ACWA is gearing up again for our 2018 Foster Care Week Picnic Day, to be held this year on Sunday September 16. The theme for this year’s picnic is ‘Mad Hatter’, with picnic-goers encouraged to wear their most outrageous hat. There will be a colour run, races, games, music, jumping castles, an animal petting zoo, […]
ACWA has just released the detailed program for our national conference, which opens in Sydney on August 20. ACWA 2018 will focus on the continuing endeavours of our sector to provide better outcomes for vulnerable children, young people and families. The three-day program offers a rich array of keynotes by internationally acclaimed speakers, masterclasses and concurrent […]
As part of our Let Them Learn project ACWA is teaming up with UTS and the Why Not You Project to provide a University Experience Day on Thursday, July 26, for students from Years 9-12 who are in care. Highlights of the day will include a Code and Design 3D Modelling Workshop for the teens and an Education Champions […]
Thank you to everyone who registered an EOI. Date: 23 August 2018. Target audience for the day: State and federal policy makers, kinship care practitioners, and kinship care advocacy groups. Kinship care is defined as family-based care within the child’s extended family or with close friends of the family known to the child, whether formal […]
ACWA invites agencies located in regional and rural NSW to apply for a Foster Care Week 2018 Regional Grant. Running from September 9-16, Foster Care Week acknowledges the remarkable work of foster carers across NSW while highlighting the need for more to come on board. The celebrations will culminate in Sydney on September 16 with […]