When family separation becomes overwhelming for a child, there should be somewhere safe to turn.
Hole in the Clouds is being established as a Public Benevolent Institution to provide direct, child-focused relief to children and young people experiencing significant distress arising from family separation or breakdown.
Family breakdown can be hard on everyone. For some children, it becomes much more than that.
Parental separation and family breakdown can sometimes result in children experiencing genuine distress, helplessness or misfortune — not simply the ordinary adjustment of a family changing shape.
Hole in the Clouds is being established to provide practical, child-focused relief when those circumstances create real need — keeping the child, not the parental dispute, at the centre of everything we do.
Children and young people who genuinely need somewhere safe to turn.
Our planned programs are directed toward children and young people experiencing significant distress, helplessness or misfortune connected to family separation or breakdown — considered according to individual need, program suitability, safety and our available capacity.
Making an enquiry doesn't guarantee a place in a program. It's simply the first step in understanding whether we may be able to help.
Support is considered on:
- the needs of the child or young person
- the nature of the distress, helplessness or misfortune involved
- whether our planned programs are a suitable fit
- safety considerations for everyone involved
- our available resources and capacity at the time
Five ways we're being built to help.
Each is a response to a specific need described in our governing document.
Safe Handovers
A neutral, child-focused space intended to ease the distress that can surround parental handovers.
A Voice for Children
An appropriate, child-focused opportunity to express needs and views about family circumstances.
After-School & Holiday Support
Educational support, life skills and emotional respite outside school hours and during holidays.
Support for Parents
Practical guidance intended to encourage cooperative co-parenting, where safe and appropriate.
Respite & Positive Experiences
Trips, excursions and experiences designed to provide relief and positive influences for children.
Three steps, starting with a conversation.
Make an enquiry
Tell us a little about your situation through our simple, privacy-conscious form.
We get in touch
We contact you to understand the circumstances and what kind of support might help.
We talk next steps
Where appropriate and within our capacity, we discuss the assistance that may be available.
Child-first, always.
Built here, for here.
Hole in the Clouds is being established in the Blue Mountains region, New South Wales, Australia to provide genuinely local, practical support — starting close to home before it goes anywhere else.