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28 June 2017 Do you have what it takes to care for children in need?

I have always thought about becoming a foster carer.I cannot think of anything more rewarding than providing a home to children that have nowhere to go. I can also see the benefits of fostering for my...

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17 May 2017 Emma and Nathan share foster caring experience

Just a year into being a foster carer, Emma, who lives on a farm near Narromine, said she couldn’t imagine her life any different. Western NSW needs ...

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8 April 2017 Woolworths Tamworth supports Challenge foster children

A Tamworth business has given some of the city’s most vulnerable children a little hope this Easter season.Staff from Woolworths at Tamworth Shoppingworld presented staff from Challenge Foster Care ...

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30 March 2017 Adoption laws 'good for region'

Changes to the NSW adoption system have been applauded by a Tamworth foster care provider, who says more incentives will be provided to ensure children live in happy homes.On Thursday, the state gover...

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30 March 2017 Sewing support for kids in need

Foster children who stay with John and Verity Wolfenden not only a receive a safe place to live: they also learn a new skill.For over three years, John and Verity have welcomed foster children into th...

12 January 2017 Fostering brings bundle of joy

Of all the benefits fostering provides children and their foster families, Challenge Community Services’ foster carer Cindy says it is the joy a child brings to her whole family that matters the mos...

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20 April 2016 Sarah-Jo's big family and big heart

It’s been three years since Sarah-Jo and her family made the decision to make a difference in another child’s life and they haven’t looked back since.In those three years the Tamworth mother ...