Your gift can change a life and fuel positive change
With your generosity, we can continue providing essential support to vulnerable families, ensuring a better future for children and young people in Regional Victoria.
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Your donation helps strengthen children, young people and families in our community. Use our calculator to see the impact of your gift and discover how donating to Cafs may provide a tax deduction, helping you make an even greater difference.*
*Tax benefits depend on individual circumstances. Please seek independent financial advice if required.*
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Empower change, one donation at a time
Support local programs that provide urgent help and innovative solutions for families in need.
At Cafs, we rely on community support to drive critical programs that aren’t fully funded by government resources. Your donation helps us provide vital services like Thread Together, which receives no government funding, and allows us to pilot innovative new initiatives that sit outside usual funding streams.
Sometimes, your generosity means a family gets the extra help they need during a tough time. Other times, it allows us to respond quickly to urgent needs through special appeals, like our Back-to-School and Winter Programs, which ensure children and young people have the essentials they need to thrive.
Your gift stays in the community, making a real difference where it's needed most.
As an independent, community-run organisation, your contribution stays local, ensuring that every dollar has a direct impact on the lives of vulnerable families in Victoria’s Central Highlands.
How your donation helps
From family support to life-changing services, your generosity empowers the most vulnerable in our community.
Your donation powers essential programs, including:
Family Support Programs
Providing early help to vulnerable families, giving them the stability they need to build brighter futures.
Out of Home Care Services
Offering safe, nurturing environments to children and young people in need.
Thread Together Clothing Program
Supplying brand new clothing to those facing financial hardship, helping them regain confidence and dignity.
Community Outreach
Strengthening families and building resilience through ongoing community initiatives.
As a registered charity, Cafs offers tax-deductible donations for amounts of $2 or more.
Your support makes a real difference
Financial donations
Your contribution ensures we can continue our work. Each dollar goes toward enhancing the lives of those we serve, helping families and children in need.
In-kind donations
From life’s essentials to school supplies, your business or family can provide much-needed goods that help those in need, directly benefiting the community.
Corporate giving
Local businesses can support us by offering financial donations, running fundraising campaigns or contributing their time and services through staff volunteering programs.
Every contribution, big or small, helps us provide essential Victorian support services to those in need.
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Your support directly helps vulnerable families, children and individuals in need.
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With your generosity, we can continue providing essential support to vulnerable families, ensuring a better future for children and young people in Regional Victoria.
Foster Care
At Cafs, we believe every child deserves a safe, nurturing home – somewhere they feel seen, heard and valued. Foster care provides that sanctuary, offering children and young people stability when their own home is no longer safe.