News – Foster Care

Gippsland foster carers will have access to greater support from a ready-made social system which mimics a traditional extended family by linking them with...

Foster caring is one of the most rewarding and life-changing decisions one can make. But a dedicated foster carer is nothing without a strong, supportive...

It’s Foster Care Week 2024! This is a time when Anglicare Victoria advocates for and spreads awareness around foster care, and the dire need for increased...

No foster parent will ever tell you that what they do is easy. They may  say it’s the most rewarding and fulfilling thing they’ve ever done – but it...

You don’t need extraordinary abilities to make a positive impact, as demonstrated by the caring individuals who sign up for foster caring through Anglicare...

After seven years as an Anglicare Victoria West foster carer, Kim has often had the same conversation with friends and acquaintances, that foster caring was...

In the end, all it took for Deanne's family to take the leap into foster caring was a night on the couch with movie star Mark Wahlberg. “We had talked...

Anglicare Victoria foster carers Di and John welcomed brothers Chris and Cloud into their home when the boys were 3 weeks and 10 months old...

For long-time educators and newly-accredited Anglicare Victoria Southern foster carers Matthew and Jana Payne, becoming respite carers has been another way for...

When Janine and Ian begun foster caring 32 years ago, they didn’t know they were about to embark on a lifelong journey. “I thought it might be just good...