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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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 the community and increased morale at the prison. Read the full article on the CSP Winter Newsletter 2020 here.
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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 community. On Saturday, February 8, Sergeant Jodie Murray from North Brisbane Crime Prevention joined the volunteers and shared stories of the families and children that […]
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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 Kangaroo Island. The collected items will be distributed by South Australia Police, who have become U4K’s latest partner. We’d like to thank Craig and the team at […]
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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 reach. The first five photos are in Buala, Isobel Province. The next two photos are of a dear sweet kindergarten girl named Maddie. Her class […]
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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, family breakups, and domestic and family violence. Last week, officers from Boondall Police Station were assisting a local family who had escaped a very violent […]
Read more 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 Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) and Uniforms 4 Kids, prisoners at BWCC have been repurposing law enforcement and emergency service uniforms into clothing for children in […]
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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 with love for children in need. Acting Inspector Tracey Hartley has established U4K on the Gold Coast. “This year I have established three separate networks […]
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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 Ricky Lashand and Senior Police Liaison Officer Weng Mun Sum were on hand to donate over 50kg of unique items for young disadvantaged children and […]
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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.
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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 time as their ‘normal’ routine is broken, and they spend a larger amount of time in their home environment, which can be full of anger, […]
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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 everything. Senior Sergeant Tracey Hartley has recently established Uniforms 4 Kids on the Gold Coast. Read the full article on the myPolice Logan website here.
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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, took up AFP Assistant Commissioner Debbie Platz’s challenge to uplift her mother Yvonne’s Uniforms 4 Kids program; which also counts AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin as […]
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