A home for every child. A community for every carer.
A growing movement of churches responding to vulnerable children and families.
Children need families and families need communities.
The local Church can provide both.
Foster Care Sunday
A moment of awareness to spark change for children and families in your neighbourhood.
We don’t all have to do the same thing, but we can all do something.
Whether you’re exploring fostering, supporting carers, or helping raise awareness, there’s a place for you.
Children and families
need connection to thrive.
The Homeward Project is a movement of churches responding to the needs of vulnerable children and families across Australia.
We help people take practical next steps: increasing awareness, strengthening support around carers and families, and creating communities where people are not walking through hard things alone.
Together we can support families early and find more loving homes for every child who needs one.
In Australia…
Almost 45,000 children
are currently in Out-of-Home Care
Over 5,000 children
are not currently living in family-based care
~179,000 children
came into contact with Child Protection last year
Find your place.
Not everyone will become a foster carer. But everyone can help create the kind of community where children, carers, and families are connected and supported.
Every role matters. Learn more about the ways to be involved at an Information Session.
Local churches can change the story.
The Out-of-Home Care space presents an urgent opportunity for the Church to be known for its concern for the wellbeing of vulnerable children and families in our neighbourhoods.
The local church has a unique role to play, not simply by recruiting carers, but by becoming communities of connection, support, and shared responsibility.
Stories, Resources & Learning
Explore stories, practical tools, and trauma-informed learning to help respond with greater understanding, confidence, and care.
