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15/09/2022
CEO Message September 2022
IMPACT Newsletter September 2022 It feels like it is one of those times when the number of children who need our support is multiplying faster than we have seen it before. The online world offers children so many benefits to learn and share. But it also poses many threats. It is an environment in...
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23/06/2022
Target and Australian Childhood Foundation supporting local communities
IMPACT Newsletter June 2022 Earlier this year we celebrated all the women that held important roles in the lives of children in Target’s ‘All that she is’ Mother’s Day campaign. As part of our partnership, Target launched a range of limited-edition charity tote bags designed with positive affirmations that were shared with participants of...
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20/06/2022
CEO Message June 2022
IMPACT Newsletter June 2022 Dear supporters, We’re at the halfway point of a year filled with many highlights. 2022 has seen Australian Childhood Foundation strive forward, with fantastic results for children and young people despite worldly challenges. Our last newsletter mentioned our partner, Target’s Mother’s Day campaign called ‘All That She Is’ and our...
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31/03/2022
Free Resource: Times Like These
IMPACT Newsletter April 2022 Helping you respond to children who feel affected by big world problems. Pandemic… War… Climate change. These big world problems are here. They fill up our newsfeed all day, every day. Children know when these problems exist. If they are not directly tuned into news snippets, then they are watching...
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30/03/2022
Ambassadors Yiayia Next Door Launch a New Cookbook
IMPACT Newsletter April 2022 Australian Childhood Foundation Ambassadors, Daniel and Luke Mancuso of Yiayia Next Door, have been working with Yiayia to bring you their very first cookbook, Yiayia Next Door – Recipes from Yiayia’s kitchen, and the true story of one woman’s incredible act of kindness When Daniel and Luke lost their beloved...
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30/03/2022
CEO Message April 2022
IMPACT Newsletter April 2022 Dear supporters, The first few months of 2022 have been a confusing, confronting and complex time for our communities. Our children and young people have had little to no break from a world that has been filled with a sense of danger and looming threat. For young children the stories...
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30/03/2022
Rosie Batty Continues to Strive for Change
IMPACT Newsletter April 2022 Rosie Batty AO, author and advocate, has pushed on in an unrelenting pursuit for social change on the issue of family violence. Rosie’s grief and loss, has been expressed in an incredible willingness to speak out, touching the hearts of the Australian community. After being named Australian of the Year...
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06/12/2021
CEO Message December 2021
IMPACT Newsletter December 2021 Dear supporters, It has been an incredible year full of transitions. The changes to our lives arising from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected children and young people in so many ways. Unfortunately, it has been even harder for children and young people who have experienced trauma arising from abuse and violation. We...
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10/09/2021
CEO Message September 2021
IMPACT Newsletter September 2021 Dear Supporters, Our experience of 2021 – especially for the children, families, staff and donors in Victoria and NSW – has again been intensely shaped by the impact of the pandemic. It is the priority of the Australian Childhood Foundation to champion the interests of vulnerable children and young people...
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28/10/2019
From Corporate Executive to Defender of Childhood
For 20 years, Jamie Hildage tirelessly worked his way up the corporate ladder and with tenacity and a confidence-building mindset landed himself a new job, he was a Senior Executive at ANZ bank. But Jamie wasn’t content with his own success, with two young daughters as his driving force, Jamie set out to make a...
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