We provide resources and fun opportunities for young people 3 to 4 years of age to reach their potential.
Tutors visit with resources weekly for children to use and explore. We are a community that supports each other and has fun with our kids.
The Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) is a home-based, early learning and parenting program that empowers you to be your child’s first teacher and supports your child’s transition to school.
Join thousands of families doing HIPPY across Australia. You will receive free resources, activity packs and storybooks to assist you in actively playing and learning with your child.
We hope that you enjoy working with your tutor, meeting other HIPPY families and doing HIPPY with your child.
HIPPY comprises a curriculum of activity packs over two years.
Your HIPPY tutor will practice the activities with you, using role play in a weekly home visit in Age 3 and a fortnightly visit in Age 4.
Each pack has five activities for you to do with your child as well as ideas so that learning can happen everywhere at any time.
The packs support your child’s learning in the following areas: Thinking and exploring; Communication; Creativity; Social and emotional; Family and community.
Tutors are parents who are also doing HIPPY with their child or have recently graduated from HIPPY.
Your HIPPY tutor is trained in the HIPPY activities and will practice the activities with you at each home visit.
Your HIPPY child does not have to be there when the tutor visits. You can meet your tutor at home or somewhere else, like a park or a library. After this, you do the activities with your child.
Group meetings give parents a chance to learn more about their children’s development and behaviour and to find out about local services, schools and free local activities. Parents can also participate in training and short courses for FREE.
You’ll meet new families and make friends and there is usually good food and coffee. You can relax and chat while your children play supervised with other HIPPY children.
The best part is recent research has found that families’ participation at group meetings improves children’s school readiness.
HIPPY Australia and ac.care acknowledge past, present and emerging Elders and Traditional Owners of the lands and seas across Australia.
The Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters is funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Social Services.
The Brotherhood of St Laurence holds the licence to operate HIPPY in Australia.
Kayla Borchardt
p 0487 561 182
e Kayla.Borchardt@accare.org.au
Katisha Jackson
p 0438 202 412
e Katisha.Jackson@accare.org.au
Contact us
STAY involves individual and group activities with ac.care staff.
Everyone is welcome and included to:
Tenesha Pickering
p 08 8580 5300
e Tenesha.Pickering@accare.org.au
Kye Anderson
p 08 8531 4900
e Kye.Anderson@accare.org.au
Today marks the start of National Reconciliation Week 2025 (May 27-June 3), which invites all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements and explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The 2025 theme, Bridging Now to Next, reflects the ongoing connection between past, present and future. At a time when Australia faces uncertainty in its reconciliation journey, this theme calls on all Australians to step forward together. The 2025 theme artwork created by Kalkadoon woman Bree Buttenshaw, native plants − which are known for regenerating after fire and thriving through adversity − symbolise our collective strength and the possibilities of renewal. This is a time for growth, reflection, and commitment to walking together. Australia’s history of reconciliation is not a linear one, we have made great strides and experienced disappointing setbacks. Twenty-five years ago, Corroboree 2000 brought together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous leaders in a historic call for reconciliation. We continue that work in 2025, inviting all Australians to join us in Bridging Now to Next – building a more united and respectful nation. Visit www.reconciliation.org.au/our-work/national-reconciliation-week/ to learn more. #NRW2025 #BridgingNowToNext #accare #WalkingTogether
Today we observe National Sorry Day. A day to remember and acknowledge the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who were forcibly removed from their families as part of the Stolen Generations. The theme for this year is "We cannot wait another generation", which highlights the urgency of acting on priority recommendations of the Bringing Them Home report, which was first tabled on May 26, 1997. The report was a landmark truth telling process but sadly, almost 30 years on, a number of the report’s 54 recommendations remain unmet. Remaining Stolen Generations survivors are ageing, and many do not have access to a full and fair redress scheme, or to the records that hold keys to their stories. Together with other organisations, we work with Aboriginal people and communities in regional South Australia to help address the impacts of ongoing trauma. While we are committed to providing culturally-appropriate foster care placements to provide safe homes and positive relationships for children who cannot safely remain with their biological parents, we also work extensively in building stronger families, with a focus on early intervention, developing positive parenting strategies, reunification and walking forward together. But we cannot begin to fix the problems of the present without accepting the truth of our history. Sorry Day asks us to acknowledge the Stolen Generations, and in doing so, reminds us that historical injustice is still an ongoing source of intergenerational trauma for Aboriginal families, communities and people. Learn more this Sorry Day through The Healing Foundation at https://healingfoundation.org.au/ #accare #WalkingTogether #unfinishedbusiness #bringingthemhome
Celebrate National Reconciliation Week (May 27-June 3) at Murray Bridge next week ❤️💛🖤💚💙🖤🤍 Enjoy cultural activities and a shared lunch at Murray Bridge Library with a free community celebration on Monday, May 26 from 10am-1pm. #accare #WalkingTogether #NRW2025 #BridgingNowToNext
National Reconciliation Week will be celebrated May 27 to June 3 and is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements and explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The 2025 theme, Bridging Now to Next, reflects the ongoing connection between past, present and future. At a time when Australia faces uncertainty in its reconciliation journey, this theme calls on all Australians to step forward together. The theme artwork created by Kalkadoon woman Bree Buttenshaw, native plants − which are known for regenerating after fire and thriving through adversity − symbolise our collective strength and the possibilities of renewal. #NRW2025 #accare #WalkingTogether
ac.care is a dynamic organisation servicing the South Australian communities the Limestone Coast, Murraylands, Riverland, Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Peninsula.
Our mission is for all country people to have a safe home, enough money to live on and strong, positive relationships.
Please find our service locations here or use our contact form to request a service.
