This year’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day theme is, ‘Strong in Culture, Stronger Together’. This year we stand with our children, proud of their culture, stories, kin and community – all that makes our children special, resilient and the bright leaders for our future. Our vision is for our children to thrive, be strong in culture and connected to kin and community – our children should be proud to come from the oldest living culture in the world. #StronginCulture #StrongerTogether @SNAICC
@CCYPWA Have the Voting Age Survey for the those aged 25 and younger. The Commissioner met with young people to discuss important issues and a recurring request has been the ability to vote. Lowering the voting age went to the Australian Parliament in 2018 and again 2021. The results of a Victorian poll in 2020 indicated that three in five young people wanted to vote. There has been no research asking what Western Australian young people think. So, CCYPWA have launched a Voting Age survey to ask if young people want to be involved in the voting process and if so, what their preference would be. CCYPWA are encouraging young people under the age of 25 – from all cultures, backgrounds, genders and sexual orientation – to have their say. The survey is on CCYPWA website. Would you vote at 16?
CSSA recently signed up as a supporter of the new and vitally important End Child Poverty Campaign. Please join us for this upcoming Webinar to learn more about the problem of child poverty in Australia and the powerful new campaign to bring it to an end. Find out how you can help end child poverty.
CSSA recently signed up as a supporter of the new and vitally important End Child Poverty Campaign. Please join us for this upcoming Webinar to learn more about the problem of child poverty in Australia and the powerful new campaign to bring it to an end. Find out how you can help end child poverty.
We're thrilled to share that we received an email from Robert about his recent publication in The Geelong Independent titled "Child Poverty Letter." Robert's letter, originally penned in May in response to the Federal Budget, has finally been published, highlighting crucial insights on the challenges of child poverty. You can read Robert's letter on page 6 of The Geelong Independent under the heading "Benefits not enough."
Call for Australia to commit to poverty line Presented by Keane Bourke
Exciting news alert! 💪🌟Catholic Social Services Australia is hosting a webinar to End Child Poverty. @CCSA 💪🌟Calling all advocates for change! The Homelessness Action Now workshop is a must-attend event for those looking to make a difference in our community. @Shelterwa #Nochildinpoverty #LegislatetoEndChildPoverty #ValuingChildrenInitiative
This year’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day theme is, ‘Strong in Culture, Stronger Together’. This year we stand with our children, proud of their culture, stories, kin and community – all that makes our children special, resilient and the bright leaders for our future. Our vision is for our children to thrive, be strong in culture and connected to kin and community – our children should be proud to come from the oldest living culture in the world. #StronginCulture #StrongerTogether @SNAICC
CSSA recently signed up as a supporter of the new and vitally important End Child Poverty Campaign. Please join us for this upcoming Webinar to learn more about the problem of child poverty in Australia and the powerful new campaign to bring it to an end. Find out how you can help end child poverty.
Homelessness Action Now – for Children Workshop and campaign action for the End Child Poverty campaign
Celebrating #NAIDOC2024 and #NAIDOCWeek!
We are asking the government to act. JOIN US TODAY www.endchildpoverty.com.au #LegislatetoEndChildPoverty #ValuingChildrenInitiative #Nochildinpoverty @valuingchildreninitiative
This year’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day theme is, ‘Strong in Culture, Stronger Together’. This year we stand with our children, proud of their culture, stories, kin and community – all that makes our children special, resilient and the bright leaders for our future. Our vision is for our children to thrive, be strong in culture and connected to kin and community – our children should be proud to come from the oldest living culture in the world. #StronginCulture #StrongerTogether @SNAICC
Call for Australia to commit to poverty line Presented by Keane Bourke
The End Child Poverty campaign has teamed up with the Australia Institute to release new data showing Australians want the Federal government to ensure no child lives in poverty. It finds the majority of Australians want an end to child poverty and want the government to introduce a definition and measure that would reduce the child poverty rate in Australia. The Valuing Children Initiative has launched the End Child Poverty campaign, calling on the Albanese government to legislate an end child poverty – similar to New Zealand and Scotland. ww.endchildpoverty.com.au ABC journo Keane Bourke has been working with us on a TV and online package, which went live last Friday 28th June. Young person Josh Patrick will speak of his experiences as a young carer and poverty. Key Findings of the report: Four in five Australians (83%) want the Federal Government to regularly measure and report on poverty rates in Australia. An overwhelming majority of Australians (81%) agree that income support payments should be set at a rate that does not cause any child to live in poverty. Australians are highly concerned that Australia has a high child poverty rate compared to other developed countries (69%), and about the effects of this on health and lifespan (83%) as well as education and employment (85%). One in six Australian children (about 761,000 children) live in poverty according to research from ACOSS and UNSW. The OECD finds that Australia’s youth poverty rate is the 13th-highest among member nations, surpassing the UK, Germany and Canada.
The Valuing Children Initiative echoes calls for a school lunch program for children funded by both State and Federal Government’s to ensure no child is hungry in WA.
In 2016, the Valuing Children Initiative (VCI) commissioned their benchmark survey examining adult attitudes towards children.
In Australia, almost 18 per cent of kids live below the poverty line. One in four is overweight and an estimated eight children are sexually assaulted by a family member every day.
Did you play on the streets when you were a child? Ride your bikes, hop scotch, basketball or a summer arvo of cricket? Do you want your kids to enjoy the same joy of play together like we did? Tell us about it! Seriously - tell us about it in this very short survey. Your local Town Team Hello Basso and the Valuing Children Initiative have teamed up to bring play back to our streets. Research shows that children are playing less on our streets because of a lack of obvious safety measures. Let us know how we can make our streets safer.
@CCYPWA Have the Voting Age Survey for the those aged 25 and younger. The Commissioner met with young people to discuss important issues and a recurring request has been the ability to vote. Lowering the voting age went to the Australian Parliament in 2018 and again 2021. The results of a Victorian poll in 2020 indicated that three in five young people wanted to vote. There has been no research asking what Western Australian young people think. So, CCYPWA have launched a Voting Age survey to ask if young people want to be involved in the voting process and if so, what their preference would be. CCYPWA are encouraging young people under the age of 25 – from all cultures, backgrounds, genders and sexual orientation – to have their say. The survey is on CCYPWA website. Would you vote at 16?
