11 July 2018THE immensely popular NAIDOC Family Fun Day returned to Warrawong on Tuesday.
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On the eve of NAIDOC week, these young indigenous achievers are already making their mark. Samantha Harris, 27.
There’s a difference between being a model and being a role model, but Samantha Harris has them both covered.
Read more - 06 July 2018
For the 6th year running, Barnardos South Coast will once again host the immensely popular NAIDOC Family Fun Day at the Greene St Reserve in Warrawong, this Tuesday 10th July 2018.
Read more - 05 July 2018
Amanda Richter is no stranger to publicity, having won the Tasmanian Barnardos Mother of the Year title in 2016, and now she is looking to take on another public role, running for councillor in the upcoming Huon Valley Council local government elections as a voice for those who live with a disability.
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 - 03 July 2018
BURYING a time capsule in 1995, Barnardos for it to be found in 2005 but only stumbled across it by accident recently - some 23 years later.
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 - 25 June 2018
There are concerns Australia's past with the stolen generation has led to low adoption rates and a looming crisis of children in care. Now a parliamentary committee is examining whether a national framework is needed to improve those rates and make it easier to adopt children who could be at risk. More than 100 submissions have been made following concerns the care system is bulging at the seams.
Read more - 25 June 2018
A childless man has left his entire estate to a national children’s charity.
Read more - 24 June 2018
A Music event at Dubbo presented by young people attracted a capacity crowd on Saturday night.
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 - 21 June 2018
Barnardos ACT is the third local community organisation to receive a 5.4kW rooftop solar panel system from ActewAGL through its solar grants program. The gesture is expected to save the children’s charity $1000 a year.
Read more - 15 June 2018
The Turnbull government has agreed to act on 104 of 122 recommendations of the child sex abuse royal commission, promising to deliver a national apology to the survivors, victims and families of institutional child sexual abuse later this year.
Read more - 29 May 2018
FOUR social work students from the University of NSW (UNSW) joined Barnardos Long Day Care Centre at Auburn to celebrate National Families Week (May 15-21).
Read more - 28 May 2018
When Noelene Lever speaks of her family, her face lights up with pride. Not only has the widowed mum raised five children of her own, she’s been an unofficial foster mum to 50 others.
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 May 2018
I never thought I would go on to be named the national Barnardos Mother of the Year 2018, a humble Noelene Lever said following the announcement earlier this week.
Read more - 10 May 2018
Just in time for Mother’s Day this Sunday, Barnardos Australia and ALDI are pleased to announce Noelene Lever from Forster, New South Wales has been named the national Barnardos Mother of the Year 2018, proudly supported by ALDI.
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- 09 May 2018
Program to help women leaving jail.
Read more - 08 May 2018
‘Beyond Barbed Wire’ program delivering dramatic, positive results
Read more - 08 May 2018
Launch of Beyond Barbed Wire Evaluation Report by Western Research Institute on 3 May 2018 in Wellington.
A programme assisting mothers behind bars in the Central West has reduced the number of women reoffending. Participants are matched with a mentor to assist with their transition back into the community and empower them to create a stable life for their family. Only 7% have reoffended after the programme compared to 43% for Australian women.
Read more - 08 May 2018
Women leaving prison are less likely to re-offend with the support of a specialised program. However, it needs Government funding to continue. With Indigenous women 15 times more likely to be in prison, the program is especially beneficial in Aboriginal communities. Emily Falson is a mentor for Beyond Barbed Wire, a program aiming to stop women reoffending after leaving prison.
Read more - 08 May 2018
Launch of Beyond Barbed Wire Evaluation Report by Western Research Institute on 3 May 2018 in Wellington.
Read more - 26 April 2018
Barnardos Australia is pleased to announce Dianne Brookes from Crescent Banks, Australian Capital Territory, has been named Barnardos Mother of the Year ACT 2018.
Read more - 26 April 2018
The morning after her office Christmas party in late November of 2007, Canberra mum Dianne Brookes was feeling horrendous.
Read more - 25 April 2018
Founded 82 years ago, the Peter Pan committee is known for hosting top notch fundraisers for child protection charity Barnardos Australia.
Read more - 24 April 2018
Barnardos Australia is pleased to announce Faye Gill from Perth, Western Australia, has been named Barnardos Mother of the Year WA 2018.
Read more - 24 April 2018
PORT Lincoln mother of four Sarah Baillie has been named the South Australian Barnardos Mother of the Year after she was secretly nominated by her daughter Kiara Baillie.
Read more - 24 April 2018
AN Alice Springs mother of four who opens her home as a “safe zone” to children of all ages has been awarded Barnardos Mother of the Year NT 2018.
Read more - 24 April 2018
The charity Barnardos is honouring Mrs Gill’s dedication to her daughter and four other children today by naming her WA mother of the year.
Read more - 24 April 2018
ONE of Faye Gill’s earliest memories of her daughter Lauren is being ferried by police escort through London streets to get her tiny newborn to the hospital’s cardiac unit.
Read more - 23 April 2018
Introducing Northern Territory’s Most Inspirational Mum Barnardos Mother of the Year NT 2018 Announced Barnardos Australia is pleased to announce Jennie Ryan from Alice Springs, Northern Territory, has been named Barnardos Mother of the Year NT 2018.
Read more - 23 April 2018
Jennie Ryan, 57, from Braitling in Alice Springs, has been given the accolade for her unwavering support for children in her neighbourhood.
Read more - 20 April 2018
Barnardos Australia is pleased to announce Sarah Ballie from Port Lincoln, South Australia, has been named Barnardos Mother of the Year SA 2018.
Sarah Baillie, 39, had a “rough childhood” and was living hand-to-mouth, when she made the courageous decision to take the steps required to give her children a better life.
Read more - 20 April 2018
NOTHING about Sarah Baillie’s childhood was easy.
Read more - 19 April 2018
Barnardos Australia is pleased to announce Joan Bellinger from Burnie, Tasmania, has been named Barnardos Mother of the Year TAS 2018.
Read more - 19 April 2018
Lynne Butler said she doesn't have to ask for help from her mother, Joan Bellinger, but that she instinctively knows what needs to be done.
Read more - 19 April 2018
Burnie grandmother Joan Bellinger has been named the Tasmanian Barnardos Mother of the Year.
Read more - 19 April 2018
TASMANIA'S new mother of the year had no idea she had even been nominated for the award until she got the phone call from Barnardos — and then she thought the charity just wanted a donation.
Read more - 18 April 2018
Cindy Rigby, 61, is a superwoman who came to the rescue of more than 90 foster children, in addition to raising two sons of her own. Some of Cindy’s foster children stayed in her care for a couple of days, a month or two, or a few years. Others, like her nominator, Hayley Barber, 20, never left her side – nor did they want to.
Read more - 18 April 2018
A BRISBANE grandmother who has devoted two decades to fostering more than 90 children has been named Queensland’s Barnardos Mother of the Year.
Read more - 17 April 2018
Barnardos Australia is pleased to announce Noelene Lever from Forster, New South Wales, has been named Barnardos Mother of the Year NSW 2018.
Read more - 17 April 2018
Noelene Lever was in her mid-30s with five young children when her husband was killed in a car accident.
But this invincible Aboriginal woman from the New South Wales' north coast went on to foster more than 50 foster children in a home where she says "her door never closes".
Read more - 17 April 2018
ABORIGINAL mum Noelene Lever who has informally fostered more than 50 children has been named Barnardos Mother of the Year NSW 2018.
Read more - 17 April 2018
Noelene Lever has been awarded as Barnardos Mother of the Year NSW 2018 as she cared for 50 children in her life.
Read more - 16 April 2018
Barnardos Australia is pleased to announce Snjezana (Sue) Brcic from Frankston, Victoria, has been named Barnardos Mother of the Year VIC 2018.
Read more - 16 April 2018
Sue Brcic has been named as Barnardos Victorian Mother of the Year. She was recognised for her community work and resilience after escaping one of the world's most brutal conflicts.
Read more - 15 April 2018
NEARLY 20 years since immigrating to Melbourne, Snjezanna Brcic is being recognised as a pillar of strength to her family and community.
Mrs Brcic, 50, has been named as the Barnardos mother of the year for her incredibly generous spirit.
Read more - 12 April 2018
ABC's Radio National program Life Matters featured a panel discussion on the barriers to open adoption from out-of-home care.
Read more - 06 April 2018
The Barnardos Cobar office recently received a generous donation from power company, Aggreko.
Read more - 29 March 2018
A new wheelchair accessible sand table has been well received by students at Embleton Primary School in Western Australia, thanks to the Enrich program.
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- 23 March 2018
Read Melton Weekly's article about our Barnardos project
Read more - 23 March 2018
The Enrich school grant, provided by Barnardos Australia through Aldi supermarkets, enabled the school to run a rugby league program.
Read more - 21 March 2018
As a leading non-government provider of family support and child protection services including out-of-home care...
Read more - 15 March 2018
ENLIGHTEN FESTIVAL THE atmosphere was electric as Wellington's Galaxy Girls took to the stage to perform an original piece at Canberra's 2018 Enlighten Festival.
Read more - 14 March 2018
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released its final report on Friday 15 December 2017.
Read more - 06 March 2018
Jenny Norderyd, one of the 2018 University of Sydney Policy Fellows will focus her project on Barnardos’ Find-a-Family Program
Read more - 06 March 2018
Following the report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, Barnardo’s UK has issued a statement.
Read more - 05 March 2018
Congratulations Selai Storer of Barnardos Warrawong on being awarded the 2018 Illawarra International Women's Day scholarship.
Illawarra Mercury
Read more - 02 March 2018
Last night (our time) the UK’s Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published its report into the Child Migration Programmes case study, as part of their investigation into “Protection of Children Outside the United Kingdom”.
Read more - 26 February 2018
Fifty years is a long time spent fundraising, but that’s exactly from the Blackheath & District Barnardos Helpers Guild is about to celebrate.
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- 13 February 2018
Ten years on from the National Apology, Barnardos staff reflect on what this moment meant to them and how the legacy of the Stolen Generation still affects families today.
Read more - 08 February 2018
Must-watch story on the Cisco family in Orange
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- 01 December 2017
Kingston House (Barnardos house) was treated to a well-deserved make-over on their garden by the Channel 7 team Better Homes & Garden.
Read more - 12 September 2017
Special report on Barnardos carers John Guthrie and Dennis Cash, as seen on Australian Story last night
Read more - 11 September 2017
For foster care week next week we have created videos of foster care FAQs featuring Anita Tong from TFC auburn and Jo Mrakovcic from FAF Ashfield.
Read more - 06 September 2017
As part of Child Protection Week and Foster Care Week we have profiled some of our wonderful carers
Read more - 07 August 2017
Our Place breaks the cycle of homelessness and disadvantage by providing support and stability to young people in full time study.
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