News

14 April 2021

Child less or Child free?

1 in 4 women in Australia are childless either by choice, medical reasons or by circumstance. Childless women are often marginalised, stigmatised and socially excluded. Our CEO Felicite Black recently sat down for an interview with Natasha Hart to discuss issues around being child less or child free? Felicite identified that still today society has conflated womanhood with motherhood.

16 February 2021

Back to School Event 2021

WHFS support vulnerable women and their families in many ways, including an event called Back to School. RTRFM spoke to Children and Family Services Co-ordinator Jude Berry about the program.

9 February 2021

WHFS CEO Felicite Black Interview with RTRFM

CEO of Women’s Health and Family Services Felicite Black joined ‘On the Record’ at RTRFM to discuss that women have been too afraid to attend medical appointments and check-ups for screenings due to the fear surrounding COVID-19

22 April 2020

SMART Group now online!

With the impact of COVID-19 forcing us to cancel our in-person group sessions, we have decided to move into the virtual sphere. Our main aim is to keep providing support to our clients during this time, so SMART group sessions will now take place via Zoom!

7 April 2020

The Importance of Vitamin D

Self-isolating at home is a great way to protect yourself and others from COVID-19. However, as a result of self-isolating, we are spending more time indoors and this can lead to a deficiency in our Vitamin D levels.

17 March 2020

COVID-19 Update

WHFS’ priority, as always, is for the wellbeing, health and safety of our employees, volunteers and clients. We are taking active measures to manage the COVID-19 risk as the virus continues to spread across communities within Australia.