Creating a safer world for children
Trauma comes in many forms and children who have experienced trauma can require intensive support to get them ‘school ready’ – that’s where the Alannah & Madeline Foundation is helping our educators in Victoria.
Australia's 55,000+ charities and 600,000 community groups are there for us in good times and bad. These are just some of their stories.
‘Working within an organisation that accepts, supports, understands and celebrates neurodiversity is wonderful.’
Corrina finds neurodiversity acceptance and opportunity just part of working at Life Without Barriers in South Australia.
Eight is Sasha’s lucky number
Nine years on, Sasha’s foster family has grown, and grown, and grown. Changing lives in Hume.
Care and community rev up to re-ignite a love for life
Noticing the decline in Terry’s mental health, Bronwyn and Jane from the local Mission Australia NDIS support team in Mayo, organised quite a lift with the help of the Fleurieu Peninsula Riding Group.
‘When you have someone in your corner who believes in you, it makes a big difference.’
Tareeque from Queensland is the first in his family to graduate from University and hopes of becoming a cardiac surgeon, with thanks to his Mum and the Smith Family.
Bringing the joy back into Jack’s education
‘It felt surreal that someone wanted to help me,’ says Jack from Victoria talking about his Smith Family sponsor. ‘The Smith Family has been the key to my entire education. Thank you for believing that I can make a life for myself.’