01 April 2021Celebrity Kyly Clarke has chosen Barnardos Australia as her charity on the new series of Dancing with the Stars : All Stars!
Read more- 05 March 2021
Backed by the Gerzurgans, a group of local kids have spent their spare time fundraising and on Saturday, February 27, presented a cheque for $1000 to Barnardos Mudgee.
Read more - 10 February 2021
Our amazing CEO Deirdre Cheers spoke to Jonesy and Amanda on WSFM to explain that the decision to end the Mother of the Year Awards was not to de-value the important role that mothers play in today’s society as the media has portrayed, but rather to include all the families we assist and represent – and to ensure that all our resources are put towards directly supporting the crucial services we provide to vulnerable children. Thank you again Jonesy and Amanda for the opportunity to set the record straight.
Read more - 08 February 2021
As a family support and foster care charity, Barnardos Australia works with a diverse range of families - including single parents, foster parents, same sex couples, relatives caring for the children of family members, and children who are cared for by their grandparents.
Read more - 10 January 2021
Virgin will convert donations of 4500 points ($25) up to 17,500 points ($100) to a number of charities including Barnardos Australia.
Read more - 24 December 2020
A big thank you to Lajna Ima’illah Australia the women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for everything you do for our Barnardos Cranebrook Centre. We appreciate your continued support!
Read more - 19 December 2020
The Child Protection Unit at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead has reported a stark rise in both physical and sexual abuse of children in 2020.The number of children suffering serious abuse has skyrocketed, according to the Child Protection Unit at The Children’s Hospital Westmead.
Read more - 08 December 2020
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Barnardos oldest “Old Boy” Henry Wheeler on 27th November 2020, aged 100 years.
Read more - 16 November 2020
Family Matters Report 2020 has just been released.
Read more - 25 August 2020
Young people at risk of homelessness or disengagement from high school are being supported as part of a new program being delivered by Barnardos Australia in Western Sydney.
Read more - 04 May 2020
Kieran is Program Manager of the Barnardos Disability Respite Service in Penrith. As an essential service, we have remained open and are busier than ever. Social distancing rules have added an extra challenge to deliver our services but we know this work is so important for the health and safety of our families.
Read more - 02 April 2020
Barnardos Australia is committed to delivering our essential services to support vulnerable children and families throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more - 02 April 2020
We were very sad to hear yesterday that Julie Pascoe died of cancer on Tuesday 31st March. Many of us worked with Julie during her eight years on the Barnardos Board and admired her greatly. She brought her many talents and boundless energy to the role of Director and contributed to Barnardos in so many ways.
Read more - 25 March 2020
Barnardos places the highest priority on the health and safety of the children, young people and families we work with, along with our carers and staff.
Read more - 18 December 2019
We are pleased to announce that as at the 14th December, Barnardos Australia and Barnardo’s UK were declared a participating institution in the National Redress Scheme.
Read more - 31 July 2019
Barnardos Australia was recently invited to comment on issues raised at the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug ‘Ice’.
Read more - 26 June 2019
Barnardos Australia and Barnardos UK would like to advise that we are in the final stages of joining the Redress Scheme.
Read more - 01 April 2019
We are pleased to publicly announce that the Barnardos Australia and Barnardo’s UK group application to join the National Redress Scheme has been lodged.
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 - 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 - 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 - 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.
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