You may have noticed I’ve been missing in action for the last several days. I was spending some time away with my family in Wolfe Cottage at Fairbridge Village near Pinjarra.
Pauline and I took Emily and James to share a house with Pauline’s mum, Pauline’s brother and his four children, and Pauline’s sister, her husband with their two children. We had a great time sharing the cottage.
If you’ve never been to Fairbridge it’s well worth checking it out. The village offers a range of accommodation and all the money raised through hiring out the various cottages goes back into helping young Western Australians in various ways.
Fairbridge is a major youth charity in Western Australia and the only charity in Australia that owns a whole nationally heritage-listed town site.
Kingsley Fairbridge saw a dream in creating a nurturing and positive environment for young people to grow. He established Fairbridge Village (now nationally heritage-listed) as a world first, in 1912.
Fairbridge runs a myriad of programs and services for young people and has partnership agreements with dozens of other youth organisations. Fairbridge works with children with a disability, young people at risk, young people with drug problems, the unemployed, young people in our justice system, young people who are struggling with life, indigenous young people and refugees, through to gifted young people. Fairbridge helps young people reach their full potential and bring about long term positive sustainable change in their lives.
Fairbridge uses a holistic approach to working with young people and their families. Services provided range from mentoring, leadership development, life skills, interest free loans, accommodation, education, accredited training, employment opportunities and adventure camps.
I’ll tell you more about what we did over the past few days in coming posts.
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