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Plea for foster carers more urgent after eased restrictions

Whitsunday animal shelters have predicted a heartbreaking post-COVID trend, which means they need help now.

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15th Sept. 2020 5:09 AM

Helping Hands Animal Rescue Bowen president Kirsty Short with dog Piper and her nine puppies. The rescue organisation is calling out for more foster carers. Picture: Elyse Wurm

Coast foster carers needed to protect kids

An urgent recruitment drive is under way on the Coast for foster carers, with a service provider revealing a sharp increase...

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09th Sept. 2020 4:09 PM

Joyce and Matt Twigge are empty nesters who opened their home to kids in need.

Alone and scared: How system is failing young CQ adults

New figures reveal the devastating reality faced by young adults after their foster care comes to an end.

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28th July 2020 6:07 PM

A push to see the increase of foster care to 21 years old is sweeping across Queensland.

Pup finds new home during pandemic

A Toowoomba RSPCA foster dog has found a happy new home due to the impacts of coronavirus.

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07th April 2020 5:04 AM

Kim Robinson and Barney. Barney was fostered from the RSPCA but the couple fell in love with him, so he will be officially adopted. Photo Bev Lacey

Puppies and their carer

Foster carer talks about looking after puppies

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26th March 2020 4:03 PM

Flex your brain for kids in foster care

TRIVIA fanatics will rejoice this March, as The Pyjama Foundation hosts an event to raise funds for kids in foster care.

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28th Feb. 2020 12:02 PM

GIVING BACK: The Pyjama Foundation's Battle of the Brain's trivia night is coming up at the Maroochy RSL to raise money for kids in the foster system. Kathryn and Henry Stevens, 7, with Nikkii Joyce getting ready for last year’s event.

COURT: Man who helped minor steal wants to be foster carer

A MAN, who encouraged a juvenile to steal a camera, has told a magistrates court he wants to be a foster carer.

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17th Sept. 2019 12:09 PM

Foster father saves lives of two troubled teenagers

HE MAY not have an official award for Queensland Father of the Year, but after saving and changing the lives of two...

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05th Sept. 2019 4:09 PM

LIFE CHANGER: Skye Thomas would not be the women she is today if it was for her foster father, Keith Bruggemann.

'Worse than Mason Lee': Carer on toddler attack

The girl who suffered broken bones and a ruptured bowel at the hands of a Maryborough man had injuries 'far worse than...

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01st Aug. 2019 6:08 AM

HORRIFIC INJURIES: Maryborough man Jesse Lee James caused horrific injuries to a two-year-old girl in 2017.

Find out how you can change a child's life

Are you are eligible to become a foster carer?

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06th July 2019 5:07 AM

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