Stories

When Christopher came home to live with his mum Jessica, after growing up with his grandmother, she gave up her room so he could have…

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…

The Kids Under Cover Donate Your Car program has been running for 16 years It has been a hugely successful fundraising initiative to help build…

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…

“She went from not even being able to go into the supermarket to buy milk, to someone who now works in customer service full-time and…

Building trust and teaching core life lessons are key to the successful support model at Village 21 Leon Jordan is the Team Leader of Village…

Sarah is one of two inaugural recipients of Kids Under Cover’s Sarah Davies Empowering Women Scholarship. The funds will help her take more time off…

“I used to shut down. Just the thought of coming home was … it was pretty bad.” Although Tessa* already had her five boys with…

The call for a collaborative vision to address youth homelessness I am so pleased to be back working directly on homelessness solutions after almost a…

Retired physician Ross, who lives in central Victoria with his wife of 56 years, is passionate about reducing his environmental footprint. He lives in an…

In a year when so much schooling was done at home during lockdowns, Junior can’t imagine how he would have got through his VCE had…

“It felt very weird for me as Holly’s mum when she was living in homelessness accommodation. I felt as though I’d failed as a parent…