19 March 2019Watch an interview on Today Extra with Deirdre Cheers CEO Barnardos Australia and our amazing Barnardos foster carers Donna and Gary Murray discussing the importance of temporary foster carers in working to restore children back home to birth family, whilst being supported by Barnardos Children’s Family Centres.
Read more- 06 March 2019
Barnardos Sydney Metro TFC foster carer Sandy Dutton was interviewed for the “3 things I Know about…” segment where she speaks about the topic of “Temporary foster care”.
Read more - 01 March 2019
Following ongoing discussions between Barnardos Australia and Barnardo’s UK we are pleased to now publicly announce that we will be jointly applying to the Australian Government Redress Scheme.
Read more - 25 February 2019
Interview with Barnardos adoptive parents Paul and Brendan about their experiences fostering and adopting their two sons.
Read more - 12 February 2019
Barnardos Australia has welcomed the announcement of the UK government that it will establish an ex-gratia payment scheme for former British child migrants.
Read more - 01 February 2019
Barnardos Australia would like to congratulate Dr Sue Packer AM on being named 2019 Senior Australian of the Year.
Read more - 19 December 2018
Brothers Aidan and Kaleb and their two new dads feel blessed family comes in all shapes and sizes, but for these two brothers from NSW their thoroughly modern family is a dream come true.
Read more - 19 December 2018
Team WD lends a hand With the tunes of Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You streaming through Sydney's Wentworth Park Function Centre, our staff were delighted to help the Barnardos Australia team spread Christmas cheer this year.
Read more - 18 December 2018
As previously announced in June 2018 Barnardos Australia is currently in the process of joining the Australian National Redress Scheme for Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse.
Read more - 18 December 2018
Taking a break from training last Monday ahead of their big weekend of travel, players from the Sydney Kings met with a group of children from Barnardos Australia.
Read more - 18 December 2018
The club, Sydney Thunder, has joined forces with Barnardos Australia in asking supporters and members to bring unwrapped Christmas gifts to the game to help give disadvantaged Australian children the opportunity to open a present on Christmas Day.
Read more - 30 November 2018
Barnardos is pleased to announce the Beyond Barbed Wire Volunteer Mentors have been awarded the 2018 NSW Volunteer Team of the Year for their support for mothers who are in or have been released from gaol.
Read more - 30 November 2018
This week in Federal Parliament, the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs tabled its report "Breaking barriers: a national adoption framework for Australian children".
Read more - 12 November 2018
Barnardos Australia congratulates Yerin Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Health Services on the launch of Ngaliya, ‘We – you & I’, a new permanency support service for vulnerable Aboriginal children and young people on the NSW Central Coast.
Read more - 24 October 2018
Barnardos Australia has welcomed the NSW government’s planned introduction of a landmark child protection bill into parliament this week.
Read more - 22 October 2018
Barnardos Australia welcomes today’s National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Sexual Abuse, delivered by the Hon. Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia.
Read more - 03 July 2018
Barnardos supports the National Redress Scheme to provide support to people who experienced institutional child sexual abuse.
Applications for the National Redress Scheme can be made from 1 July 2018.
Read more - 29 June 2018
Barnardos Australia announced today it will join the National Redress Scheme for the survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse.
Read more - 22 June 2018
New research on sibling co-placement and contact in permanent care, from the Institute of Open Adoption Studies in partnership with Barnardos.
Read more - 24 May 2018
National Sorry Day is an important day for Australia’s First Peoples and for Barnardos. On this day we will take time to recognise Australia’s Stolen Generations and the trauma caused by forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families and communities.
Read more - 14 March 2018
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released its final report on Friday 15 December 2017.
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