Elders can travel in style with new orange bus!
You won’t miss our Belonging to Family team coming in our newly covered bright orange bus! This will help our BTF Elders get to where they need to be to support families […]
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Close the Gap Day 2022
Close the Gap Day 2022 was marked on the 17th March with the message ‘Transforming Power: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led Transformation, Gender Equality and Equity, Allyship.’
30% of children that @shineforkids supports are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. It is estimated that 20% of all Aboriginal children will experience parental incarceration in their lifetime.I was one of those children. I know first-hand the health impact having a parent in prison has on children. We can’t talk about health equity in our country without acknowledging that jailing is failing and disproportionately harms Aboriginal children, families and communities.
– April Long, National Operations Manager SHINE
Having a family member in custody has been linked to lower life expectancy.
SHINE believes that ‘Everyone deserves the right to a healthy future and the opportunities this affords.’
Find out how you can get involved and why closing the gap so important: https://antar.org.au/close-gap
Donate to support our work https://shineforkids.org.au/donate/
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KWOOP Annual NSW Parliamentary Breakfast
Our team had the privilege of attending the 9th annual Keeping Women out of Prison Coalition (KWOOP) NSW Parliamentary breakfast on the 19th of March, 2025. While the statistics shared were […]