May 15th, 2019
How much of an impact can two sixteen-year-old girls starting their own charity have on an entire community? I distinctly remember a conversation I had with Maddy, just over 10 years ago when we were planning the launch of Little Dreamers. We were deciding whether to grant Dream Experiences only in Victoria or Australia-wide. […]
April 30th, 2019
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL ELECTION 2019 The Australian federal election takes place this May 18. We’re focusing on the key parties and their election promises for mental health, disability, young people and carers. Australian Labor Party Labor’s key election promises include pledging more to hospitals, rural healthcare and NDIS accessibility and training. Labor’s Better Hospitals Fund […]
April 30th, 2019
Hello, Today I am writing you a letter that I never thought I would write. It’s 2019 and 10 years since the launch of Little Dreamers. As a young woman I imagined what it would be like to run a business, to have that top job, to wear a suit to work every day. Well, […]
April 15th, 2019
On Wednesday 10th April I sat in on a co-design session run by ThinkImpact for a super-secret special program that we have been working on for nearly a year now. We had 13 people in the room – five Young Carers, two parents, one teacher, one psychologist and four Little Dreamers team members. I knew […]
April 2nd, 2019
At Little Dreamers, we come across many different individuals, with many different qualities, abilities and circumstances. How we identify people is not defined by their disability or illness, and although we’re continuing to learn, we’d like to share something we find extremely important. Why do we choose to identify with people first language? People first […]
March 25th, 2019
There are certain moments in life that cause you to become an adult. These moments occur for everyone at different ages, in different ways and for different reasons. But adulthood can’t be simply defined by a number. A recent study by Cambridge University suggests you don’t become an ‘adult’ until your 30s. I was nine. […]
March 19th, 2019
Dear Dr Phil, You recently made a statement that we’d like to counteract. Your implication that any loving relationship that involves caregiving simply “will not work” is one that we firmly disagree with. You stated on international television that an able-bodied woman dating a man with a disability “can be his lover or you can […]
March 13th, 2019
New South Wales heads to the polls on 23 March, deciding who will lead their State Government into May’s federal election. We’ve compiled an overview of the key political parties and their promises for young people, carers and mental illness and the issues most affecting them. On the agenda for this election is cost of […]
February 26th, 2019
A wise person once said, “everyone’s just winging it”. No adult has it all figured out, just as no young adult should be expected to. So, whilst we’d love to tell every young person exactly how to become a thriving adult, we’re afraid we can’t. What we can teach you, however, are some key ‘adulting’ […]
