Welcome

Aunties and Uncles is a Registered Charity with a trained co-ordinator who fosters links between children from vulnerable families and adult volunteers, who provides regular respite, mentoring, friendship and support.

The co-ordinator evaluates the needs of the families, recruit, assess and train adult volunteers (Aunties & Uncles), and link them together for ongoing support, education and friendship.

Aims and Objectives

To “build a better life for children”.
To provide a family support service to families whose children are socially and emotional at risk.
To create an extended family and non-judgmental friendship network for families in need of support.
To prevent the break-up of families and the necessity for children to be institutionalised by providing them with support of an aunty and uncle to whom they can turn to in time of crisis.
To provide children with the opportunity to go away for weekends, holidays and during times of stress in their own home environment.
To provide children with the opportunity to experience the stability and benefits of an ongoing extended family relationship (regular mentoring of life and social skills/values).
To restore parents’ self-confidence by encouraging them to accept the responsibility of assessing the auntie/uncle, and taking part in the running of an independent relationship.
To encourage volunteer aunties and uncles to take the initiative in creating a long term relationship with their new “family”.
To encourage aunties and uncles, teachers, social workers, welfare officers, etc, to liaise whenever necessary to assist a child.

Please contact us at any time by calling our office phone/fax No: 02 4262 8386