Raising Hope Designs

10/05/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums!

08/05/2026

It was our Little Athletics presentation night last night and Hope received an encouragement award. She was super excited to receive her trophy and even gave it a few kisses.

06/04/2026

It may be holidays but work never stops for Hope. Here’s some of the skills we worked on today.

05/04/2026

Happy Easter!

21/03/2026

We went and had our Easter photos today wearing our crazy socks for World Down Syndrome Day!

Do you have your crazy socks on today?

Thanks Lasting Memories Photography!

11/03/2026

This beautiful, wonderful, crazy child is smashing the goals!

This was part of her reading this evening.

She makes a darn good sheep!

25/02/2026

World Down Syndrome day is less than a month away. Don't forget to get yourself some crazy socks for the day!

20/02/2026

Hope was sick this week... and with that came grottiness and a lesson.

Life with kids can get messy literally! Join me as I share the chaos & laughs, learning that a grubby child isn't a sign of a lazy parent.

14/02/2026

13/02/2026

Guess what.... I have another blog post! Thinking about what inclusion really means and involves. Here it is...

What is the difference between being present and truly included? Why does inclusion matter? Here are my thoughts.

04/02/2026

Hope lost one of her biggest supporters last month... her poppy.
I wasn't sure whether to write about it in our blog, it's been a while since I posted, but I felt like it was something i needed to do in order to process some of my own feelings and thoughts.. so here it is.

A heartfelt tribute to Hope’s poppy, Morris — a devoted father, loving granddad, and one of Hope’s biggest supporters.