The Children’s Protection Society (the Society) was established in Perth in 1906 as the extent of ‘child cruelty and neglect’ became more visible to the public. At a time when neglected children were seen as criminals, the Society showed that children were victims. It was a volunteer service aimed mainly at ensuring that illegitimate children…
The Metropolitan Charities Appeal Association was formed on 3 January 1918 at the instigation of the Ugly Men’s Association to avoid ‘the necessity for a score or more appeals for charities during the year’. It possibly was disbanded after July 1918.
The Old Fairbridgians Association (OFA) was established in the 1930s to provide aftercare assistance for young people leaving Fairbridge Farm at Pinjarra. The website of the OFA was re-badged as ‘fairbridgekids’. The website was developed for people who spent some of their childhood or youth at Fairbridge Farm. People were encouraged to ‘walk down memory…
FACT (Forgotten Australians Coming Together) is a Western Australian representative body for those who spent part of their childhood in out-of-home ‘care’, including former child migrants from the UK and Malta, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian-born care leavers. Laurie Humphreys, a former child migrant, was the inaugural Chairman of FACT (Forgotten Australians Coming Together), formed…
The Child Migrants Trust (CMT) was established in 1987 by English social worker Margaret Humphreys to address the issues surrounding the deportation of children from Britain, and to offer to former child migrants and their families services including counselling, support for family reunions, and family research. Since 2010, the CMT has administered the UK government-funded…
The Ugly Men’s Voluntary Worker’s Association Inc., also known as the Ugly Men’s Association, ‘Ugly Men’ or ‘Uglies’ was a fund-raising and charitable organisation established in Western Australia in 1917, initially in response to concerns about the hardship experienced by the loss or absence of male breadwinners during World War One. The Uglies soon became…
The West Australian Foundation for Deaf Children (Inc.) became the new legal name of the WA School for Deaf Children (Inc.) in 2004, based on a decision taken by the board in August 1998. In 2014, the Foundation continued to provide accommodation services.
Communicare was established in 1977 to provide services to families in the south eastern corridor of Perth. In 1988 to 1991, Communicare placed children in home-based emergency foster care for up to 28 days for children from birth to 16 years. Since 1991, Communicare has not been involved in residential accommodation for children.
Anglicare WA was the new, legal name given to Anglican Health and Welfare Services in 2003. It is the lead agency of the Anglican Church’s welfare outreach, and provides and coordinates residential child care for children and young people.
The Launceston City Mission, Launceston Town City Mission until 1889, was founded in 1854. Its brief was to spread the gospel to non-church goers in inner city working class communities. In 2014, the Launceston City Mission is still active. Like the London City Mission, the Launceston City Missioners were Protestant but non-denominational. City Missioners saw…
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