MacKillop Seasons

30/03/2026

Every child deserves to feel heard, understood and supported. 💛
Seasons for Growth equips professionals with practical tools to walk alongside children and young people as they navigate change and loss.

🔗 Find out how ‘Seasons for Growth’ can support your community: https://zurl.co/x4Mre

🧡 Explore our 30th Anniversary offers on training and selected resources:
https://www.mackillopseasons.org.au/30th-Anniversary-Offers/

26/03/2026

🦉 Do you know a school or community organisation that needs support after a natural disaster, or wants to be better prepared for one?

Thanks to funding from the Australian Government’s Disaster Ready Fund and the NSW Government, MacKillop Seasons is delivering the Stormbirds Disaster Readiness Initiative across Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.

Stormbirds supports disaster readiness and recovery by strengthening the social and emotional well-being of children, young people, and the adults who support them. It helps schools and communities become more prepared, connected, and supported before, during, and after disasters.

Many participants prefer the online option because it is practical and accessible, whole teams can join together, the learning can fit into the school day, and there is no need to travel. This is especially beneficial for regional, rural, and remote communities.

Hear what participants are saying. 👇

👉 Register while funded places are available: https://ow.ly/hG3f50YyYPU

20/03/2026

🦋 Become a Seasons for Growth Companion

Thinking about training? This is your season to begin 🌱

Seasons for Growth supports children and young people to build resilience, understand their emotions and know they’re not alone, all through the trusted role of a Seasons Companion.

“The group dynamic was so powerful. Students felt safe, heard and realised they weren’t alone.”
“Our senior students became so comfortable with their feelings that they volunteered to support younger students.”

✨ To celebrate 30 years of Seasons for Growth, we’re offering a special anniversary offer on Companion training and selected resources, making it easier to bring this evidence‑based support into your school or community.

Why train now?
💛 Build wellbeing capacity for Term 2
💛 Equip young people with lifelong skills
💛 Trusted for 30 years
💛 Limited‑time anniversary offer

🔗 Learn more
https://www.mackillopseasons.org.au/30th-Anniversary-Offers/

19/03/2026

During Cultural Diversity Week, we’re proud to share resources that help create care spaces where every child feels seen, respected and safe.

During Cultural Diversity Week, we’re coming together to launch a new suite of Multicultural Practice Resources designed to strengthen culturally responsive residential care across the out of home care sector.

Developed by MacKillop Family Services in collaboration with the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY), and launched with the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, these resources respond to real world challenges and experiences shared by children, young people, families, and practitioners.

The resources provide practical guidance on navigating racism in out of home care, building multicultural practice, strengthening multicultural advisor roles, and developing meaningful Cultural Support Plans.

You’re warmly invited to join this launch event, either in person or online, and connect with others committed to cultural safety and inclusion across the sector.

📅 Monday 23 March 2026
⏰ 10.30am – 11.30am (morning tea included)
📍 Hybrid event — Melbourne or online
👉 Register here: mackillop.org.au/multicultural-resources-launch

17/03/2026

Supporting educators through a funded webinar from the MacKillop Institute.

Anti‑racism doesn’t need to feel like additional work.
It can be part of how we create safe, inclusive and connected learning communities.
This webinar offers space to explore how anti‑racism can be thoughtfully woven into everyday teaching and school life.

👉 Learn more & register

Are you looking for practical and sustainable ways to integrate anti-racism across different curriculum areas without falling into tokenism, overload, or professional risk?

This free webinar is designed just for you.

Through practical examples, curriculum mapping, and implementation frameworks, participants will gain the confidence to identify where anti-racism is already present in their teaching and learn how to strengthen it in meaningful, context-responsive, and educator-safe ways.

🗓 Tuesday 24 March
🕞 3:30–5:00 pm (AEDT)
⏱ 90 minutes

🎤 Hosted by: Chris Higgins FICDA MA MEd DipGov - Director, The MacKillop Institute
🎙️ Special guest: Jeremy K. Kalbstein -Director of Education, -Against-Hate

🔗 Join the conversation and save your place: https://tinyurl.com/Webinar-NoExtra

13/03/2026

Self-Care and the Seasons

"Love yourself a little extra right now. You’re evolving, learning, healing, growing, and discovering yourself all at once."
— Idil Ahmed

In Seasons for Growth, we explore how feelings shift and change — just like the seasons.
Each season brings its own challenges and gifts. Be gentle with yourself as you grow through them.

Guide to Self-Care https://ow.ly/zfOW50WurTf

09/03/2026

🌸 At every level of our Seasons for Growth program — children, young people and adults — we use activities that not only encourage self care but help individuals to gain some sense of control and find a way of moving forward.

One of the group’s favourites is the floating flower activity. As the paper flower gently unfolds on the water, there’s always a moment of wonder and awe. It’s a simple but powerful reminder that new life and hope can emerge, even after difficult times. 🌸💧✨

🌸 Floating Flower Activity instructions:
https://www.mackillopseasons.org.au/companion-training-essentials/Day%202%20-%20Activity%20SFG%20Floating%20Flower%20Moving%20Forward%20SFG.pdf

05/03/2026

🌱 Fully funded two day professional training — Launceston | Hobart, Tasmania

We’re offering fully funded places in our two day Seasons for Growth training program, equipping participants to lead small group education and support for children and young people experiencing change, loss, and grief.

If you or your team are looking to build your capacity to support wellbeing in your school or community, this is a fantastic opportunity.

📍 Launceston — 16 & 17 March
📍 Hobart — 19 & 20 March
⏰ 8:45am–3:30pm

✅ Available for Primary and Secondary schools
✅ Includes staff manual and packs of student journals at no cost

👉 Contact us to access funded places:
📞 1300 379 569

🔗 https://www.mackillopseasons.org.au/programs/seasons-for-growth-children-and-young-people/

04/03/2026

🦋 Become a Seasons for Growth Companion

If you’ve been thinking about training, now is the perfect season to begin.

Train in Term 1 → be ready to deliver the Seasons for Growth program in Term 2, supporting children and young people to build resilience, process their emotions and feel less alone.

Here’s what one school shared:

“The group dynamic was so powerful. Students felt safe, heard and realised they weren’t alone.”

And the impact extended even further:

“Our senior students became so comfortable with their feelings that they volunteered to speak to younger students.”

To celebrate 30 years, we’re offering a special anniversary offer on Companion training and selected program resources, making it easier than ever to bring this evidence‑based support to your school or community.

🍁 Why train now?

✔️ Build team capacity before Term 2
✔️ Equip children & young people with lifelong skills
✔️ Trusted, evidence‑based program for 30 years
✔️ Limited‑time anniversary offer

🔎 Learn more and register: https://www.mackillopseasons.org.au/30th-Anniversary-Offers/

02/03/2026

We’re at the Frontline Mental Health Conference on the Gold Coast 🌴
Come and say hi at Booth 28!

We’ll be here for the next two days, chatting all things frontline wellbeing, safety and support.

👉 https://anzmh.asn.au/fmhc

25/02/2026

🫙 Growing our Kindness Jar

Bring a sprinkle of kindness into your day and notice the difference it makes, not just to those around you, but to yourself as well. A small moment of kindness can shift a whole day. 💛

Let’s keep filling that jar, one gentle action at a time.

22/02/2026

🧡 Connection to Culture has positive impacts

Being connected to culture and community fosters belonging, identity, and pride for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Our Keeping Spirit Strong resources help schools support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, families, and communities experiencing loss and grief, including loss by su***de in community.

🧡Reach out and yarn with your local emotional wellbeing support provider:
https://www.mackillopseasons.org.au/knowledgebase/article/KA-01180