The B4 Early Years Coalition
● The B4 Early Years Coalition
Vision:
Every child in Tasmania, is cared for and nurtured through the early years, no matter what.
Goals:
- Everyone values the early years
- Everyone supports the early years
- Everyone works together for the early years.
Working together across the three B4 Early Years Coalition goals will ensure everyone:
- is aware of, and understand the importance and lifelong benefits of strong healthy development pre-birth to 4 years of age.
- has the skills, knowledge, resources and a role to support children pre-birth to 4 years of age, their families and communities; and
- families, services, business and communities have the knowledge, skills and confidence to partner and ensure the best start for children pre-birth to 4 years of age, their families and communities.
● What we do
The B4 Early Years Coalition will connect people and organisations from across the Tasmanian community who are committed to supporting children from pre-birth to age 4 and their families.
The name B4 represents the early years of a child’s life from pre-birth to age four, the years ‘before’ a child begins full-time school and the period before birth. These early years are a time of rapid change and development for children, as they learn and grow and discover the world around them.
The B4 Early Years Coalition is based on the ‘collective impact’ model (Kania and Kramer, 20 I I) where organisations and individuals from across diverse sectors work together to address social issues.
The B4 Early Years Coalition will bring together individuals, businesses, communities and government to think about what we want for our youngest community members and drive community action to achieve better outcomes for young children and their families.
Who We Are header
● Who we are
Leaders
Leaders
B4 Early Years Coalition
Influential individuals from diverse backgrounds who will represent and engage groups and individuals across identified sectors.
Find out more about our leaders.
Members
Members
B4 Early Years Coalition
Organisations that are committed to improving outcomes for children and their families and/or being child and family friendly.
Supporters
Supporters
B4 Early Years Coalition
Individuals who are committed to supporting children in the early years, their families and their community.
Our Team
● Our Team
The B4 Early Years Coalition is co-chaired by the past Chair of the Tasmanian Early Years Foundation, Elizabeth Daly and the Tasmanian Commissioner for Children, Mark Morrissey, who are both passionate supporters of Tasmania’s children and the importance of the early years in influencing the future life chances of our young people.
Elizabeth Daly
Chair of the Tasmanian Early Years Foundation
Mark Morrissey
Tasmanian Commissioner for Children
The Department of Education has a team to support the B4 Early Years Coalition Leaders, Members and Supporters to raise awareness of the importance of the early years and the need for a whole of community approach. The Support team brings a variety of skills in the early years, education, and supporting families and communities.
Suzanne Purdon
Principal Project Officer Early Years
Annette Fuller
Senior Project Officer B4 Early Years Coalition
Melanie Pennington
Administration Officer B4 Early Years Coalition
Contact
● Contact us
Address
GPO Box 169
Hobart, Tasmania 7000
Email
b4@education.tas.gov.au