Recently Uniforms 4 Kids packed up over 900 items of clothing for the children in the Townsville and Ingham Region who were affected by Cyclone Kirrily. One of our long-term […]
The Brisbane U4K Volunteers have been creating amazing clothing for children who have a need for 10 years. Amazing ladies and clothing – imagine how many children’s lives have been […]
Anne Macdonald recently spoke with Savaira Ratukula from News Corp about the impact Uniforms 4 Kids is having throughout the community and minimising clothing waste. The article was published in […]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CROWS NEST Happy 4th birthday to our wonderful U4K Crows Nest Volunteers. In 4 years, you have created beautiful and unique items of clothing that have been distributed […]
Grade 9 fashion design students at Bray Park State High School have undertaken study this semester on sustainability and Uniforms 4 Kids. None of the fashion design students have designed […]
A dozen new sewers have stepped up to begin a new partnership with STEPS Cairns and Uniforms 4 Kids. STEPS Cairns is a disability employment specialist that provides literacy, numeracy […]
Christmas lunch with the Brisbane and some of the Gold Coast Uniforms 4 Kids volunteers. Thank you ladies for your creations over the past 12 months which has seen so […]
Indooroopilly Golf Club selected Uniforms 4 Kids as one of the charities to be the recipient of their 2021 Somerset Indooroopilly IGC Charity Golf Day. Yesterday, Anne attended the Club […]
On Friday 18th June 2021, the Sunshine Coast Turf Club hosted the inaugural Uniforms 4 Kids Race Day. Uniforms 4 Kids is an innovative program repurposing donated law enforcement and […]
Old uniforms from police, paramedics and firefighters are being recycled and reused to create bright, fun clothing for disadvantaged kids. Queensland's first Police Citizens Youth Club to come onboard with the Uniforms 4 Kids charity is based in Mount Isa in the state's north west.
For the last 27 years, Queensland Police Service has run the Commissioner’s Christmas Drive. This initiative is able to provide Christmas gifts to over 1700 children who are currently in […]
On Tuesday, November 10, the Protective Services Group donated some older, unused uniforms to Uniforms 4 Kids. Uniforms 4 Kids is a not-for-profit charity, founded by retired Queensland Police Service […]
Officers from Upper Mount Gravatt and Acacia Ridge Police Stations presented the latest series of tailored clothing and goodies to the Belong Centre in Acacia Ridge as part of the […]
Cooktown in Far North Queensland has commenced the latest Uniforms 4 Kids sewing group, led by Queensland Ambulance Officer Kylie White. On Tuesday 4th August 2020, Kylie, volunteer sewer Kati, […]
Prisoners at the Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre (BWCC) have shown enormous enthusiasm for an innovative new project with children’s charity, Uniforms 4 Kids, that has already delivered huge benefits to […]
Once a month, the generous volunteers attached to the North Brisbane branch of Uniforms4Kids (U4K) meet together to discuss their planning, share ideas and inspiration, to support children in the […]
Today we had Craig from Toll Group collect 831 tagged items of Uniforms 4 Kids clothing for children, plus 1008 items of clothes, jeans, jumpers and jackets for bush fire victims of […]
Here are some photos of the beautiful Uniforms 4 Kids clothing being gifted to children in the Solomon Islands. The clothing was distributed to the outer Provinces, where donations rarely […]
As we approach the festive holiday season, Brisbane North officers are always very aware that for many families it is a time of extreme financial pressure, relationship pressures, high stress, […]
Women prisoners are providing beautiful handmade clothing to children in need thanks to a program being run out of Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre (BWCC). As part of a partnership between […]
Uniforms 4 Kids (U4K) is an innovative program re purposing donated law enforcement and emergency services organisations uniforms (which would have otherwise been disposed of), into beautiful and unique clothes made […]
The Belong Centre in Acacia Ridge were once again recipients of the latest series of tailored clothes and goodies as part of the Uniforms 4 Kids initiative. Police Liaison Officer […]
Senior Sergeant Tracey Hartley has recently established Uniforms 4 Kids on the Gold Coast. “Over the last few months, a wonderful group of ladies from Sew Crazy Quilters in Helensvale have donated their time and repurposed our old police uniforms into beautiful children’s clothing,” Senior Sergeant Hartley said.
School holidays can be a tough time for many parents and children. But for the children who are victims to domestic and family violence, it can be an especially challenging […]
The town of Beechmont (Logan District) has been affected by the bushfire situation and last weekend was evacuated. Sadly some residents lost their homes. Others were in fear of losing […]
Earlier in 2019, the Australian Federal Police’s Community Liaison Team Sydney Office (CLTSO), spearheaded by D/SGT Jeanette Boland APM and her trusted sidekicks Ashley Hulme and FA Aaron de Zilva, […]
A NEW gang of wildlife warriors are about to hit the pavements of Napranum. Children of the Napranum Early Childhood Centre will be decked out in re-purposed Australia Zoo uniforms […]
On Friday 23rd August, we teamed up with Queensland Police Service and Queensland Correctional Services to hand over our first delivery of handmade children’s clothes for the Stafford QPS Vulnerable Persons […]
Margaret Coventry and Opal Boyce are happy! Uniforms 4 Kids have new premises. This charity began in Cooroy and we still remain the headquarters of an expanding organisation. We started in […]
On Wednesday June 12, officers from Boondall Station rolled into Aspley Special School with red and blue flashing lights. Police from Crime Prevention Unit and the Road Policing Command were […]
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our volunteers involved with Uniforms 4 Kids for helping us look after children who have a need. We thank you for your tireless work and we wouldn't be where we are today without you. THANK YOU!
Each May, Queensland marks Domestic and Family Violence Prevention month (DVFP Month) to raise community awareness of domestic and family violence and to send a clear message that violence of […]
Today was massive for our organisation and U4K program. We would like to thank our supporter Pacific Ford Sunshine Coast for donating a Ford Escape to assist with Uniforms 4 Kids, and […]
Police officers of the Solomon Islands Police Development Program (SIPDP) recently donated a collection of clothes to some of the local children who have been involved in situations of domestic and […]
Local automotive dealership Pacific Motor Group is helping supply repurposed pre-loved uniforms into clothes for children who have a need in our community with the recent announcement of their sponsorship […]
This fantastic photograph taken during a recent trip by Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers is taken out of Groote in the Northern Territory in a little out station called “Little […]
SEWING SENSATIONS: A group of local ladies have put their sewing to the test, using their skills to re-purpose old police and emergency services uniforms into children’s clothes, ready to […]
AFP delivered U4K outfits to the staff of the Women and Children’s Centre in Cebu, Philippines. The outfits were well received as the shelter has many rescued children needing clothes, […]
The AFP senior liaison officer in the Philippines, Richard Stanford delivered a bag of clothes to the hospital in IBA. The hospital had a groups of volunteers from Australia conducting […]
On Friday 15th February, Uniforms 4 Kids was officially launched at the Queensland Police Headquarters in Brisbane. Uniforms 4 Kids would like to thank everyone for attending including special guests: […]
Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin have created a video message for everyone from New York to show their support for the Uniforms 4 Kids launch and ongoing success of U4K. […]
Commissioner Ian Stewart today joined police and emergency services from across the country to launch the Uniforms 4 Kids initiative at Queensland Police Service Headquarters. Uniforms 4 Kids is a […]
As you would expect, our first responders uniforms are often well worn, so when they do not meet service expectations, we collect them to donate to Uniforms 4 Kids. Uniforms […]
A humble band of Queensland retirees is transforming pre-owned emergency service uniforms into children’s clothing, and their charity is about to rapidly expand. See the footage from Channel 9 News […]
By Pauline Clayton. Setting out to empty a cupboard full of fabric became a life changing moment for grandmother, Yvonne Pattinson. A home seamstress all her life Yvonne couldn’t resist […]
Old police uniforms are being turned into children’s clothing to help bridge the communication gap between local communities and police officers in Western Australia’s Mid West. A similar program is […]
Recycling is an important part of sustainable living and working. Good zoos and aquariums work to educate people about reducing their impact on the environment, so it’s no surprise they […]
QUEENSLAND Police Service, Australian Federal Police, Border Force officers, firefighters and even workers at Australia Zoo are giving the shirts off their backs to help young people at risk from […]
We have received a letter from HE Ms Melissa Hitchman highlighting some of the work Uniforms 4 Kids have done. Thank you to Detective Superintendent Andrea Humphrys APM for sharing […]
The latest donation event for the much-lauded Uniforms 4 Kids program was staged recently in Millaa Millaa on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. The program itself was officially […]
Uniforms 4 Kids (U4K) was the special guest at a recent Rotary Club of Caloundra Pacific’s regular Thursday evening dinner gathering at the Caloundra Golf Club. U4K coordinator Anne Macdonald […]
Assistant Commissioner Debbie Platz attended The Santa Marta Group, an alliance of international police chiefs and bishops from around the world working together with civil society in a process endorsed […]
It’s amazing what can be achieved when people come together to help one another. As officers of the Queensland Police Service, we serve with honour and for one particular initiative, have literally given the shirts off our backs to help those in need.
Australian Federal Police Liaison Officer Bianca Warland (centre of photo, holding gift basket), visiting from The Hague and accompanied by colleagues from the Australian Embassy to the Holy See (including […]
In July 2018, Officer Kim Eaton from Australian Border Force, and supporter of Uniforms 4 Kids (U4K) received a telephone call from Ruth Robinson, Home Economics’ teacher from Trinity Bay High School in Cairns.
Thank you @QldPolice for repurposing police and @AustraliaZoo uniforms into clothes for children. These kids couldn’t wait to try them! pic.twitter.com/AqTPcKuCAd — Terri Irwin (@TerriIrwin) August 5, 2018
