Without the care he needs, Lucas could be left behind…for life. Lucas’s first six months of kindergarten were heartbreaking for his mum Erin. While the other kids quickly found their groove and started making friends, Lucas struggled to communicate with his teacher or classmates. He often became withdrawn in the classroom and seemed overwhelmed by…
As part of Speech Pathology Week, our Speech Pathologists explain all about milestones and the ways in which you can help your child’s language development. Children develop talking, listening and communication skills right from birth. A child’s language skills continue to grow throughout their lives; however, the early years are very important. It is important…
The halls of the Centre for Country Kids have been unusually quiet for the past four months. Like so many other charities and businesses across the world, we took the incredibly difficult decision to pause all on-site services and transition most of our staff to working from home in March. The corridors of the Centre…
Following the horrific summer bushfires, we asked you, our wonderful Royal Far West supporters, to dig deep and help us reach our ambitious goal of raising $50,000 to provide extra support to our client families who were directly impacted by the fires. And boy, did you dig deep! We were absolutely overwhelmed by the incredible…
Our partnership with UNICEF is helping to change the lives of children like Jack. Jack* is 10 years old and lives with his family in a small town on the South Coast. Jack has an older brother James aged 12, and a younger sister Emily aged 6. He is in Year 5 at the local…
