Tag: foster care

Business rallies behind city kids

Alocal business has made a significant contribution to support vulnerable young people living in an ac.care child and youth residential care property.
O’Brien Electrical Mount...

Foster care helps young adult thrive

Make every opportunity count has long been a mantra for Mount Gambier teenager Jess Tresidder, who is about to embark on her next journey...

Foster care manager swaps roles to help flood-affected residents

AMount Gambier social worker witnessed firsthand the impacts of the River Murray flooding on Riverland communities after volunteering for three weeks to support affected...

Foster care transforms country couple’s lives

The lives of a local couple have been transformed after opening their home - and their hearts - to a foster child. Regional foster carer...

Child Protection Week highlights need for foster carers

Caring adults living in regional South Australia can play a key role in ensuring the state’s most vulnerable babies, children and young people have...

Region’s foster carers celebrated

The remarkable contribution of Limestone Coast foster carers providing safe homes to vulnerable children has been celebrated by ac.care. The country specialist agency hosted an...

Foster carers in demand

Regional agency ac.care is calling for caring adults to consider becoming foster carers to provide safe homes and positive relationships for local children. The agency...

Foster carers celebrated

Mount Gambier’s Cindy Driver stopped counting how many children she had welcomed into her home as a foster carer when she reached the number...

Foster carers help transform lives

Foster carers make a remarkable contribution to young lives, welcoming children in state care into the safety and security of their own homes. ac.care works...

Family provides loving home

Having two young girls of their own has not held Kate and Jeremy Thomas back from welcoming more than 20 children into their home...

Safe homes sought for vulnerable children

Twenty vulnerable children unable to live with their biological parents in the Limestone Coast could not be placed in long-term family-based placements due to...