Perth Girls Orphanage Christmas

2024 Christmas Closures

Find & Connect Support Services will be taking a short break over Christmas, check here for their opening times & who to contact if you need some help.

Children from Berry Street at Christmas

2023 Christmas Closures

Find & Connect Support Services will be taking a short break over Christmas, check here for their opening times & who to contact if you need some help.

From Institutions to Academia – Gregory Smith

WATCH: How once homeless Gregory Smith found the meaning of true contentment | Australian Story

2022 Christmas Closures

Find & Connect Support Services will be closed over the xmas break, check here for their shutdown periods.

2021 Christmas Closures

Support Services will be closed over the xmas break, check here for their shutdown periods.

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We’re 10 Years Old!

A lot has changed in the decade since we first launched and we’re not slowing down

Therapy session at Kamballa 1975

Then and Now – Children in the Welfare System

Stories from and about people who spent time in care for you to read and watch.

Nudgee Orphanage 1928

Finding Family

People who were in care as children were often separated from their siblings & may not have known their parents. It’s possible they may be found.

Happy Christmas time faces

2020 Christmas closures

Find and Connect Support Services Christmas shutdown dates.

Changes at Open Place, Victoria

Open Place There are some changes at Open Place, Victoria’s Find & Connect support service