Council of Single Mothers and their Children
For over 50 years, CSMC has supported Victorian single mother families and advocated for change. CSMC provides specialist support services to single mothers in need, and provides referrals that enable them to plan for the longer term and build a happy and secure home.
Get Involved
Donate
Your tax deductable donation will support single mother families.
Become a member
Join us – membership is FREE for single mothers.
Subscribe
Keep up to date with all the latest single mother news and information.
Support Line
Contact us for support, referrals and to request emergency relief.
Contact our Support Line
Melbourne Metro
03 9654 0622
Outside Melbourne
1300 552 511
Latest News
How to support your child through exam season
Many mothers with kids sitting exams describe the experience as a 'rollercoaster'. There are extreme highs when goals are met and study completed, terrible lows when confidence is dipped or the child is overwhelmed, and everything in between. Sometimes the shift in...
Cost of living – what’s your story?
The cost of living crisis is one of the biggest stories around and everyone - the media, government, community organisations, mums at school drop off - is talking about it. Life has become so expensive that many of us are now struggling to meet the basics of life...
Child-on-child sex abuse: why it is happening and how to recognise the signs
Content warning: this article contains discussion of child sexual abuse. The number of reports of child-on-child sexual abuse - that is, abuse perpetrated on a child by another child - has now overtaken the number of reports of adult-child sexual abuse, according...
10 year olds are not adults – so why are we trying them as though they are?
Australia is a vast land, and sometimes it's easy to look at what's happening elsewhere in the country and wonder if it has anything at all to do with us. Sometimes it doesn't - but sometimes what happens in another state or territory can serve as a warning that it...