On Saturday 19 February, Very Special Kids’ Family Support Team opened the doors to our new Yarraville office for its first Western-Metro Family Day event. The Yarraville office is set on a green reserve which provides the ideal space to bring families together.
We welcomed families from the Western suburbs of Melbourne to view the office and meet other Very Special Kids families for a day of fun and activities. Families enjoyed a paper flower making activity and a pizza lunch in the park. The weather was perfect, families were excited, and the Very Special Kids volunteers were crowned the “Seven wonders of the natural world,” as they kept the little ones entertained.
Intimate local events, like this, offer Very Special Kids families a safe space to meet other families who understand what it is like to navigate childhood illness. As a result of COVID-19 this is the first opportunity a lot of families have had to reconnect. One Very Special Kids parent shared, “It’s really good for my kids to be able to see other Very Special Kids children in person again.”
For the children and young people who attended, it was great to have the opportunity to play and have fun with other Very Special children and their siblings. One, 10-year-old child excitedly said, “I love coming to family days and to sibling days…can you do more of them?!”
Very Special Kids support over 850 families across Victoria through life, death and bereavement. Our integrated approach includes emotional, clinical and practical support to improve quality of life and create positive, lasting memories.
We are very grateful to Freemasons Foundation Victoria, for their generous support in making the Yarraville Family Day possible.
