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Life Without Barriers

Life Without Barriers Launches Strategy 2025

Strategy 2025 charts the five-year vision for Life Without Barriers from 2020 to 2025.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

How to deliver an Acknowledgement of Country

Learn how you can acknowledge and pay respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Owners and ...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Life Without Barriers partners with SNAICC for kids in out-of-home car...

Historic commitment to transfer out-of-home care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

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Disability

Life Without Barriers Recognised at Disability Confidence Awards

Life Without Barriers was awarded Top Performer in the Premises category of the Access and Inclusion Index. We are proud of h...

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Careers

Meet Corrina, NDIS Client Engagement and Planning Officer

Not all disabilities are visible.

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Careers

Meet Paul, Community Rehabilitation Support Worker

Paul’s experience of being a person with disability in the workforce hasn’t always been positive.

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Careers

Meet Dwayne, Assistant Financial Accountant

Dwayne has a vision for a more inclusive and accessible world.

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Life Without Barriers

What's on at Life Without Barriers in October!

Join Life Without Barriers at a range of events happening across Australia during October.

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Mental Health

Mental Health Awareness Month in SA with mindshare

The Living Arts team are living up to their name!

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Foster Care

IFCO Conference 2022 wrap up!

From the carers to staff, everyone thoroughly enjoyed the conference.

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Life Without Barriers

We congratulate Graeme Innes AM and Kurt Fearnley AO on new appoi...

Kurt Fearnley AO and Graeme Innes AM are appointed to the Board of the National Disability Insurance Agency.

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Diversity and Inclusion

Celebrating Bi+ Visibility Day

Bi+ Visibility Day is observed annually on 23 September to recognise and celebrate bi+ people.

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Diversity and Inclusion

We need to talk about bisexuality (again)

Telling stories creates connections between people and ideas. Stories teach us, inspire us, and connect us to ...

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Careers

Study to Work Gateway at Life Without Barriers

Did you know you can complete your studies and work placement while being employed by Life Without Barriers?!

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Disability

Alex explores pathways to employment with the support of YPEP!

From working with animals to performing on the drums solo, Alex has been exploring pathways and developing his...

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Child, youth and family

James is on the road to independence with the support of his Care...

With a bit of hard work and support, James learned how to manage his finances and buy his dream car.

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Child, youth and family

Ashley aims high with support from her Care Team

When young people are supported by people who believe in them and their ability to succeed, they are empowered...

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Life Without Barriers

Congratulations to the winners at the 2022 SA Child Protection Aw...

Life Without Barriers' MOCKINGBIRD™ Family Program and Debraha Bills, Carer, were acknowledged at the South Au...

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Foster Care

With the right support in place, Cody is thriving in care

Robyn, Foster Carer with Life Without Barriers, is a pillar of support for Cody, a young person in care.

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Disability

Democracy in action at the NDIS Jobs and Skills Forum

Disability Support Worker, Balthazar Boutry, shares his reflection on attending the first-ever NDIS Jobs and S...

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Child, youth and family

Family strengthening is the pathway to protecting children

Rob Ryan, Executive Lead - Strategy and External Engagement (Child, Youth and Family), shares his reflections ...

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Foster Care

Foster Father Mike is Victoria’s Father of the Year!

Foster Carer, Michael te Wierik’s dedication to children in care was acknowledged with the 2022 YMCA Victorian...

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Child, youth and family

Acknowledging National Child Protection Week with Jane French

Jane French, Executive Director, Children, Youth and Families, shares her reflections on National Child Protec...

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Child, youth and family

Want to know how we can all play our part for child safety?

Children thrive when we all understand how to play our part in keeping them safe and well.

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Disability

John and Yerilama find their green thumbs in Supported Independen...

A free packet of vegetable seeds from a grocery delivery has given fruit, and not just in the garden. Supporte...

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Diversity and Inclusion

Still Me, Still Human: The impact of Wear It Purple Day with Phi!

Phi Theodoros, Resident Artist - Living Arts, Child, Youth & Families, shares her reflections on the importanc...

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Child, youth and family

Life Without Barriers proudly supports the SA Child Protection Aw...

We have been nominated for the South Australian Child Protection Awards!

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Careers

Sally’s social work placement sets her up for success

Linking theories to practice, Sally reflects on the valuable experience she gained during her social work plac...

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Life Without Barriers

What's on at Life Without Barriers in September!

Join Life Without Barriers at a range of events happening across Australia during September.

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Disability

Sam builds his employment skills with YPEP

Sam is on the tools at Hamilton Men’s Shed, building projects and his employment skills at the same time with ...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Blue skies for Logan District's NAIDOC celebrations

Life Without Barriers joins Logan District's NAIDOC celebration event at Kingston's Butter Factory parklands, ...

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Disability

Going the extra mile for Daniel’s holiday happiness!

Knowing how much Daniel loves his holidays, his support team helps him make the most of his holiday fun.

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Disability

A country music star is born in the Hunter

Tex is ready to take on the world with a little help from his support staff.

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Disability

Four ways to help people feel safe to share their disability at w...

Some people feel uncomfortable sharing information about their disability in the workplace. Here is how you ca...

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Disability

Disability Done Different: with Director Graeme Innes AM

Graeme Innes reflects on the value of lived experience and Labor’s priorities now they are back in charge of t...

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Foster Care

How a couple's Foster Care journey led to them living their best ...

Every Foster Carer has a different story about how they came to care. Sandra and Trev share how becoming Foste...

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Disability

Why we don't need Disability Services for an inclusive Australia

"We need to drive societal change and do ourselves out of business.” - Chief Executive, Claire Robbs.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Experiencing Garma, from a proud Gomeroi man

Rob Russell, National Director, Reconciliation shares his reflections on his experience at the Garma Festival....

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Non-Government Organisations Closing the Gap

“Outcome 12 of Closing the Gap targets specifically call for a major reduction in the over representation of c...

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Life Without Barriers

Our COVID-19 response

We are actively responding to the coronavirus (COVID‑19) pandemic and have taken steps to keep staff, carers, ...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

The firsthand beauty of Garma

Jane French, Executive Director, Children, Youth and Families shares her experience attending the Garma Festiv...

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Disability

Pathways to employment – Jayden’s first job with the support of Y...

Like most young people leaving school, Jayden was eager to score his first job and start to earn his own money...

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Life Without Barriers

Roylene shares her journey of finding meaningful employment

Roylene's advice, "Barriers are only temporary."

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

How we celebrated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’...

On Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day, Life Without Barriers' teams attended events held acr...

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Life Without Barriers

Join Life Without Barriers at Agfest’s 40th anniversary!

Agfest is a multi-award-winning agricultural event organised by Rural Youth Tasmania volunteer members.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Return to love: Dan’s Return to Country and family reunion

Life Without Barriers’ NSW Cultural team connected a young person with his Mob and Country, helping him to exp...

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Disability

Tiara’s work ethic pays off with Joblife

Subway partners with Joblife, dedicated to building inclusive restaurants.

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Foster Care

Where there’s help there’s hope in foster care

Perth-based charity 'Fostering Hope' recognised as Change Champions in the 7 News Local Champions awards!

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Life Without Barriers

What's on at Life Without Barriers in August!

Join Life Without Barriers at a range of events happening across Australia during August.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day is a time for all Australians to celebrate and s...

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Housing

Helen's narrow escape from homelessness

Heavy rains made Helen's house uninhabitable, leaving her without a place to live. With support from Life With...

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Disability

Meet the people of Normanby Street

Active support and individual choice have made all the difference for the five housemates of Normanby Street.

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Child, youth and family

Life Without Barriers supports renewed calls to #RaiseTheAge

We encourage the Council of Attorney Generals to ensure the age of criminal responsibility across Australia is...

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Life Without Barriers

Join the Life Without Barriers 'Reading Adventure Challenge'

The Hook into Books 'Reading Adventure Challenge' is an opportunity for children and young people to experienc...

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Child, youth and family

Making education work, differently

Life Without Barriers' Education Unit gained insights from young people at the 'Doing School Differently' conf...

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Disability

Patrick pursues his dreams with Young People's Employment Pathway...

During his internship with Life Without Barriers, Patrick put his videography skills to work, capturing the Yo...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

How Life Without Barriers celebrated NAIDOC Week

During NAIDOC Week, Life Without Barriers' teams attended events held across Australia to celebrate the histor...

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Disability

Join the NDIA Winter Relief Workforce

Life Without Barriers' supports the NDIA's call for qualified Disability Support Workers to join a national Wi...

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Disability

Life Without Barriers renews Disability Confident Recruiter statu...

Life Without Barriers has reaffirmed our commitment to providing a barrier-free and inclusive recruitment proc...

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Life Without Barriers

Life Without Barriers supports the 'Racism. It Stops With Me' cam...

'Racism. It Stops With Me' is a national campaign urging Australians to reflect on racism and to take action a...

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Child, youth and family

Finding Ways Forward: Celebrating Identity, Culture, Families and...

Join Life Without Barriers at the International and National Foster and Kinship Carer Conference (IFCO2022).

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

How cultural pride saw the Torres Strait Islander flag flying at ...

Emma’s school used to fly only the Aboriginal flag and the Australian flag. Now, thanks to the six-year-old’s ...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

How accessible transport helps keep the connection to culture and...

Access to a specially modified vehicle helps John to stay connected to his family and his culture.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Get up! Stand up! Show up! At NAIDOC Week events with Life Withou...

NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia to celebrate the history, cultures, and achievements of Abo...

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Life Without Barriers

Important literacy dates for Hook Into Books 2022!

Key dates and days to get the young people in your life involved in reading!

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Helping Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander kids in care connect ...

Life Without Barriers is working toward a future where all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and ...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Cultural connection helps build future generations of strong men ...

Life Without Barriers’ NSW cultural team helps Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids in care build better...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Weaving a connection to culture

Life Without Barriers’ Education Team celebrates NAIDOC Week and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultura...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

How to deliver an Acknowledgement of Country

Learn how you can acknowledge and pay respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditio...

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Refugees and asylum seekers

There is enough room, opportunity and love for everyone

As we close out National Refugee Week Panos Massouris, Director, Children Youth and Families (Vic) and Immigra...

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Foster Care

12 years as Foster Carers: Kate and Matt’s story

12 years ago, Kate and Matt began their foster care journey. Today they share their story and their advice for...

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Foster Care

Historic step taken as Queensland extends care for young people t...

We welcome this commitment from the Queensland Government to ensure all vulnerable young people leaving care a...

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Disability

We support the increased price limits for NDIS participants

Life Without Barriers applauds the announcement by the Federal Government that NDIS participants will benefit ...

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Refugees and asylum seekers

Osas is building a positive life in Australia

Osas sought asylum in Australia after leaving Nigeria.

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Refugees and asylum seekers

How our NISS team partners with purpose to change the lives of re...

Life Without Barriers has a National Immigration Support Service (NISS) team helping people who are refugees a...

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Refugees and asylum seekers

The crucial difference between refugees and immigrants

Across the globe, people make the difficult decision to leave their home countries in search of better lives. ...

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Refugees and asylum seekers

Jumabhi's journey to safety, peace and hope

Jumabhi faced what no child or young person ever should. She triumphed over hardship and today channels her te...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Life Without Barriers attends the inaugural Aunty Betty Memorial ...

Life Without Barriers continues to be a proud advocate and sponsor for the inaugural Aunty Betty Memorial Walk...

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Disability

Life Without Barriers Recognised at Disability Confidence Awards

Life Without Barriers was awarded Top Performer in the Premises category of the Access and Inclusion Index. We...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Coming together at Reconciliation in the West

Reconciliation in the West celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture and Identity to support Re...

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Life Without Barriers

10 books with diverse representations that kids love

Reading books about diversity helps kids learn more about the world around them.

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Life Without Barriers

Life Without Barriers receives the first CARE Certification in Au...

In an Australian first, the Life Without Barriers Queensland Child, Youth and Family team has been awarded CAR...

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Foster Care

Happy at home - Hayden is reunified with his family

Through a supportive reunification, Hayden and his family are enjoying living together again.

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Life Without Barriers

Life Without Barriers Achieves second AWEI Bronze Employer Recogn...

Life Without Barriers celebrated our Australian Workplace Equality Index results by attending the Australian L...

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Foster Care

Interested in Foster Care? We have the answers to your burning qu...

So you’re interested in becoming a Carer, but you need a bit more information? We’re here to help! We’ve taken...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Connecting to culture at Red Hands Cave

Olivia and Mitch learn about their culture and traditional Aboriginal art at Red Hands Cave.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Five campaigns you can act on to support Reconciliation

For Reconciliation to be realised, we all must play our part. Be brave and be the change.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Six facts you need to know about Mabo Day

Mabo Day is an important day in Australian history, and it is essential for all Australians to understand the ...

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