Clinical psychologist, Andrew Fuller works with many schools and communities in Australia and internationally, specialising in the wellbeing of young people and their families.

OzChild has recently partnered with Andrew to delivery specialised training for our staff and carers so we can continue to provide the highest quality of care to the children in our programs.

The compassion and commitment of our volunteers and carers is most vital to our job of protecting children and providing them with a safe and nurturing environment in which to grow and thrive.
Russell and Anne Stannard have been long term foster parents with OzChild, first joining us in 1999, and by 2004 they had become the long term foster carers of two very loveable children.

Five years ago, Russell was diagnosed with terminal cancer and together as a family they rallied to make every day count. Russell and Anne, along with the children enjoyed many wonderful times together - until Russell became very unwell towards the end of last year and passed away on 3rd of March.

OzChild have partnered with JASCO Consulting to provide a great opportunity for young people to support personal development growth and expand career opportunities through a youth mentoring program.

The mentoring program is available for Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) students in collaboration with leading business professionals. The program's objective is to provide high levels of individualised and group support to the young people through personal development training with the outcome of a possible structured work experience.

Mentor Benefits

The program will provide training for potential mentors and give them the opportunity to share their personal experience and knowledge to assist in promoting opportunities for young people.

Kids more than anything, need love and support to grow and develop into healthy, happy adults. This Valentine's Day we ask you to take a moment to show a disadvantaged child some love by dontaing to our Valentine's Day Appeal.

You can Donate online here or through our Everyday Hero appeal page here.

Your donation will help provide support and services for children and families in need like:

• respite care for a child to avoid family breakdown
• a camp experience of fun and activities for a child with a disability
• a speech therapy session for a child with language difficulties
• an essential training session for our volunteers and foster parents

You can also help by spreading the word on Facebook!

"Whatever they grow up to be...the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love."

Rosaleen Dickson

We believe every child has the right to an education but not all kids have access to the same opportunities.

Our education and outreach programs work with schools and school kids to make sure more children and young people can access their right to an education and engage with learning to open up pathways to a brighter future.

You can help us provide better opportunities this year for kids like John by making an online donation here: Donate now