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We welcome everyone to Little Dreamers through a range of tailored opportunities. If you're passionate about helping young people reach their full potential, then we'll get along!
Am I A Young Carer?
If you’re not too sure about whether you’re a Young Carer, a great place to start is this quiz! While we acknowledge that every caring role is different, and that not all Young Carers feel that they need to access support, we’re also incredibly passionate about raising awareness, promoting inclusivity and advocating for young people in caring roles!
Take the quizIt’s likely you’re a Young Carer!
A Young Carer is someone under the age of 25 who provides, or intends to provide care for a family member with a disability, illness, mental illness or an addiction – and your answers suggest that’s you!
Being a Young Carer can be awesome! Young Carers learn compassion, maturity, kindness and empathy from having a caring role, and often develop an incredible bond with the family member they’re supporting. But being a Young Carer can also have an impact on education, social life, employment and mental and physical health. That’s something we’re passionate about changing.
If you’d like to chat to us further about being a Young Carer, or the kind of support we can provide, then give us a call on 1800 717 515. You can also check out our range of support programs on offer here.
Otherwise, you can apply for support with us straight away, and we’ll be in touch!
You’re probably not a Young Carer.
A Young Carer is someone under the age of 25 who provides, or intends to provide care for a family member with a disability, illness, mental illness or an addiction. Your answers didn’t seem to match up with this definition.
But fear not! We know that every caring role is different, and this quiz may not always be right! So, if you’d like to chat to us further and assess whether we can support you, then give us a call on 1800 717 515.
We encourage you to read more about Young Carers here: Expert Guide and maybe even apply for some volunteering positions with us!
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"Fantastic - Life changing for Young Carers to be acknowledged & supported in their role. For our daughter, it helps bridge the gap of what we can’t do with her due to our younger children’s extra needs with their disabilities. More people need to know they can access wonderful services like this."
"Nathaniel had an absolute fantastic Dream Experience, it was great just watching it be all about him, because he deserves so much, he never ask for anything..... so thank you very much for blessing him with this opportunity the smile didn't leave his face all day and it meant the world to us. "
"We worked really hard to ensure that Ethan knew that his Dream Experience was due to the incredible hard work Ethan undertakes on a daily basis as a young carer. The experience was absolutely unbelievable and Ethan felt validated, appreciated and exceptionally special. He loved every second of it."
"The program made my child feel like he was important too. He was overwhelmed and couldn't believe how lucky he was to be given this opportunity. Little Dreamers is a wonderful organisation, they made my son feel so special and made his little dream come true. I can't thank them enough. "
"Sam had reached the point where he felt that his own dreams were fast getting out of his reach because of the sacrifices he has had to make for his family and the sacrifices his family have had to make as a whole. Little Dreamers helped him no longer feel that it is impossible to reach for his dream."
"What a fantastic organisation, we were so lucky to have the kids involved for two days of your School Holiday Program in Melbourne. Everyone was so great interacting with all the children, catering to different ages an needs. Kudos to all involved. You fill a much needed area that is often overlooked."
"We just got home from the most amazing three days, our first family holiday! Maggie had the best time ever! We really don't know how to thank you, we will remember this for the rest of our lives. We are so grateful and appreciate it all so much. Little Dreamers made Maggie's dream come true and more. "
"Thank you so much for everything you have done for our family. We have found two amazing mentors for our children through your charity. Both of our children had amazing Dreams Experiences that have changed them forever, they will never ever forget your kindness. We can’t thank you enough. "
We're super excited to introduce our final Young and Unstoppable speaker, Josh!
Josh’s journey began in 2009 when he was 9 years old and took over his family’s flock of 40 hens 🐣 He wanted some pocket money as he loved lego, so he started selling his eggs to local shops and eventually at farmers markets.
Eight years later, Josh has 20,000 hens living in state of the art solar powered mobile sheds, laying nearly 10,000 dozen per week 👏 Josh's Rainbow Eggs are sold at 70 Coles and Woolworths stores and many independent supermarkets.
During this time, he's talked one on one to thousands of customers, given many talks at schools and libraries, and spread his passion for ethical free range eggs. His story demonstrates that age is no barrier, and he loves being able to inspire a whole generation of young entrepreneurs 🌟
It’s always a pleasure being part of @kidsinphilanthropy’s Give Back Days 🙌
This year, Alphington Grammar students made friendship bracelets for our Welcome Packs for Young Carers 💖 we can’t wait to start sending these out!
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Yesterday the team at KiP had the privilege of visiting Alphington Grammar School as part of a 2 day workshop.
The wonderful Year 9 group made:
37 x bon bons
20 x wreaths
120 x cards
200 x socks and jocks packed and sorted
50 Origami Christmas trees
50 friend ship bracelets
All in a days work as the above will be distributed amongst our dear friends at St Vincent de Paul, Little Dreamers, Anonymous X, the Les Twentyman Foundation and Melbourne Grandies.
Today is Day 2 as we continue educating, interacting and creating change. Thank you Alphington Grammar for inviting us back!
You have effected change to so very many. Keep up the wonderful work. ⭐️ @_anonymous_x_ @st_vincents_de_paul_society @ltfoundation @littledreamersaustralia @alphington_grammar_school
Introducing our next Young and Unstoppable speaker, Candace, from @littlelitterproject ♻️
The Little Litter Project began after Candace noticed an increase in litter across parks and roadsides. After calling the local council and Vicroads to request the removal of this litter, she was handballed back and forth and no action took place.
That was the moment she decided to start up her own initiative to raise awareness on the topic of pollution and waste management, aiming to decrease the amount of litter we see in our public places 🙌
Candace is super passionate about the environment 🌱, eco-systems, and the protection of them, and we can't wait for her to share her wisdom and passions with us next Friday!
We absolutely love our Holiday Programs, and we’re so so so excited about our return to face-to-face programs early next year! 🎉💕
Stay tuned for our announcement of dates very soon ☀️
#LDDreamBig
We're super excited to introduce you to our third Young and Unstoppable speaker, Seb! 🙌
Seb is a Workshops Coordinator at @minus18youth, Australia's charity for LGBTQIA+ youth. Informed by his years of navigating the world as a young trans and queer person as well as growing up in a complex family unit, he uses his story and knowledge of living in the queer community to educate future allies on how they can best support LGBTQIA+ youth, friends and family 🌈
Seb's background in performing arts has allowed him to develop his own unique brand of quick-wit and energy in order to evoke empathy and have an audience on the edge of their seats from start to finish.
We can't wait to hear Seb share his journey and the incredible work that Minus18 does! ✨
#VicYouthWeek #LDDreamBig
A happy quote for a sunshine-y day ☀️🙌💛 #LDDreamBig
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