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Speaker 1: Jonesy and Amanda's.

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Speaker 2: Well, look, I can vouch for Bernado's and the extraordinary

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Speaker 2: work they do, so imagine, Hey, they felt in the

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Speaker 2: midst of a hard year where fundraising is hard enough.

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Speaker 2: When they open up the newspaper and they see that

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Speaker 2: the decision they've made to no longer have Mother of

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Speaker 2: the Year award, to maybe replace it in the future

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Speaker 2: with something that references all the caregivers. Suddenly newspaper, the

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Speaker 2: Daily Telegraph, decided to slam them for it and say

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Speaker 2: they were canceling mothers. It was a very distressing day,

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Speaker 2: I'm sure, and Deirdre Bernardo Ceo has has been in

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Speaker 2: touch with us saying she'd like to have a chat

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Speaker 2: about how that felt.

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Speaker 3: Hi, Deirdre, how.

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Speaker 1: Dadree, Good morning, Good morning.

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Speaker 2: How'd you feel yesterday? What a pooh thing?

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Speaker 1: It was a very big day. But I do want

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Speaker 1: to start by saying thank you to everyone who did

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Speaker 1: contact us. We had lots of calls, lots of emails,

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Speaker 1: and you know, lots of talking and it's important for

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Speaker 1: us to hear what people think. But I do want

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Speaker 1: to emphasize that really we've been here for children for

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Speaker 1: over one hundred years and we see so many children,

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Speaker 1: and we want our values to align to those children

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Speaker 1: and families that we work with. So our decision about

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Speaker 1: Mother of the Year mothers in no way belong to

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Speaker 1: Bernado's and of course Mother's Day, which is when the

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Speaker 1: event and their awards were announced. Over the years, Mother's

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Speaker 1: Day continues. I mean, no one's canceling Mother's Day.

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Speaker 3: And you're not canceling mothers. You're not canceling Mother Theresa

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Speaker 3: or Mother of Pearl as the paper will or Frank

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Speaker 3: Frank Zappa and the mothers. You're not stopping them.

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Speaker 1: No, no, no no. And of course you know we're

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Speaker 1: not devaluing mothers because we see so many mothers and

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Speaker 1: families and the women that I see who are mothers

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Speaker 1: who come to our children's senses often tell me that

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Speaker 1: you know, they're surviving from day to day. They're very

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Speaker 1: often more often than not, escaping from violent homes. They're

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Speaker 1: struggling to look after their children. Many of them don't

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Speaker 1: have enough money to feed their children adequately. They you know,

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Speaker 1: they're frightened sometimes of going to the children's school because

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Speaker 1: they might be very able to read and right themselves.

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Speaker 1: So they're the mothers that we see day in, day out,

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Speaker 1: fifteen thousand of them every single year, and we want

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Speaker 1: to direct all our resources. We must direct our resources

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Speaker 1: directly to the children and families, particularly in the current environment.

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Speaker 1: It's been such a difficult twelve months for all charities.

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Speaker 2: And have you found that in changing your Mother of

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Speaker 2: the Year award, you're referencing the changing shape of families?

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Speaker 1: Of course, of course, families, as we all know, come

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Speaker 1: in all shapes and sizes, and you know, some people

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Speaker 1: some families have mothers and fathers, Some have mothers and mothers,

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Speaker 1: some have fathers and fathers, some have mothers and grandmas,

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Speaker 1: some have aunties and uncles, and lots of children live

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Speaker 1: in foster care. So you know, we see all of

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Speaker 1: those families and all of those people who are doing

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Speaker 1: their level best to look after children. And that's where

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Speaker 1: we're putting our support.

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Speaker 3: And when you look at it, everyone's a mother. What

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Speaker 3: does that mean? Everyone's a mother? What do you mean

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Speaker 3: we're all mothers? No, we're not. Yeah, we are, we're

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Speaker 3: all mothers.

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Speaker 2: Well do you mean caregivers?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Of course. What do you think. I don't know,

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Speaker 3: Amanda's not on boardy you get, but I.

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Speaker 2: Think I think you know you're right. Our family makeup

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Speaker 2: is different and it is about who's giving the care

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Speaker 2: and you need to reference.

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Speaker 3: Like I said, we're all mothers.

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Speaker 2: I'll let it go.

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Speaker 3: Look, I just want to get it gone because I'm

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Speaker 3: sick of Cashy winging Father of the Year. He always

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Speaker 3: wins that award.

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Speaker 2: He's angling for father of the year. But if we

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Speaker 2: if people want us to Brnado's, what can they do? Didri?

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Speaker 1: Look, we would absolutely love your donation. We would love

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Speaker 1: people who feel they could provide a home for a

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Speaker 1: child who can't be with their own parents. We're always

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Speaker 1: needing foster cares, and of course sibling groups are often

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Speaker 1: the hardest groups of children to place when they need

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Speaker 1: to come into care, and we want to keep those

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Speaker 1: children together, So we accept cares of all backgrounds, all ages,

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Speaker 1: you know, all genders, all religions, and we'd love to

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Speaker 1: hear from you, and we'd also love your donations to

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Speaker 1: keep children safe from abuse and neglect in their own home.

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Speaker 1: We've had a huge increase in our demand because of

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Speaker 1: the pandemic over the last twelve months. Wasn't so much

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Speaker 1: during the pandemic while everyone was blocked at home, in

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Speaker 1: those early days. But you know, as children have gone

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Speaker 1: back to school, we're seeing more and more demand for

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Speaker 1: our assistance.

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Speaker 3: Excellent, well said, thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very very much And as I say thank

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Speaker 1: you to everyone who's contacted us, we're very very happy

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Speaker 1: to receive your calls. We've been here for children for

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Speaker 1: over one hundred years and that's not changing. For Bonando's Australia.

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Speaker 3: Good and out We're All Mothers campaign, that's my idea.

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Speaker 3: Well do that on your own, tim, This is great,

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Speaker 3: this is what it's about. Let's run with that. Thank

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Speaker 3: you Didri

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Speaker 1: Jonesy and Amanda's