Strong Families: Strong Community
Ryde Family Support has provided an important service to the residents of Ryde and Hunter's Hill since 1982. This service is free and confidential. We are funded by the Department of Community Services.
Our Mission Statement
In an environment of trust and respect, working with family strengths, Ryde Family Support Service aims to provide a service that offers practical assistance and emotional support to families experiencing crisis or stress.
We work with families in the Ryde / Hunter's Hill Local Government Areas who have children and young people under eighteen years of age, living at home.
The work of the Service aims to enhance families' capacity to support the growth and development of all family members - adults, young people, and children.
What Do We Do?
At Ryde Family Support Service, our professionally qualified staff are able to see families in their own home or
at the Centre. Families work towards their own goals to make a difference in their
lives about issues of concern to them.
Sometimes this means linking them up with resources in the community. Often, it
also means having a chance to talk with one of our experienced family workers to
gain the support they need and to build on the strengths they have.
How To Refer
If you live in the Ryde or Hunter's Hill Local Government Areas and you have children or young people under 18 years of age living with you, then:
- You can contact us and discuss your situation, or
- A Community Organisation, Government Department, School or Doctor in the area can ring on your behalf.
We aim to see people promptly.
We also provide our servicefor the Ku-Ring-Gai LGA from the Neighbourhood Centre at St Ives Shopping Village, 3 days per week. For an appointment phone 99884966.