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 […]
Friday, 24 June 2022 SHINE for Kids today welcomed a landmark report from a NSW Parliamentary Committee into the impact that having a parent in prison has on their children. The NSW […]
We had the pleasure of presenting the progress of our youth mentoring program, ‘Stronger Pathways Together’, at last week’s wonderful Impact100 Sydney events. The program, run with partner ConFit Pathways, supports young people in juvenile […]
The 2022 Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation Chairman’s Medal has been awarded to our volunteer Helen Walker-McCready for her outstanding support of young people. For the past 10 years, Helen has provided her support, […]
Our CEO Julie Hourigan Ruse has written an op-ed for The Daily Telegraph on how we must do better for children with mums in custody. Women are the fastest-growing population in Australian prisons and […]
When the lives of children are improved, outcomes for their families and our entire society are as well.