Double the deliveries, thanks to Wellington Shire Council!

A Better Life For Foster Kids has again been funded by the Wellington Shire Council grants this year, this time to help with the purchase of a covered-in trailer.  Each year we transport an enormous amount of Crisis Cases and large furniture to support carers to take on placements and to fit out new mums […]

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Support our cause, buy a t-shirt!

A Better Life For Foster Kids has commissioned a budding graphic designer, Grace Fox, to make us this beautiful tshirt design. We are so pleased with what Grace came up with and we think you will be too! The back of the t-shirt reads: Bringing awareness, bringing change. We are selling Unisex, Women’s and Kids […]

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Thank you to Trinity Families for supporting our Crisis Cases!

For many years now, we have received support for the costs of providing Crisis Cases from Trinity Families, the charitable trust of the Catholic Diocese of Sale. In the past 12 months they have funded Crisis Cases to re-stock the Bairnsdale, Sale, Morwell and Warragul Crisis Case Depots. That’s 152 cases! As costs of many […]

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Koo Wee Rup Crisis Case Depot Open!

We are delighted to announce that our Koo Wee Rup Crisis Case Depot, funded by Alinta Energy, is fully fitted out and ready for carers to come and pick up Crisis Cases as needed. If you are a carer in the Koo Wee Rup area needing a Crisis Case for a new foster or kinship […]

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Christmas Gifts for Kids in Care

Carers can apply using the form below for Christmas gifts from A Better Life For Foster Kids for the children in your care, as well as any biological children. Thank you for your interest – requests for Christmas 2021 have closed. We will re-open this form in late 2022 for Christmas present requests.

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Support from Loy Yang B for kids and carers

We are so grateful to announce that Loy Yang B have funded our Crisis Case service again this year through a Community Partnership Grant! Recent AIHW data has shown 5494 children were admitted to care and protection orders in Victoria in 2019-20. 72% of these were admitted for the first time. In total, 10 children […]

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Our building was flooded!

A Better Life For Foster Kids’ sorting and packing rooms at the Sale Memorial Hall have been flooded during the heavy rains at the end of March, and are not able to accept any clothing or other in-kind donations at this time . There is a lot of damage and it will take a lot […]

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