SHINE for Kids welcomes Federal funding boost
Media release – Monday, 2 May 2022 A newly-announced $1.4 million Federal grant to support young people who have (or have had) a parent in custody and are themselves at risk of […]
Press Releases
A message from our CEO Julie Hourigan Ruse this Youth Week
National Youth Week is currently being celebrated and the theme this year is It’s up to YOU’th. At SHINE we know that children and young people’s voices and experiences matter, they will […]
Media Release: SHINE celebrates successful partnership with Serco at Clarence Correctional Centre with new office opening
17 December 2021 SHINE for Kids is pleased to announce the grand opening of our new offices in South Grafton, NSW, which are based in the New School of Arts Neighbourhood House. […]
Media Release: COVID Catch 22 – NSW children denied right to visit parents
2 December 2021 On 29 November, NSW Corrective Services informed SHINE for Kids that children in NSW under 12 will be banned from visiting their parent in prison because they are unvaccinated. […]
Media Release: Maintaining the child parent bond critical for children of prisoners during COVID-19
30 August 2021 Our thoughts are with children with a parent in prison and families on the outside who have a loved one in prison. While it is true that COVID-19 does […]