The 2025 Ballarat Survival Day Dawn Ceremony will be the sixth reflection and healing event hosted by the City of Ballarat`s Koorie Engagement Action Group (KEAG) Advisory Committee in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members.
While a day of mourning and remembrance of First Peoples who fought in the frontier wars, 26 January is also a day to mark the survival of ongoing traditions and cultures.
The Survival Day Dawn Ceremony is an inclusive event, welcoming all to join in solidarity for reflection and healing.
January 26 in Australia provides an opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to mourn, reflect, and for all to learn about the true history of the country.
Sunday January 26, 2025
Dawn Ceremony: 5:30 - 6:30am
Sand Circle Yarning Space until 10:30am
View Point, Lake Wendouree, Ballarat (Opposite Lake View).
Cafs will be closed Monday 27th January for the Australia Day public holiday observation.
For any urgent assistance during this time, please refer to the following crisis support services.
You can help children get Back To School this January.
As we head into the new year, we need to support vulnerable families with access to Back-to-School packs, and vouchers to enable families to purchase school necessities, such as uniforms, shoes, stationery and backpacks.
The financial pressure following the festive season and the expenses of getting children back to school will have many local families already wondering where they are going to find the money.
Give the gift of education via our website.
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Foster Care Information Session - Monday 3rd February
Sign up now for our online information session to find out what is involved and the step by step process to becoming a foster carer.
Register here via our website.
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Pictured are our fantastic team members, Jake, Narelle and Elise, with some of the reusable drink bottles available for purchase at our Lydiard St Office or @centralhighlandswater (CHW) for just $10 each.
We are lucky to be partnering with CHW as part of their Community Water Bottle Partner Program, with funds raised going towards Thread Together, to drive social and environmental change.
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DONOR THANKS
Thank you to the beautiful team at @naomiandiballarat for their generosity in raising $1000 for our Back to School campaign.
This donation will help ensure local children start the school year with the essentials required to thrive. Including uniforms, shoes, stationery, backpacks and textbooks.
We are so grateful for Naomi and I`s generosity and the difference this will make to families in our local community.
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Interested in finding out what foster care involves?
Head to our FAQs page to learn more about who can be a foster carer, what is required and the support provided by Cafs.
Learn more via our website under the Out Of Home Care tab.
Thank-you to @ballaratcarolsbycandlelight for selecting Cafs as the Charity Partner for 2024.
Today the Carols committee delivered a very welcome cheque to Cafs CEO, Wendy Sturgess.
These funds will be directed to Cafs Thread Together program providing free clothing to people experiencing hardship.
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Cafs acknowledges our past. In the spirit of reconciliation, we give deepest respect to Australia’s First Nations Peoples. Their histories, their stories, their resilience. Their connection to culture and land. The wisdom of their Elders past, present and emerging.
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