The Hive takes an ecological approach to our work, acknowledging that to influence positive outcomes for children, resources and attention must be focused concurrently across the systems and policies that impact families, the communities where families live, the families which are raising children, and support for children themselves.
The Hive do this through engaging in deep community development work across four Mt Druitt suburbs, Bidwill, Lethbridge Park, Tregear, and Willmot.
We codesign & implement innovative early years initiatives focused on our priority areas of ECEC access, ECEC quality and child health.
We endeavour to be generous with our learnings and share our stories and impact with government & broader sectors to support advocacy for equitable policies & resources for the Mt Druitt community and other similar communities.
The Hive plays a coordinating role at a suburb, postcode and system-level.
We facilitate collective impact work across key suburbs to create the conditions for change. We conduct postcode-wide early childhood focussed programs and activities aligned to evidence-based prevention or intervention pathways that support childhood development. We influence systems level changes in policies and strategies that benefit Mt Druitt’s children through social innovation and advocacy.
