June 12th, 2019
We’ve all experienced that feeling of ‘burnout’. Exhaustion, lack of motivation, heaviness, disinterest. Well, it’s official. Thanks to the research and classification of the World Health Organisation (WHO), burnout is now a medically classified ‘occupational syndrome’. What does this mean? Burnout isn’t just a feeling. It’s now a medically diagnosable illness with long term impacts […]
May 27th, 2019
I was lucky enough to attend a top Melbourne private school, had access to tutors and achieved a high ENTER score. When I considered what career I wanted, the only things that seemed to be thrown in front of me were law, business or medicine. I chose the law path, because at 17, who really […]
May 27th, 2019
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been reminded of just how important the Little Dreamers movement is. So, sitting in Heathrow Airport while waiting to begin the 24-hour journey home to Melbourne, I thought I would take some time to reflect on the two weeks that have reinvigorated our mission, provided us with new […]
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. For me, my caring role accelerated this process. A recent study by Cambridge University suggests you don’t become an ‘adult’ until your 30s. I was nine. At […]
