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Foster Care

Foster and Kinship Care Week 2019

At Life Without Barriers we are celebrating Foster and Kinship Care Week (8th - 14th September) to acknowledge and thank the thousands of foster and kinship carers who provide safe and supportive home...

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Children and young people

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 most impact as fos...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Francis returns home to country

Francis, a proud Aboriginal man supported by Life Without Barriers in Cairns travelled back to his community for the first ti...

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Children and young people

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 future for vuln...

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Foster Care

Foster and Kinship Care Week 2019

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

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Homelessness

Our focus on National Homelessness Week

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

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Foster Care

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...

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Children and young people

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 ...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

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...

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Children and young people

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...

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Children and young people

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...

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Children and young people

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...

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Homelessness

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...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Francis returns home to country

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

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Life Without Barriers

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...

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Homelessness

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...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Voice. Treaty. Truth. NAIDOC Week 2019

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

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Disability

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...

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Children and young people

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...

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Diversity and Inclusion

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...

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Disability

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...

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Life Without Barriers

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...

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Refugees and asylum seekers

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...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

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...

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Children and young people

Child Aware Conference 2019

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

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Mental Health

New mental health services meets young peoples needs

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

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Diversity and Inclusion

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...

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Disability

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...

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Children and young people

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 ...

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Disability

Draft Terms of Reference released

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

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Diversity and Inclusion

Breaking down barriers with pride

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

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Life Without Barriers

Intern designs a new life

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

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Living arts program - connecting to culture

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

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

What reconciliation means to Claire Wildish

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

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Foster Care

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...

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Disability

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...

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Disability

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...

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Life Without Barriers

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...

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Children and young people

Creating a community of carers

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

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Disability

ASID conference 2018

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

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Diversity and Inclusion

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...

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Disability

NDIS Participant Employment Taskforce

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

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Disability

Alliance20 - a better NDIS

New alliance of disability service providers partnering to improve the NDIS

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Traditional healing during Mental Health Week 2018

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

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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 ...

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Disability

Information about the transfer of disability services in Victoria

A warm welcome from all of us at Life Without Barriers

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Foster Care

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...

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Disability

Hannah and Chantelle are finally home

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

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Foster Care

Foster and Kinship Care Week 2018

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

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Foster Care

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...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Because of Her, We Can - NAIDOC Week 2018

We are celebrating NAIDOC Week at Life Without Barriers.

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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...

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Disability

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...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

National Reconciliation Week 2018

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

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Life Without Barriers

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...

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Disability

Driving changes lives

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

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Disability

Joblife is now open!

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

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Life Without Barriers

We Live Life - Edition 16

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

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

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...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

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...

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Children and young people

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...

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Refugees and asylum seekers

There's plenty of food and room at the table

You may have heard the saying, ‘When you have more than you need, build a longer table, not a higher fence.’ T...

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Disability

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)....

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Disability

Burdiya: "Colours" Art Therapy Workshops

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

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Mental Health

My Pathway, My Future

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

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Foster Care

Mardi Gras Fair Day

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

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Foster Care

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...

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Diversity and Inclusion

ChillOut festival 2018

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

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Life Without Barriers

Full circle - share the dignity

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

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Disability

Fun, sun and competition

The Seventh Annual Rocherlea LWB Sports Challenge was a smashing success.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Children exhibit their art and culture

Resident Artist Claire Russell from the LWB Living Arts program in SA has just wrapped up the ‘Stobie Pole’ pr...

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Foster Care

Giving is better than receiving

The generosity was overflowing for a number of school students in the Central Coast region of NSW late last ye...

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Disability

Life Without Barriers Launceston Christmas Pop-Up Shop & Sports C...

The Life Without Barriers Team have a busy lead-up to Christmas with the Sports Challenge for people with a di...

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Life Without Barriers

We Live Life #14 Summer Edition

Welcome to the latest issue of We Live Life – We are excited to share with you all that has been happening ove...

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Disability

Meet Nick and Alex - the most neat and tidy house on the block

On a sunny Launceston morning we visited the beautiful modern (and neat as a pin) home of two Life Without Bar...

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Mental Health

#YouthChoices MST QLD Program Launch

On the 31st October the innovative #YouthChoices MST Program was launched in Springwood (QLD). The program is ...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Oceania's dream

Veolia and Life Without Barriers partner to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

A Year for Remembering - Reconciliation Events from 2017

2017 is a year of particular significance on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander calendar. 3 June this y...

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Disability

Life Without Barriers and Cooks Hill SLSC form accessible partner...

Life Without Barriers (LWB) has partnered with Cooks Hill Surf Life Saving Club and the Newcastle City Council...

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Foster Care

Foster Care Moo-vement in Tasmania!

Life Without Barriers and Ashgrove Cheese are co-hosting an event to raise awareness about the need for Foster...

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Foster Care

Foster Care Week 2017 - Celebrating our carers

Life Without Barriers celebrates Foster Care Week and calls for more foster carers.

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Life Without Barriers

Rethinking Our Spaces - LWB Premises

Our National Property Team’s tireless efforts over the past six months on the ‘Work Place of the Future’ proje...

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Life Without Barriers

Sharing experiences - LWB Hosts HR Forum

Life Without Barriers recently hosted the ‘For Purpose Human Resources and Learning & Development Forum’ at th...

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Disability

Mikaela Worth... dressage champion

Riding her horse Rappa, Mikaela Worth recently made her way into the Reserve Champion position for Grade 1 at ...

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Disability

To learn and grow - Disability TAS

Craig makes a life-changing career shift from the building industry to the disability sector.

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Disability

New opportunities for people with disability and Life Without Bar...

Over 260 additional people with disability in New South Wales will now receive specialist disability services ...

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Refugees and asylum seekers

Welcome dinner helps connections

Welcome Dinners connect newly arrived people including migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and international st...

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Life Without Barriers

We Live Life #13 - Winter 2017 out now

Welcome to the Winter 2017 edition of We Live Life. We Live Life shines the light on individuals who work with...

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