In 2016, Darren Caulfield, a single father of three beautiful children wanted to create a private, safe, and neutral environment for parents and families who are going through difficult times to spend time with their children.
Darren, together with his mother, Pamela Caulfield, an experienced Social Worker who has over 30 years of experience working in the Indigenous, migrant, and community services sector, established Lilly Pilly to meet this need.
Darren is a Nationally Accredited AMDRAS Mediator, Accredited with the Australian Mediation Association and a Parenting Coordinator with Parenting Coordination Australia. see www.darrencaulfield.com.au
The inspiration of Lilly Pilly is Lilly McEldowney (nee. Caulfield). Lilly’s mum and dad (yes, Darren) separated when she was very young. Lilly was the original child representative on the Lilly Pilly Board.
Lilly comes from a Child Care background and is currently completing her Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution to become a Registered FDRP with the Attorney-Generals Department.
Lilly, Pamela and Darren are also all Qualified Justices of the Peace, JP (Qual).
Lilly Pilly is very proud to have a ‘child representative’ in our constitution who sits on our board that represents of the children of separated families.
Leigh Bennett joined the Lilly Pilly team in 2022. Leigh is an IT and Social Media Specialist and has been invaluable with her IT knowledge and in developing the Lilly Pilly Training and Social Media systems.
Coming from a separated family, Leigh was passionate about helping children of separated families keep connected to their biological mum and dad.
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Please Read –
Bert Van Manen MP in Federation Chamber, Parliament House, Canberra November 26, 2018 – “Mr VAN MANEN (Forde—Government Whip) (16:42): I would like to take this opportunity to highlight the great work of Lilly Pilly, a supervised children’s contact centre in my electorate of Forde. … “ ** Download Transcript Here **
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Lilly (15yo) and Darren finishing the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea in 2019
About Lilly Pilly
Vision, Mission and Values
