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 poverty and the scourge of domestic violence.
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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 by Pope Francis, to eradicate human trafficking and modern-day slavery.
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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 Ruth Magazine, in partnership with the QCWA and can be seen below.
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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 in Crows Nest and the Toowoomba areas to children who have a need. Thank you so much for what you do – you are all […]
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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 or made an outfit prior to this semester. They designed and sewed outfits for children in need and asked that their clothing be given to […]
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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 and digital literacy training through the Skills for Education and Employment Program (SEE) and works with each student in pursuing their own personal learning and […]
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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 many children in need get new clothes, library bags, hats, pencil cases and many other goodies. We hope you have a wonderful and Merry Christmas. […]
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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 and was presented with a cheque for $11,000 which will go a long way to helping children who have a need. Maria Laracy, one of […]
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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 emergency services organisations uniforms (which would have otherwise been disposed of), into beautiful and unique clothes made with love for children who have a need […]
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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.
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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 foster care throughout Queensland, and today we were able to put two great charities together. Uniforms 4 Kids (U4Ks) is an innovative program repurposing old emergency […]
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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 (QPS) officer Yvonne Pattinson OAM, aimed at re-purposing uniforms for disadvantaged children within the community. Since the program’s inception, QPS uniforms have been repurposed for […]
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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 Uniforms 4 Kids initiative. Acting Senior Sergeant Dave Sheppard, Constable David West and Police Liaison Officer Ricky Lashand donated more than 30kg of unique items […]
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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, Emma from the Queensland Police Service (QPS) and other members of the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) attended the Hope Vale School. The kids had a […]
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