Welcome addition to CREATE Foundation’s Board
CREATE Foundation proudly welcomes our new Board appointee, Adina Gunnis, whose lived experience in care will be invaluable to the organisation. Professionally, Adina is a practising lawyer and has previously […]
Drop the stigma & embrace our stories instead! WORLD CARE DAY 2023
Today CREATE invites you to celebrate the global community of 4.4 Million* children (approximately) aged up to 17 years who could be living in care this World Care Day – […]
CREATE APPLAUDS HISTORIC MOMENT AS NSW GOV MAKES IT 21!
The New South Wales Government’s announcement today of extending care and supports to 21 is being applauded by CREATE Foundation as having significant potential to positively impact the life outcomes […]
Hour of Power in Victoria
CREATE in Victoria held another successful Hour of Power (HOP), providing young people with an out-of-home care experience the opportunity to interview key government representatives and child protection sector leaders, about what […]
VIC YOUNG PEOPLE’S HOUR OF POWER TODAY!
Tuesday, October 25, young people with an out-of-home care experience will be consulting with and interviewing key government representatives and child protector sector leaders, to ensure their lived experiences continue to positively impact the lives of tomorrow’s children in care. Lived experience sharing has become a key influence where community change is needed most and the “Hour of Power” is THE forum for the care sector, putting young people in the driver’s seat!
SAVE the DATE – HOUR OF POWER PUTS YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ELECTION DRIVER’S SEAT!
Next Tuesday afternoon, October 25, young people with an out-of-home care experience will be consulting with and interviewing key government representatives and child protection sector leaders, to ensure their lived experiences continue to positively impact the lives of tomorrow’s children in care.
NSW community calls for a response from NSW gov on “Why not make it 21 NSW?”
When NSW young people with a care experience turn 18, they have no option to remain in their care placement and often become homeless in the first year of transitioning from care. Leaving home shouldn’t be a one-way exit door and the community is now calling for a response from the NSW Government to the question, “Why not make it 21 in NSW?”
ANNOUNCING: CREATE SA WINNERS OF VOICE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AWARD!
The 2022 South Australian Child Protection Week Award category “Voice of young people” was recently awarded to Fabian McPhee, CREATE SA Community Facilitator.
Since 2015, Fabian has been dedicated to support amplifying the voices of South Australia’s children and young people with a care experience, within the child protection sector.
Housing Shortage And Lack Of Supports Places Young Care Leavers At Risk. NSW – IT’S TIME TO MAKE IT 21!
Every 18-year-old with a care experience deserves the option to access support and housing to 21. New South Wales remains the only state or territory which has not increased the leaving care to 21, leaving vulnerable young people at risk.
