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Follow one young person the long way.
Walked alongside through care. Grounded in who they are. Ready for what comes next.
Then a real job, a steady adult life, and children of their own who never see the inside of the care system.
That arc is what Dreaming Futures is for.
The out-of-home care system has repeated for generations.
Our aim is a future where no young person needs to be in it.
We start with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, who are the most over-represented in care.
We believe the way we work, on Country, in culture and with community, can work for every young person in time.
Our strategic vision is being developed.
Dreaming Futures is where the Buneen Group's long work begins.
Identity and readiness first, through on-Country programs, mentoring and life skills.
Then a pathway into lasting work, with Buneen Employment, a partner organisation, not a parent.
From care, to readiness, to work, to a life that holds. The whole arc, joined up.
Support one young person while ten more are removed, and the numbers never move.
So we work on the system as well as the young person.
We bring the practitioner voice to care reform, from inside the work rather than from the sidelines.
This is our share of Closing the Gap Target 12, which sets out to cut the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care by 45 per cent by 2031.
It is also our share of the Family Matters goal of ending over-representation within a generation, by 2040.
Dreaming Futures has been a registered charity since 2021.
A public benevolent institution with DGR Item 1 status, so a gift of $2 or more is tax deductible.
2026 is the build year: raising funds, establishing the board, standing up the cultural advisory group and designing the first programs.
Our first program runs in 2027, once the board is fully established.
We tell you what the charity has, and what it is still building. Never more than that.