Working together
Frankston City Council
Community Development
Community Support Frankston believes that networking,
engaging in feedback, knowledge and resource sharing are
essential for the provision of efficient and effective services.
Staff have been involved in the following areas:
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Australians for Affordable Housing
Community Information Victoria
Emergency Relief Victoria
Frankston Advisory Committee
Frankston Community Infrastructure Planning
(Department Human Services)
Frankston Emergency Relief Providers
Frankston Homeless Network
Frankston Hospital Mental Health Ward - community
speaker
Frankston Magistrates’ Court Users Group
Frankston Multicultural Community Network
Impact Volunteering
Municipal
Emergency
Management
Planning
Committee (MEMP)
Municipal Emergency Recovery Planning Committee
Peninsula Health Alcohol and Other Drug Consumer
Advisory Group
Peninsula Primary Care Partnership
Rooming House Working Groups
Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS)
Westernport Regional Association of Community
Information Centres (WRACIC)
In 1968, with foresight and initiative, Frankston City Council
(FCC) recognised the ability of its community to provide a
professional support and information service mainly staffed
and managed by volunteers. The organisation became a
benchmark for agencies of its type which utilise the services
of volunteers.
Community Support Frankston enjoys a crucial partnership
with FCC and acknowledges council’s valuable contribution
to the community by the provision of the full-time manager
and operations co-ordinator staffing positions. FCC also
provides the office building and covers telephone and
electricity expenses.
Bolton Clarke
Previously known as the Royal District Nursing Service
(RDNS), Bolton Clarke facilitates a co-located Homeless
Persons Program (HPP). The Frankston HPP nurse, Kathy
Rodis, has been providing services to CSF since July 2016.
The Bolton Clarke HPP aims to provide holistic primary
healthcare to people experiencing homelessness and
to improve their access to general community services.
Through the co-location of Kathy has also come the monthly
optometry and mental health legal service outreach
programs which further enhance CSF’s range of services.
Good Shepherd Youth and Family Services
Good Shepherd Youth and Family Services, in partnership
with South East Water and CSF, provides free and
confidential financial counselling services. These have been
co-located at the agency since 2002.
The measure of a community is how it treats its most vulnerable members