We started as a group of volunteers who were impacted by our own journeys with children at risk or removed from their first home. We saw that not enough is done to meet the needs of children living away from home and we believe that more can be done. We provide backpacks for children facing a transition or removal. Backpacks replace the garbage bag children have been seen dragging around. We want to stop the frequent placement changes in foster care, but while we work on that, we’re starting with the bag. We would love any brand new donations you have that are relevant for our bags. Hope For Our Children have for the past year, with the help of grants and public donations, have donated 1000 + backpacks full of necessities and toys to children in care/recently removed. This donation drive for kids in care has forged the way for Hope For Our Children to forge positive relationships with other organisations working to improve the lives of kids in care. We offer support for carers, run coffee mornings, professional training and love. If you’re interested check out our Facebook events We also have therapy dogs currently being trained! These beautiful pooches will sit with children in police stations, courtrooms, when removed, in counselling and in contact visits that are hard work emotionally for the children involved. We dream of better reunification procedures, earlier permanency and stability for children where they only now feel heartbreak and rejection. The future we envision is one where the shortage of children in care is a reality, where there is an abundance of high-quality carers, and where bio-families and carers join forces for the well-being of their children. We dream of a community where everyone realizes they hold the power to make a profound difference in a child's life.