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Guest speaker: Dr Michelle Blanchard, CEO, VANISH

Dear Listeners,

This latest podcast explores the issue of young people searching for their place in the world, including their biological identity.  Carers often speak of the urge by young people to find out about their biological story. Denying them this right can bring unhappiness to the young people themselves and to those connected with them. 

We commend this podcast to you.

Cheers,
Anne McLeish, OAM
Director

The apparent hesitancy within the Victorian Parliament to pass the Children, Youth and Families Amendment (Supporting Stable and Strong Families) Bill 2025 has carers baffled. 

This bill has arisen from long-held discussions between the Office of the Minister for Children, the DFFH and agencies across the child protection sector and has support from kinship carers.

Dear Readers,

I thought it might be helpful to refresh our memory about some of the services and programs the Victorian Government has funded for kinship carers.

Cheers,
Anne McLeish, OAM
Director

Dear Readers,

Late last year a number of GPV/KCV Board members attended the national Ending Loneliness Together conference in Melbourne. As a result, the Board decided to highlight the problem and the need for each one of us take some action to address this worldwide issue.

This paper is food for thought and ends with some helpful tip sheets drawn from the Ending Loneliness Together website.

I recommend it to you all.

Cheers,
Anne McLeish
Director