It has provided a place where preschool-aged children have been able to play together while their parents connect and receive support.

The trial was put together by a group known as Specialist Integrated Community Engagement or SPICE.

It is made up of Charles Sturt University students and representatives from federal and state government departments and the Murrumbidgee Area Health Service.

Student Alana Turbitt said the group went into a community, determined the kinds of services needed and then worked with them to make those services happen.

Ms Turbitt said the main goal behind the Jindera project was connection; a way for mothers, especially those living in more remote areas, to connect as a support system for each other.

“A group of us contacted Playgroups NSW, and they provided us with a year’s free membership,” she said.

“The school provided the space and the equipment, while the students made posters.

“We also spread the word.”

Jindera Public School principal Lianne Singleton said the project allowed children the opportunity to spend time with their parents.

One of the mothers involved, Chantel Jeffery, is the co-ordinator of the playgroup project.

“Having the students do the legwork was a big help to get the playgroup together,” she said.

The playgroup has invited regular guest speakers over the next month as a means of reinforcing the connections between families.

Jaymen Barry will speak on child development on September 10, while Karen Black will discuss post-natal depression on September 17.

Karen Klironomakis, who is a Jindera teacher and a mentor for the university students in the SPICE group, said the playgroup was a brilliant idea.