Our accomplishments include:

• Our detailed submission to the NSW Inquiry into Children with a Parent in Prison in 2020. In 2021, a Victorian Inquiry into Children with a Parent in Prison was announced following our advocacy with local Member of Parliament Rod Barton.
• Our team members have held positions on a number of community and legal advocacy committees
• We have commissioned groundbreaking research led by Monash University on the impact of COVID-19 on children with a parent in prison
• We have commissioned an external evaluation of our RISE Education Program with Western Sydney University
• We are members of the national #RaiseTheAge campaign, advocating for the age of criminal responsibility to be increased to at least 14 years old in Australia so that children are no longer sent to prison.
• Following our Impact 100 Sydney win in 2020, we have launched a new mentoring program Stronger Pathways Together with partners CONFIT aimed at young people in juvenile justice.
• In 2022, we partnered with Monash Univesity to develop and conduct the first national survey of families where a parent is in custody.
• In 2023, we created and published a children’s storybook, The Sun Still Shines, in collaboration with Green Fox and Serco.
• In 2023, we joined the NSW #RaiseTheAge campaign.
• Our Christmas 2023 Gravy Day campaign garnered wide media attention for the issue of parental incarceration.
• In 2024, we launched our first-ever playgroup for fathers in custody as well as our full suite of programs in the ACT, as announced by Minister Davidson and reported by ABC radio.