by Simone Cottee | Feb 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
*Story originally featured on Fostering Connections. Julie is currently a staff member in the Home-Based Care team at Brophy. Julie was 15 years old when her parents became foster carers providing care to more than 100 children and young people in the Warrnambool...
by Simone Cottee | Jan 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Foyer Warrnambool is partnering with Victoria’s Container Deposit Recycling Scheme, meaning the south-west community can support a program which supports young people to reach their employment, educational and lifestyle goals. The Foyer Warrnambool has...
by Simone Cottee | Jan 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
There has never been a better time to become a foster carer. More than 450 children each night in the south-west need a foster home. That’s more than we have carers. If a home is unable to be found, children might need to move out of region – away from...
by Simone Cottee | Sep 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Kinship Carer’s “rewarding” experience Brophy Kinship Care Nicole Walker “wouldn’t change (her role) for the world” and describes it as “so rewarding”. Nicole and her husband have cared for Montana, a nine-year-old girl, since she was three months old....
by Simone Cottee | Sep 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Brophy is seeking passionate, community-minded people to join its board of directors! Our ideal applicant has skills in one or more of building social advantage, finance, risk, quality and safety and governance and a desire to guide the organisation in delivering...
