out of home care

Howden Clair, Case Manager, Youth Housing, The Burdekin Association

Creative Collaborations!

April 10, 2024
The Burdekin Association is thrilled to announce that a former employee, Jay Williams, has established a new skincare company - ACTIVEAUSSIE Skincare - and he has committed to donating 15 per cent of the company's profits to The Burdekin Association...
Foster Carer with a young person.

A different type of foster care…

March 7, 2024
Late last week, 'The Sun Herald' published an article by Amber Schultz that outlined that "NSW's foster carers are leaving the system in droves, with nearly 1,000 authorised carers quitting in the past year. There were 17,623 authorised carers in December 2022, compared to...
Stanmore House, a property to be renovated using the FutureSteps grant program.

We’ve been awarded a FutureSteps Grant!

October 11, 2023
The Burdekin Association is excited to reveal that we are the recipient of a FutureSteps Grant of $89,000 to be spent on renovating one of the houses we manage for young people transitioning from out of home care to semi-independent living...
NSW Makes it 21

NSW makes it 21!

November 9, 2022
The NSW government has announced universal extended care to 21 years for young people in state care (from February 2023). We are thrilled to have played a small part in this. Campaigning across the country for the leaving care age...