"We’re energetic individuals and we like to do fun things on the weekend. With the children we care for, we’re able to keep up and run around with them. It’s great because we’re big kids ourselves. We want to be able to give them experiences that they might not otherwise be able to have," (Foster carer Emma, pictured with her partner Cameron)

Reflections

Emma and Cameron's foster care story

Are you curious to know what it’s like to be a foster carer? Emma and Cameron, a young couple from the Gold Coast, share what it’s like to open their doors to young people in need

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Care for carers: supporting those who care the most

Anglicare Southern Queensland is shining a light on the importance of foster and kinship carers at this year’s Bridge to Brisbane, which will be held this Sunday, 15 October

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Mark and Jenny talk about their 40 years of being foster carers

“Whether it be for a year or three months, you’re making a difference. You fall in love with them, you know, and they’re part of your family,” say Anglicare foster carers Mark and Jenny

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Extended care until 21 "a game changer" for young people in care says Anglicare Southern Queensland

Anglicare Southern Queensland has this week welcomed the announcement from the State Government of funding for the needs of all young people in care up to age 21 so they can be better supported to transition into adulthood

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Personal accounts tell a story of "abandonment and struggle" after state care in Queensland

Queensland’s refusal to extend foster care for its most vulnerable young people is “bewildering” given most Australian states now offer care to the age of 21, national Home Stretch Chair Paul McDonald said recently at the launch of a new series of videos in Brisbane featuring the lived experience of those in the foster care system