Will you step in and change Albie’s future?

Reach out a caring hand to little Albie today

Alone in a locked room, little Albie* had no one. No love. No ready access to food, water, or even a bathroom. No school. No friends. The only person who ever opened the door was violent and abusive. His future was bleak.

Child Protection removed Albie from that terrible situation, and asked Berry Street to care for him, so this precious little boy is out of harm’s way. But his future is still not safe.

Albie needs more than traditional residential care can offer. He needs intensive support in a special family environment.

Help Albie get all the love and support he needs for a happy future

Report after report has shown that many children in residential care are not getting the intensive support they need, damaging their chances of a healthy, happy future.

That’s why Berry Street is committed to the Teaching Family Model which is:

• a new way of helping children recover from the trauma they have experienced
• the only evidence-based model of residential care for children worldwide.

But we need you to step in to help bring this new type of care to Albie and children like him.

Will you be the one to change Albie’s future?

Giving Albie the future he deserves

In a Teaching Family Model home, Albie will live alongside several other children in a family-style home supported by carers who are accredited and trained to care for children who’ve experienced severe trauma.

Here Albie will:

• learn to trust again and find new ways to respond
• take part in family meetings, where he can make decisions about how the home is run and his day to day life
• learn problem solving and negotiating skills so he can manage challenging situations
• be showered with lots of warm praise to boost his confidence and self-esteem.

Albie’s carers will work closely with his teachers, so he can return to school.

And, as Albie learns to regulate his emotions and start to trust again, there will be regular visits (and cuddles) with his Grandpa too.

Will you step in now and give Albie the future he deserves?

*Name has been changed in the interest of privacy. The models and volunteers pictured are not connected to the case study.