Cowork Coplay programs address
3 core challenges
If you’re the partner/spouse of a Defence member or veteran, you’ve probably experienced disruptions to your career. Whether that’s employment, running a business or studying.
Despite being able to keep in touch over social media, you probably feel disconnected from friends and family as a result of the military experience.
(Research and reviews by academics and government have also identified many challenges! They’re real.)
Cowork Coplay has been designed to address 3 of these core issues:
Lack of time to pursue career development and meaningful work
Isolation from community and family supports
Limited access to flexible, affordable child care for young children
Focus on your career with Cowork Coplay
Tailored programs providing career support and community connection with child care.
See Cowork Coplay on ABC News
Watch the recent ABC News story about Cowork Coplay, filmed in Adelaide. The Adelaide program was sponsored by Veterans SA.
Copyright: ABC, View on ABC website.
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Helping organisations offer targeted career development and community support
Cowork Coplay programs revolutionise the way organisations deliver career development support and community building.
We provide organisations with a complete program package: 1) the program content and facilitation so that participants can make progress on their career, wellbeing and community connection goals, 2) all logistics including child care, 3) marketing, client management, reporting and evaluation.
Cowork Coplay has been designed specifically to serve the needs of the Defence and ex-Defence family community. But it has wider appeal for adults, parents or not, from all walks of life wanting to engage in professional activities.
Our recent 2024 programs
Perth program
Cowork Coplay: Perth, sponsored as a trial for Navy partners.
Combining the things that matter: meaningful work, community, family.
Work
what matters to you
Learn
with others
Connect
supportive environment
What’s in a program?
A program is a minimum 6 of weeks, 1 half-day per week.
Weekly facilitated coworking sessions include:
Time for you
Tailored education and self-development
We provide information and relevant workshops and guidance from experts/mentors.
Community building and peer learning
Accessible child care
Child care, creche-style: a safe location nearby where children are cared for in the same building.
Information about local support
Who we partner with
Cowork Coplay News
ABC News: New program supporting defence families who frequently relocate
The 'Cowork Coplay' program provides partners of ADF personnel free childcare and mentoring to help them connect with each other and pursue business and study opportunities. ABC National News Story.
Veterans SA report, 2023/2024: A year of impact
Veterans SA has released their report for 2023-2024 on the impact achieved in collaboration with the community over the year. Cowork Coplay is featured. They say: "Veterans SA is proud to have deployed a wide range of initiatives over this time, many which were firsts...
Chief of Navy: Our power at sea is derived from the strength of our families at home
We heard you tell us through the ‘Stay On Board - People First’ program that connections, growth and family support are really important to #OurPeople. Through this co-located education and childcare program, Navy is creating time for partners of our people to receive...
Magazine: Top Ender
It was an honour to have Cowork Coplay featured in this incredible magazine, aimed at providing information to Defence and veteran families across the north of Australia (and nationally). Check out the story on page 55 of June's The Top Ender (Tri-Services Magazine).
Defence News: ‘Family is everything’
NATIONAL FAMILIES WEEK Living in Rockingham, WA, with three children under six and a fiancé at sea, Kate Barry faces many daily challenges. As a military partner, she recognises nothing is more important than family. “Family is everything. Family is what you make it,...
Veterans SA: Breaking career barriers for Defence and veteran partners
An innovative program helping partners of current and former-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel has been set up in Adelaide’s north, enabling participants to advance their career goals and connect with other Defence families.
