Tag: foster care

Foster Care
Lending a Hand to Thrive: Supporting Queensland’s Foster Families

MEDIA RELEASE  16 May 2025  Leading child welfare organisation OzChild is calling for more support for Queensland foster carers during National Families Week to ensure no carer — or child…

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Event, Parenting, Prevention & Strengthening
Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures

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…

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Foster Care, Parenting
Can You Give Danny a Forever Home? Become a Long-term Carer Today

Every child deserves a safe, loving home where they can grow, heal, and thrive. For Danny, a resilient young boy, that home is still out of reach. But with the…

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Foster Care
Libby De Kok: More Than Just a Job, It’s Her Calling

For Libby De Kok, working at OzChild isn’t just a job—it’s her calling. It’s something that moves her to tears when she talks about it, “I really love it, I’m…

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Event
Pushing Limits For A Worthy Cause

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…

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Foster Care
10 Reasons to Become a Foster Carer 

Foster care is an incredible journey filled with opportunities to make a real difference in a child’s life. But what is it really like to be a foster carer? If…

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Event
Ben Dixon: A Journey of Resilience and Gratitude

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…

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Event
Abiola Ajetomobi – All Staff Conference 2024

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…

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Foster Care
Launch of Friends of Foster Carers and Children in Foster Care

Today OzChild, Chief Executive Officer, Dr Lisa J. Griffiths and Executive Director Services & Practice, Michelle Van Doorn joined other members of the National Foster Care Sustainability Group, Families Australia and Federal…

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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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Foster Care, Parenting
Carer Support

Australia is facing a critical shortage of foster carers, a situation that poses a serious threat to the wellbeing of thousands of vulnerable children. While the number of children entering…

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