your Kids (PWYK) is a program for you and your little ones to learn through play in a safe and supportive environment along with our qualified staff and volunteers.

The program offers a large variety of family services, including parenting and child health support. This may include:

facilitating activities-based playgroups that support the physical, emotional and social development of children from birth to Prep
providing parenting information and support to parents on a variety of issues and needs
fostering opportunities for parents to develop valuable social networks with other families

Download the Play With Your Kids weekly schedule

PWYK is part of the Child and Family Hub Service for the Fraser Coast, managed by the Hervey Bay Neighbourhood Centre and funded by the Department of Education, Training and Employment.

Staff can also refer to other community services when needed.

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