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Because of Them, We Must - Family Matters 2019 Report

Child safety is paramount and there may be times when a child must be removed and placed into out-of-home care. However, according to Family Matters it is an increasing crisis for Aboriginal and Torre...

Why Life Without Barriers Cares - Carers Week 2019

Carers make an enormous contribution to our communities, it's time we say thanks.

Why reunification means hope not heartbreak

We often hear prospective foster carers tell us they couldn't be a carer because they wouldn't be able to give children back,...

Why you should think about older kids when it comes to fostering

When people think about fostering, they often lean towards caring for 0-5 year olds. For many different reasons, families, co...

Because of Them, We Must - Family Matters 2019 Report

Child safety is paramount and there may be times when a child must be removed and placed into out-of-home care...

Why Life Without Barriers Cares - Carers Week 2019

Carers make an enormous contribution to our communities, it's time we say thanks.

Breaking down stigmas in Mental Health Week

We are celebrating Mental Health Week, a national event that aims to improve understanding of mental health, r...

Supporting families to stay together

When parents have no one left to turn to, our family workers are there to help keep kids at home and out of fo...

Join Living Arts at the Festival of Now

Join Life Without Barriers’ Living Arts team at the Festival of Now during Mental Health Week on October 11, 2...

Inspiring Reconciliation Action in Adelaide

With reconciliation at the forefront of our organisation, Life Without Barriers staff from across Adelaide att...

Why you should think about older kids when it comes to fostering

When people think about fostering, they often lean towards caring for 0-5 year olds. For many different reason...

Could you be that one caring adult to change the life of a teen?

"Every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story" - Josh Shipp. Life Without Barriers is looking...

Our Country heals us: Rhondie returns home

Watch as Rhondie, a traditional owner from Kowanyam, returns to camp on Olkola Country with his Mob. It was an...

Foster and Kinship Care Week 2019

At Life Without Barriers we are celebrating Foster and Kinship Care Week (8th - 14th September) to acknowledge...

Life Without Barriers Kicks-Off a New Partnership!

There’s no doubt that Aussies are passionate about their sport, whether it be watching it or playing it! We’re...

Life Without Barriers Participants are Hungry to Help the Tassie ...

The people we support are supporting others at their local Foodbank.

Living Arts Nurture - Spring holiday program - Adelaide

The October 2019 holidays are coming, and Living Arts are excited to connect with kids and families this schoo...

2019 National Foster and Kinship Care Conference

‘Walking Together’ was the theme for the 2019 National Foster and Kinship Care Conference, which saw over 600 ...

Why reunification means hope not heartbreak

We often hear prospective foster carers tell us they couldn't be a carer because they wouldn't be able to give...

Can I be a carer? Foster care myths and misconceptions

Many people don’t apply to become a foster carer as they think their life circumstances might disqualify them....

Never alone: How we support foster carers

Let’s be frank, the journey to foster caring can be one fraught with unknowns and challenges. However, it’s ne...

What do children think about their safety and happiness?

‘I am treated fairly, I have lots of fun, and life is good for me at the moment’ - 88% of children and young p...

Child Protection Week 2019

As Child Protection Week kicks off, Life Without Barriers Chief Executive Claire Robbs is asking Government, c...

Yoga for Dignity in Berri, SA

Our Berri office is hosting a Yoga for Dignity yoga class on Saturday 31 August at 9:30am

Our focus on National Homelessness Week

People find themselves homeless for all kinds of reasons, be it mental health issues, family breakdown, domest...

National Foster and Kinship Care Conference 2019

LWB is thrilled to announce that we are Platinum Sponsors of the FCAWA 2019 National Foster and Kinship Care C...

5 things about foster caring everyone wants to know

At Life Without Barriers we are always looking for foster carers to join us in creating a safe and supportive ...

Walyu Tutu 'The Lookout' official opening in Unley

This week we opened our newest Life Without Barrier’s office in Unley (South Australia), aptly named Walyu Tut...

Spotlight on Child Safety in South Australia

Our ‘Spotlight on Child Safety’ forum provided an opportunity for the sector to come together to listen to the...

Child protection is everyone’s business

Children are our most precious treasure and it’s heartbreaking that more than 30,000 are abused or neglected e...

What does it mean to be a child in care?

Our care leavers tell us it is open, loving, safe adults who are ready and willing to listen that have the mos...

The Big Chill - Sleep Out to Support the Homeless

Life Without Barriers has organised an event called ‘The Big Chill Sleep Out’ which aims to raise awareness of...

Francis returns home to country

Francis, a proud Aboriginal man supported by Life Without Barriers in Cairns travelled back to his community f...

We Live Life #18 - Winter out now

Welcome to our Winter 2019 edition of We Live Life. In We Live Life we shine the spotlight on individuals maki...

Supporting Homelessness Week in South Australia

Can you imagine calling a cold park bench home? A windy walkway? Bedding down on a friend’s couch, not sure of...

Voice. Treaty. Truth. NAIDOC Week 2019

Voice. Treaty. Truth. Life Without Barriers partners with Aboriginal and Torres people to work together for a ...

Changes to the NDIS Price Guide – what it means for you

With the onset of the new financial year, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has released its new...

Thought leadership at the National Child Protection Conference

This week a number of Life Without Barriers staff were in Brisbane to attend the National Child Protection Con...

Continuing our commitment to employing more people with disabilit...

At Life Without Barriers we’re deeply committed to providing more people with disability with meaningful job o...

Paul from Employable Me lands his dream job

Train enthusiast Paul joins Pacific National as a Strategic Planner after featuring in the ABC documentary Emp...

Refugees and asylum seekers

Living Arts Winter warmer school holiday program - Adelaide

The Winter holidays are coming, and Living Arts are excited to connect with you through a range of different w...

Recognising the journey and contributions of refugees to our soci...

This week is Refugee Week – an important time to pause and reflect on the valuable contributions made by refug...

National Reconciliation Week - a busy week of recognition and rem...

This week many people from around Life Without Barriers have participated in events recognising National Recon...

Child Aware Conference 2019

As one of Australia’s national providers of out-of-home care working with children, young people, carers and c...

New mental health services meets young peoples needs

#synergy is a unique program run by our mental health team in Southern Tasmania.

Australian Network on Disability's Access and Inclusion Index

Life Without Barriers is committed to ensuring our workplace is accessible and inclusive for those with disabi...

Employable Me - the reality of disability employment

We were thrilled to see Paul, one of the people we support featured in the second season of the ABC series Emp...

Community Council of Australia’s ‘It Takes a Village’ campaign

We’re proud to show our support for the Community Council of Australia’s ‘It Takes a Village’ campaign, which ...

Draft Terms of Reference released

The draft terms of reference have been released for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exp...

Breaking down barriers with pride

Gina Olivieri is a Program Assistant in the Tasmanian Youth Mental Health Services team at Life Without Barrie...

Intern designs a new life

We have been lucky enough to work with the Australian Network on Disability to employ some amazing interns. Me...

Living arts program - connecting to culture

The Living Arts Tjiranka Tjatu Nintiringanyi Program at Life Without Barriers began in July 2018. The program ...

What reconciliation means to Claire Wildish

The Living Arts program offers people from diverse cultural backgrounds the opportunity to develop a connecti...

Life Without Barriers sparkles at Melbourne's Midsumma carnival

Last Sunday Victorian Foster Care team attended Midsumma Festival, an annual celebration of LGBTQI culture. LW...

How we celebrated international day of people with disability

International Day of People with Disability occurred on Monday 3 December. Here is a snapshot of some of the a...

We're celebrating International Day of People with a Disability

Today we are celebrating International Day of People with a Disability all across Australia. The theme this ye...

Creating a community of carers

MOCKINGBIRD FAMILY™ is connecting carers and creating community. It is an evidence informed approach to foster...

Summer We Live Life

It has been a tremendous year for Life Without Barriers and we are delighted to share with you the final editi...

ASID conference 2018

As part of our sponsorship of the Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability Conference we had the pleas...

We are finalists in the LGBTI Awards!

LWB is a Finalist in the LGBTI Awards next year! We have been nominated under the public voting categories for...

NDIS Participant Employment Taskforce

LWB has welcomed Social Services Minister Paul Fletcher’s recent announcement of a new task force that aims to...

Alliance20 - a better NDIS

New alliance of disability service providers partnering to improve the NDIS

Traditional healing during Mental Health Week 2018

LWB have supported the community to access a traditional Aboriginal healing experience provided by the Anangu ...

Careers

National Safe Work Month

October is National Safe Work Month. This allows us to shine a spotlight on safety at LWB. Due to the type of ...

Information about the transfer of disability services in Victoria

A warm welcome from all of us at Life Without Barriers

ACWA 2018: Conference wrap up

With the LWB stand looking ‘best in show’ and buzzing with visitors at each break, ACWA 2018 was well worth at...

Hannah and Chantelle are finally home

Meet Hannah and Chantelle. Both young women live independently with support from Life Without Barriers.

Foster and Kinship Care Week 2018

Across Life Without Barriers, Foster and Kinship Care Week 2018 celebrations are held to thank the wonderful a...

Upcoming Event: Poverty - a forgotten issue in child protection

Family Inclusion Strategies in the Hunter (FISH) has collaborated with the University of Newcastle’s Family Ac...

Because of Her, We Can - NAIDOC Week 2018

We are celebrating NAIDOC Week at Life Without Barriers.

The LWB Story - It's a Wrap

As they say in the movies – “It’s a Wrap!” Over 650 Life Without Barriers Staff, Clients, Carers & Supporter W...

Endless possibilities in Tasmania

The closing of the LWB Day Centre in Claremont and the introduction of the NDIS has meant greater choice for o...

National Reconciliation Week 2018

With this year’s theme of ‘Don’t Keep History A Mystery’, LWB celebrated National Reconciliation Week (27 May ...

Newcastle LWB Story screening

June 14th on the cold Newcastle night was a special one! Over 160 people came along to the beautiful vintage T...

Driving changes lives

An Aboriginal teenager who lost an eye to a rare cancer 14 years ago says learning to drive has transformed he...

Joblife is now open!

Joblife believes in a job for everybody and they exist to partner with those with disability to help them find...

We Live Life - Edition 16

Welcome to the Winter Edition of We Live Life! This issue features many inspiring stories of the amazing peopl...

National Reconciliation Week and LWB ‘Stretch RAP’ update

As an organisation LWB are committed to reconciliation, learning from the past and thinking about where we can...

Tamborine songline: Ten young women learn the value of cultural c...

Ten unsure and dislocated girls arrived at our camp, excited but hesitant about what was ahead. Two days later...

Black-belt in self-worth: How we're breaking the cycle of domesti...

We are helping young women as they transition into independent living from foster care by providing self-defe...

LWB recognised for staff safety with icare Aware Award

Life Without Barriers (LWB) has been awarded the latest icare Aware Award from Insurance and Care NSW (icare)....

Burdiya: "Colours" Art Therapy Workshops

“Colours” Art Therapy Workshop is an art workshop for both adults and children with disability and mental heal...

My Pathway, My Future

You are invited to the launch of our exciting new resource, ‘My Pathway, My Future’.

Mardi Gras Fair Day

At Life Without Barriers (LWB) we celebrate equality, accessibility, diversity and inclusion.

What is Respite Care?

When Children and young people ranging in age from 0-18 in our community are unable to live with their parents...

ChillOut festival 2018

At Life Without Barriers (LWB) we celebrate equality, accessibility, diversity and inclusion.

Full circle - share the dignity

This past Christmas, something very special happened throughout Australia. People were invited to ‘share the d...