Foster Care

Focus on feelings: one way to help a child with behaviours of concern

When a young person you are caring for is showing behaviours of concern, it can be difficult to know how to respond.

Foster Care

Foster to adoption brings new beginnings

When Natalie* ended up in a wheelchair after contracting a staph infection in her spine following a routine laparoscopy, she and her partner Grant* had to face some hard truths.

Disability Services

Start Up: Paving the path to self-employment

Start Up works with young adults living with an intellectual disability as they explore the possibility of self-employment through developing their own microbusiness. Beth Innes, Grants Coordinator at Challenge Community

Foster Care

Max’s journey to finding a stable family

When he found his mother lying on the floor not moving, 5-year-old Max’s destiny was changed in an instant.

Foster Care

How Supervised Contact Workers support children and young people in foster care

When it comes to working with children and young people in out-of-home or foster care, as well as their families and significant others, creating a safe and supportive environment is

Disability Services

Young people living with a disability empowered through Challenge Connexions

Becoming independent is an important step for every young person. The Challenge Community Services ‘Connexions’ program helps young people with disability between the ages of 18 and 35 learn important

Foster Care

What support will I receive as a foster carer?

Have you ever thought about becoming a foster carer? The experience of helping a child in need and supporting their development at a crucial time in their lives can be

Disability Services

Changing lives for the better through Recycling

Working at Challenge Recycling, Narrabri has been a positively life-changing experience for Marie Hatch. The expression ‘life-changing’ is often overused but Ms Hatch’s job really has changed her life, and for the

Foster Care

A sense of fulfilment money can’t buy for carers

When Ella* arrived at her foster home, she was stressed, pushed boundaries and frequently acted out. No wonder really – her parents were separated and struggling with alcohol issues.

Disability Services

Start Up incubator for people with intellectual disability begins in Mayfield

At Challenge’s Start Up incubator, we meet Newcastle’s next cohort of entrepreneurs. Young, innovative and passionate about what they can offer the city’s residents, the students participating in