Category: Awards

Awards
Jillian Wain Award 

Congratulations to Don Lee, this year’s winner of the Jillian Wain Award. Don Lee has been a dedicated foster carer for 19 years. Since becoming accredited in 2005, Don has…

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Awards, Event
The Elizabeth Tudor Award

The Elizabeth Tudor Award is dedicated to a carer each year for their outstanding commitment and contribution to foster care. They show selflessness, service to others, warmth, advocacy and dedication…

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Awards, Event
2024 JC Butler Award Winners – Bethany Jinks and Travis Chalk-Hatton

Congratulations to Bethany Jinks and Travis Chalk-Hatton, winners of OzChild’s 2024 JC Butler Award.     Embodying the virtues of this award: commitment, dependability, creativity and compassion, this young couple have demonstrated…

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Awards, Prevention & Strengthening
Joint Winner of the 2024 Robin Clark Making a Difference Award

A huge congratulations to The Putting Families First (PFF) team who were announced as joint winners of the Robin Clark Making a Difference Award at the 2024 Victorian Protecting Children…

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Awards
2024 Victorian Protecting Children Awards: PPF announced as a finalist 

The Putting Families First (PFF) team has been announced as a finalist for the Robin Clark Making a Difference Award at the 2024 Victorian Protecting Children Awards. PFF is a…

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Awards, Featured, Volunteer
Celebrating Molly Fergus: Young Victorian of the Year

Today Molly Fergus was honoured with the prestigious Young Victorian of the Year Award. This accolade celebrates her exceptional dedication and tireless efforts as a carer and advocate for children,…

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Awards
2023 JC BUTLER AWARD WINNER – Renee Faure

The JC Butler award recognises Renee Faure as this year’s recipient for her outstanding work in caring and supporting her nephews as their kinship carer.

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Awards
2023 JILLIAN WAIN AWARD WINNER – Vince & Kym

This year’s winners of the Jillian Ward award are Vince and Kym, in recognition of their combined experience of fostering over 22 and 14 years respectively – including five years as accredited Circle Carers.

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Awards
2023 Elizabeth Tudor Award Winner – Lisa Laing

This year’s Elizabeth Tudor Award Recipient has been a dedicated carer for 10 years, with a passion and commitment to the children in her life that goes above and beyond…

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Awards, News
OzChild Carer Awards 2022

Every year we recognise and acknowledge the commitment and dedication of OzChild carers and celebrate the incredible life-changing outcomes they achieve.

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Awards, Foster Care, News
OzChild Carer Awards – Celebrating our amazing Foster Carers

Every year we recognise and acknowledge the commitment and dedication of OzChild carers at our annual carer dinner event. While this year we cannot celebrate our carers in person, during…

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Awards, Foster Care, News
OzChild Carer Awards – Celebrating our amazing Kinship Carers

Every year we recognise and acknowledge the commitment and dedication of OzChild carers at our annual carer dinner event.

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OzChild acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live and work. We acknowledge their cultures are living ones, which relate to their ongoing connection to all things living and non-living on land, sea and sky.

We pay our respect to Elders past and present.

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