When the walls close in Joanne couldn’t blame her eldest son James for wanting to leave home. A three-bedroom house for a family of six…

Liam has had a clear vision of his career path since he first started working at a family friend’s automotive refinishing business as a youngster….

Lisa says encouraging her middle son Lynton to spend some time living in residential care was the most difficult thing she’s ever had to do….

“All the connections that we had were broken.” Three of Danielle’s four children are living with autism. The other, Jacob*, has been going through more…

Behind every car, there’s a story. A car often holds a special place in one’s heart. A reliable companion on the journey through life, enduring…

Elsie’s* four great grandsons can’t wait for their studio to be built. “They’ve been out there looking through the windows,” she says. “The eldest already…

In 2001, Ali and his family fled Iraq and arrived in Australia as refugees, spending some time in detention. After leaving detention and moving between…

Finding a more positive path At 17, Chloe-Jo has been through a lot. Growing up, she was bullied at school and living in a home…

For the most part, foster carers have a spirit of generosity that seems to come from somewhere beyond the realms of standard human character. It’s…

JB Hi-Fi staff around Victoria embraced their Sherlock Holmes. They’re going undercover through the month of May to raise vital funds for our studio and…

Fiona has a special connection to the car she donated and wanted to make sure she honored her Nana when she parted with it. She…

Our longest standing active studio has a few stories to tell Cheryl has lost count of the number of young people who have called the…

A standalone National Child and Youth Homelessness Strategy is vital to preventing Australia’s children and young people from becoming homeless The 2023 National Child &…

“If I wasn’t at Village 21, I don’t think I’d be living in any sort of accommodation. I’d be homeless, hoping that I could find…