Every child deserves a healthy beginning, and this year’s World Health Day focuses on just that. Under the theme “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures,” the campaign highlights the importance of maternal…
Yesterday the 2025 Adolescent Violence in the Home (AVITH) Symposium took place. The event brought together practitioners, researchers and real-life advisors to explore intervention strategies, systemic challenges and ways to…
by Dr Lisa J. Griffiths, OzChild Chief Executive Officer This week marks 30 years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a landmark commitment to advancing…
Move It! for OzChild inspires people to challenge themselves for many different reasons, but for one particular runner, Sam Foote, who also works for OzChild, participating in Move It! for…
Ben Dixon’s story is one of heartbreak, resilience and transformative power. Speaking at OzChild’s All Staff Conference in November 2024, Ben shared a deeply personal journey, highlighting the challenges he…
This November we host our OzChild All Staff Conference, two days of informative team building and keynote speakers, designed to bring everyone in the organisation together under one roof to…
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…
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…
Earlier this year, the CREATE Foundation’s ‘Voices in Action’ conference was held in Adelaide, bringing together over 500 participants, including young people with lived experience of out-of-home care, policymakers, service…
Today we celebrate National Volunteer Week, a week-long celebration and appreciation of the diverse contributions volunteers give to make this world a better place. It’s an opportunity to celebrate and…
In a world marked by division and discord, National Reconciliation Week (NRW) serves as a beacon of hope, urging us to strive for unity, understanding and justice. As we embark…
Children’s Week is a national celebration of children’s rights, talents and citizenship held on the fourth Wednesday of October in Australia to coincide with Universal Children’s Day. Each year the theme of Children’s Week highlights a particular Children’s Right.
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