Tag: A Better Life For Foster Kids
The local charity making life better for foster kids commemorates 10 years
TEN years ago, Heather Baird started a charity out of her kitchen.
Its purpose is in its name – A Better Life for Foster Kids...
Charity’s good work honoured
Sale-based charity A Better Life for Foster Kids has been named a Nectre Regional Service Award finalist in the 2023 Victorian Community Achievement Awards.
The...
Gippsland kids support A Better Life for Foster Kids in their PJs
During Gippsland’s Biggest PJ Day on Friday, September 8, school students learned that not all kids have a stable home to go to every...
PJ Day to help support children in out-of-home care across Gippsland
LAST year, a group of participants in the Gippsland Community Leadership Program organised a region-wide PJ Day for primary schools across Gippsland to raise...
A step in the right direction
The Minister for Child Protection and Family Services, Lizzie Blandthorn, has agreed to meet with A Better Life for Foster Kids, founder Heather Baird...
Foster care gala
Victoria's foster care system is in turmoil; allowances for carers are among the worst in the country, and the number of children in out-of-home...
Gift of giving at Ashleigh House
What is Christmas to you?
Maybe Christmas is a cup of warm cocoa clutched between cold hands as you sit in front of an open...
Sale College makes generous donation to help kids
Sale College Year 11 and 12 VCAL students raised almost $2500 for A Better Life For Foster Kids.
The effort was part of students' Personal...