Our RISE team in Frankston, Victoria have reported some big wins for their kids this year! While the team say all of the kids in RISE Victoria have shown admirable growth, they […]

Over the school holidays, SHINE for Kids teams across the country held special RISE Together Days for children in the program. The days were an opportunity for kids to meet others going […]

Over the school holidays,  SHINE for Kids teams across the country held special RISE Together Days for children in the program. The days were an opportunity for kids to meet others going […]

Our RISE Clarence Coordinator has been connecting with incredibly resilient children and their families across the Clarence Valley. One of these students is Adam*, who is 9 years old. Adam was referred […]

Our team in Queensland have been supporting this dad to connect with his newborn daughter. As he says, the support has completely changed his family’s life. Thank you to this father for […]

Mason* has spent most of his teenage years going between out-of-home care and custody. He’s no longer in contact with his family and finds it difficult to maintain positive relationships. Mason was […]

One of our wonderful long time volunteers Dennis recently reached out to us to pass on some lovely news. He and his wife had just attended the graduation of a young woman […]

Recently one of our fabulous citizen fundraisers Ryan got together a group of Bathurst rugby playing friends and acquaintances for a fun day and a good cause to play in the Annual […]

“Days like today are tiring but boy are they worth it. I travelled to the outing with a car full of silent children, the return trip was anything but silent.” – Priscilla, […]

Sam, a young Aboriginal boy in the Stand As One mentoring program, was just 15 when he went into custody at Frank Baxter Youth Justice Centre. Sam was the youngest person at […]

Timothy had been in custody at Clarence Correctional Centre for eight months when he joined the Storytime program. It was his first time in custody and he was really struggling with missing […]

Mia, Declan and Timmy have been living with their grandmother since their dad was incarcerated four years ago. Their mum was also sent into custody two years after dad while she was […]

On Thursday night the 25th of August 2022, SHINE for Kids was delighted to be invited to FICAP’s annual fundraiser event at Establishment in Sydney. FICAP’s (Financial Industry Community Aid Program) goal […]

Two members of our Executive team had the pleasure of attending this year’s AIFS Conference in Melbourne to share SHINE for Kids’ work and research. The AIFS Conference attracts internationally renowned experts […]

To celebrate Book Week, our team have brought together their favourite stories to share with the children and families we support. These are books our team find help children understand complicated emotions, […]

We’ve been getting creative so kids can remain connected with their parent in custody. For the August to October period, we have created Family Connection Packs which include activities for Father’s Day, Book […]

The first group of mums to participate in Keeping Us Together at Emu Plains Correctional Centre have graduated! The 3-week program covered 6 chapters and the graduation was organised by Kelly Austin, Principal Advisor of […]