Finley educator celebrates 20 years of shaping young lives
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🐣 Intereach office hours over the 2025 Easter period.
Our offices will be closed from 5pm on Thursday April 17 and will reopen at 9am on Tuesday, April 22.
✅ For Aged Care Services and emergency respite or after-hours services, please visit Carer Gateway at www.carergateway.gov.au/ or call 1800 422 737.
✅ If you need to change or cancel an existing aged care service scheduled over this period, please call 0499 983 359.
✅ For National Disability Insurance Scheme services, please visit ndis.gov.au/ or phone 1800 800 110.
✅For urgent Family Day Care assistance, please call 0427 814 288.
✅ For information about our services, visit www.intereach.com.au/
💛 Wishing you a safe and happy Easter break.
Lovely friendly humans in this office. Happy Easter from Loddon and Campaspe SETS team.
Who are these beautiful girls? 🐰
🌱 For 20 years, Vicki Smith has nurtured, inspired and encouraged generations of children — and now cares for the kids of those she once looked after.
🤲 The Finley-based Intereach Family Day Care educator has made a difference to lives of hundreds of families who consider her a role model, confidant, and constant source of kindness.
🫶 But for Vicki, being an educator has enriched her life.
💬 “Watching children grow into their unique selves, seeing the friendships they form, the unlimited imagination I get to witness every day through play — it’s incredibly rewarding,” she said.
❤️ Read Vicki’s incredible story and find out how you can become an educator too: www.intereach.com.au/news/finley-educator-celebrates-20-years-of-shaping-young-lives/
#FamilyDayCare #IntereachCareers #Intereach #IntereachFamilyDayCare #MakeADifference
Congratulations Vicki - you are amazing and have made such a difference to so many families - I will always remember the first time I saw your stroller covered in tinsel etc just looking like a Christmas tree and all the excited children around you. It’s all those little things that make big differences in the children’s and their families’ lives. ❤️❤️
Congratulations Vicki 👏👏 Beautiful pic x 😍😍😍
Congratulations Vick, still remember dropping Ruby Grace Russell Smith off at the grand age of 2 weeks, and new you’d look after her like your own, still besties 20 plus years later 💕
Congratulations Vick! Linc was always excited and loved going to your place everyday. You encouraged his imaginative stories and filled his little heart with love. For that we are forever grateful. ♥️
Remarkable accomplishment congratulations 👏
Congratulations Vicki, you are a kind, caring and beautiful soul.👏🌟👏
Rubes absolutely loved it at your place Vicki. Absolute superstar. xoxo
Congratulations Vicki x
A gorgeous photo and Congratulations Vicki, you are a LEGEND xx
Congratulations Vicki 👏👏👏
Congrats Bickie! Fan favourite in our house too. 🥰
We have been such a lucky community to be blessed with incredible day care mums. Being able to drop off our babies knowing they were going to be as safe and happy as in their own homes. Certainly helped mould my lil boy into the fella he is now. Well done, Vick. Have heard from many of your kids, how much you are adored xx
Congratulations Vicki well done
Beautiful picture 😊
Amazing Vicki, well done 👏
OHHH take me back to daycare days. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 something totally special about “bicks place”. I’ll forever and ever cherish my childhood with you vickstar!!!! How lucky are Rocky & Raff to now be experiencing the same. 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 such a special and well deserved milestone. Bloody love ya 😙😙
Everyone loves ‘Bickies’ house 🥰
Victoria Smith Vic⭐️you are absolutely AMAZING,the best by a long way we love you sooooo much ❤️
Well done you are a legend vicki
Your a special woman Vic! Thanks for all of your ongoing support years on.x
Congratulations Vicki on the recognition. You are amazing to all who have been fortunate enough to have you caring for their children x
Our forever favourite !!! ❤️ My girls were super lucky to have her xx
Who wouldn't love you.❤️❤️
Victoria Smith Micky you are amazing. Roree all ways Loved coming to your house. ❤️
Gorgeous pic Congrats Vicki
💪 This year’s Youth Week NSW theme – “We are the future, and the future is now!” – reminds us that young people aren’t just tomorrow’s leaders, they’re leading change right now.
🌱Our incredible ROAR (Reach Out and Relax) team has been out and about visiting high schools across the region, creating safe and welcoming spaces for young people to be heard, celebrated and empowered.
🤲 At Deniliquin High School, ROAR workers Katelyn and Amye (pictured) connected with students through creative activities and conversations — sparking important chats around wellbeing, identity and the power of young voices.
So, here’s a question for YOU 👇
💬 How can we ensure that every young person, regardless of their background, feels truly included, valued and heard? Let us know in the comments.
#NSWYouthWeek #WeAreTheFuture #ROAR #StrongConnectedCommunities
🖤 One of the key priorities in our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2025-27 is strengthening relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities through genuine partnerships and meaningful engagement.
💪 We’re proud to walk this journey alongside Mallee District Aboriginal Services - Mildura, Swan Hill, Kerang as we continue to build strong connected communities.
🍂 MDAS joined us at our RAP launch in Mildura last week, providing a delicious lunch and capturing the essence of the day — from the symbolic Smoking Ceremony to the powerful cultural performances.
🎬 Check out their video below to relive these special moments!
❤️ We look forward to continuing these relationships, ensuring First Nations voices are heard, valued, and embedded in how we work, engage, and deliver services.
#Intereach #Reconciliation #InnovateRAP #CulturalRespect #RAP #ReconciliationAustralia #Mildura #MDAS
Just what is this teaching children,
Awful 200 years ago this was not on display. Truth obviously doesn’t matter. Circus stuff embarrassing for a great culture
Is there anything better than that deep beautiful beat? Nope!!!
Deadly
Why don't we ever say full blood aboriginal people there's thousands of them ? Maybe because they never actually did this
💪 Staff from across our Family and Mental Health, Customer Support and Business Development teams shared and gained knowledge at the NSW Council of Social Service - NCOSS Regional Forum in Wagga Wagga yesterday.
🤲 Joining non-government organisations and their networks across the Riverina, we explored the strengths of local communities and worked to find solutions to shared challenges, including policy changes, workforce sustainability, grant commissioning, the evolving health landscape and the wider ripple effect.
💬 “It was a great opportunity to engage with experts, share our insights on our diverse rural and regional communities and to network with peers from other community sector organisations and stakeholders to strengthen cross-system coordination and connection,” grants coordinator Chelsea said.
To find out how more about what we're doing to create strong connected communities, visit our website: www.intereach.com.au
Thanks for coming and contributing to the valuable conversations that we had throughout the day. We look forward to coming back to the Riverina soon.