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Find Your Path

Pathfinders operates a broad suit of programs and services aiming to improve the quality of life and wellbeing for children, youth and families in our community.

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Foster a Child Today

Pathfinders offers Foster Care across Northern New South Wales.
Anyone can be a Foster Parent and provide a safe place for a child.

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Pathfinders Family Support

Pathfinders provides social services across Norther New South Wales
to support families and children with their everyday life.

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Pathfinders Ltd is a not-for-profit company and registered charity with a large footprint across the New England North West and Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales, as well as the Northern Territory. Pathfinders operates a broad suite of programs, projects and services aimed at improving the quality of life and wellbeing of children, young people and families within the communities we service.

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Latest News

  • Every Conversation Matters: Pathfinders Marks National Child Protection Week 2026

    Every Conversation Matters: Pathfinders Marks National Child Protection Week 2026

    This week, Pathfinders is joining communities across Australia to recognise National Child Protection Week 2026 and the role we all have in creating environments where children and young people feel safe, supported, valued and heard. This year’s theme, Every Conversation Matters: Shifting Conversation to Action, asks us to think beyond simply starting conversations about child…

  • Celebrating Our Foster Carers This Foster and Kinship Care Week

    Celebrating Our Foster Carers This Foster and Kinship Care Week

    Foster and Kinship Care Week is being celebrated across NSW from 30 August to 5 September 2026, recognising the important role foster and kinship carers play in the lives of children and young people. At Pathfinders, this week is an opportunity to say a heartfelt thank you to our carers for the care, stability and…

  • Support Your Path recognised with national disability services award for second consecutive year

    Support Your Path recognised with national disability services award for second consecutive year

    Pathfinders’ Support Your Path (SYP) team has been recognised as one of Australia’s leading regional disability service providers, taking home the 2026 Enablement Award for Most Outstanding Regional Not-for-Profit Providing NDIS Services for Children, Youth and Families for the second consecutive year. Presented at the 2026 Enablement Awards in Sydney, the national award recognises excellence,…

children looking for help

Are you experiencing domestic and family violence?

Domestic and family violence is a crime.

I have someone in my life who really focuses just on me and who listens to what I need and helps me find stuff that is available in the community

Young person

My mentor has made me feel more confident and helped me think about the future

Young person

I think mentoring is a great idea for the community. I am very proud to be part of it

Pathfinders NPSS Mentor

Maxwell is engaging quite well with his mentor, while achieving some great goals. Can you pass on this positive feedback to the mentor

Pathfinders Out of Home Care, Caseworker 

Working as a mentor has been a wonderful experience for me. Turning up each day offering emotional, and mental support is so rewarding. We are striving to support the young people in anyway possible. I feel so lucky to be part of such a supportive program and the young person’s journeys.

Pathfinders NPSS Mentor

The NPSS SIL mentoring program has been one of the most practical and ambitious programs I have worked in. The way it has implemented has the potential to impact the lives of all its participants for the better. Thanks to the way Pathfinders is looking at new ways to support young people. I am already seeing positive changes in the lives of the young people I’m working with.

Pathfinders NPSS Mentor
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