- ac.care

accare changes lives rotating banner

RAP Rotating Banner

About - no full stop

Web banner - FC recruitment webinar 2022

acknowledgment of country1

FY2122 Annual Report download

Want to keep up to date with the latest news from ac.care? Subscribe to our community newsletter!

SHPL Returns1

Click image to register for webinar

Ready to find out more about foster care?

Contact us today to arrange for an information pack to be sent to you. Our friendly staff are approachable and willing to answer any questions you may have.

Click to Download the 2022-2025 Reconciliation Action Plan

View our Reconciliation Action Plan

Contact us today to arrange for an information pack to be sent to you. Our friendly staff are approachable and willing to answer any questions you may have.

Giving hands

Support ac.care

Your donations to ac.care make a great difference, providing support before crisis sets in. Support ac.care by giving today.

CULTURAL PRIDE: Bonnie Saunders-Waye said her experience in an ac.care cultural engagement program had a "massive impact" on her views and perception of residential care homes.

Art provides insight to Boandik culture

June 1, 2023

MAJOR EVENT RETURNS: Volunteer Caitlin Kennedy, event ambassador Barry Stafford, ac.care chief executive officer Shane Maddocks and event coordinator Jason Wallace of ac.care are looking forward to seeing the Limestone Coast Support Homeless People Luncheon return to The Barn Palais on July 28. They are thankful for previous support from the business community to make the fundraising day a success and are calling on the community to get behind the first luncheon in five-years to support people at risk of or experiencing homelessness after COVID-19 restrictions led to postponement and eventual cancellation of the 2020 event.

Limestone Coast Support Homeless People Luncheon returns

May 22, 2023

National Volunteer Week 2023 (1)

Volunteers vital in work of ac.care

May 19, 2023

ac.care CEO Shane Maddocks

Budget must ease pressure on country SA’s most vulnerable

May 8, 2023

WALKING TOGETHER: ac.care marketing and communications manager Jason Wallace, Family Services project manager Kaitlin Creek and Limestone Coast foster care service manager Sherri Winter encourage residents to attend the Limestone Coast ac.care Showcase event on May 16.

Limestone Coast Showcase to put services in spotlight

May 6, 2023

FAMILIES CELEBRATED: Luca and Sam Andrews with ac.care placement support worker Anne-Maree Irvine.

Carer communities celebrate Easter together

April 28, 2023

Lyn and Jock outside

Decades of care leaves proud legacy for Muir family

April 3, 2023

FRINGE FUN: Miss C - Balloonologist, ac.care marketing and communications manager Jason Wallace, ac.care Limestone Coast Homelessness Services manager Kelly McGuinness, BasketballMan and Fringe Mount Gambier artistic program manager Louise Adams at the Mount Gambier Community Centre.

Fringe performers thrill homeless centre visitors

March 31, 2023

MAKING MOVES: Confession café barista Brooke Jean and Anglican Church of Mount Gambier parish priest Father Neil Fernando will be among the first residents to join ac.care’s acTIVE.care campaign to raise money to support unprecedented demand for homelessness and emergency relief services.

Get active and care for your community – ac.care launches appeal

March 20, 2023

MAKING IT COUNT: Mount Gambier teenager Jess Tresidder has shared how living in foster care has shaped her life as she prepares to embark on her next journey studying a double degree at the University of South Australia.

Childhood foster support prepares Jess to thrive as young adult

February 17, 2023