Fostering love - meet Shannon Davis

Listening to Shannon Davis talk about the work she and her team do every day to support local children in dire need of help, and trying to find an easy way to explain it, I can’t help but think of an onion. On the outside, the onion, like the idea of foster care, tends to look a little tough with a thin facade that is ready to crack and peel away at any time.

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Fostering love - meet Jo Roff

A flash of bright pink catches my eye as I wait for the road to clear before heading into the afternoon crowds at Peregian Beach to catch up with long time Sunshine Coast resident, Jo Roff. Even at a distance it’s hard to miss Jo in her colourful clothing – a passion for which I’m soon to learn goes so far back she can’t really remember when it started.

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Fostering love - meet Brenna Moore

For Integrated Family and Youth Service (IFYS) Intensive Foster Care Practitioner, Brenna Moore, her mission every day is to work with her team and their supporters to provide high level care and support for children and foster carers working in the child safety system.

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