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06/09/2025
Walking side by side
Australian Childhood Foundation’s journey towards reconciliation, guided by First Nations leadership. For more than twenty years, Australian Childhood Foundation has been walking with First Nations children, families, and communities. This week, we were proud to launch our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). This plan was not written quickly. It comes from listening deeply, sitting...
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12/02/2025
Meet Sherry-Lee
How does your role help foster carers and the children in their lives? My role involves actively recruiting, screening, onboarding, preparing and supporting people who possess the right motivations and qualities to care for children who cannot safely live with their birth families. Foster families give children a sense of belonging and a safe place...
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12/02/2025
Building and supporting child safe organisations
Our Safeguarding Services operate in Australia and New Zealand, helping organisations build their capacity to protect children from harm and exploitation while ensuring compliance with State and Territory child safety legislation. We do this by developing resources, tools, and training for professionals working with children and young people in various settings. Our commitment is to...
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12/02/2025
How therapeutic support transforms young lives
Ben* was hesitant about joining the program and only agreed because he was worried about being court-ordered. But his Senior Child and Family Counsellor built a strong rapport, creating a foundation of safety, stability, and unconditional positive regard. After the first few sessions, Ben started to enjoy the program and said it “got him out...
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11/02/2025
CEO message – February 2025
Dear supporters,  Over the summer break, I took time to reflect on the immense challenges children and young people continue to face – and how we can create real, lasting change. What more can we do to make a difference that endures? Many never receive the vital support they need to heal, grow, and feel...
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