First Regenerate Camp for 2025
Our first Bupa Regenerate Camp for 2025 took place in the stunning surrounds of Portsea, Victoria, offering young people a chance to connect with nature,…
From Struggles to Strength!
Dianne Madden’s journey from personal hardship living in a family impacted by mental illness, to founding Kookaburra Kids has created a path for thousands of…
“Kookaburra Kids has given me the skills to face life’s challenges with resilience.” – Tyler
Your support can help more young Australians impacted by family mental illness live resilient, happy lives, just like Tyler. Join us in our ambitious mission…
How to Talk to Young People About Suicide
Story by Chad Whitehead – AKKF Mental Health Camp Clinician and Credentialed Mental Health Nurse. Trigger warning: this post contains information about suicide which you…
Introducing our new CEO
After an extensive nationwide search, the Australian Kookaburra Kids Foundation Board of Directors is very pleased to announce the appointment of Renée Coffey as the…
Rose Cox Editorial
Check out this amazing article from our Youth Ambassador Rose Cox!
Mental Health Month Radio Interview with Lee Knight
We have had a wonderful opportunity over the past week to speak about our clinically designed programs and the positive impacts they have on our…
Programs Infosheet
Our programs are empowering #KookaburraKids to tip the scales towards wellbeing and effective coping. To learn more about how we support our young people to…
20 Years of Service – Annual Kookaburra Kids Corporate Lunch
On Friday 20 May 2022 we held our annual flagship fundraising event at Doltone House, Hyde Park Sydney. Our annual Corporate Lunch brings together our…
National Volunteer Week – Tuesday
Our wonderful volunteers were certainly busy last financial year! We rely so heavily on the valuable contributions of our volunteers to run our programs and…
National Volunteer Week – Monday
It is #2022NationalVolunteerWeek and we wanted to take this opportunity to thank our volunteers for all that they do to support our organisation and our…
New Ambassadors
We are delighted to welcome 2 new Australian Kookaburra Kids Foundation Ambassadors to the team! Coming from different professional backgrounds Ben Farinazzo and Belinda Neil…