Sonja speaks out against the stigma of having a care experience
Sonja is a CREATE Young Consultant from South Australia with a drive to change the out-of-home care system. Like many children and young people with a care experience, she’s experienced […]
Meet Young Consultant Maryanne
In February Maryanne and Jay, CREATE Young Consultants from Northern Queensland, spoke at the National Indigenous Youth Empowerment Summit in Cairns. Maryanne and Jay did a fantastic job presenting their […]
Miriel – showing why her past cannot define her
Do you know what the typical kid in care looks like? Do you know what their interests are or what experiences they have gone through? The truth is that there’s […]
Jackson Taylor MP – From being in care to representing his community
Like 45,800 children and young people in Australia right now, Jackson Taylor spent time in the care system. Now he’s a politician representing Bayswater in Victoria as a state MP, […]
One clubCREATE member’s story on bullying
For our clubCREATE magazine we often call out for our readers to submit stories and poems for competitions. We receive stories that are everything from lighthearted sci-fi tales, to spooky […]
Jemma Snaps that Stigma
We interviewed Young Consultant Jemma about the stigma of having a care experience for our #snapthatstigma campaign! Tell us a bit about yourself – your age and what you […]
We chat stigma with Elloise
Stigma is often something that children and young people with a care experience face, and can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy where low expectations of those in care can result […]
Equals Happiness: One Young Person’s Own Words About Her Care Experience
This beautiful poem was written by one of our clubCREATE members for a school English assignment about her experience of being in care. This is the first poem she has […]
Snap that Stigma series in action!
The Snap that Stigma Community Forum series is well underway, with two events in Sydney and Orange already completed. The Snap that Stigma series of events aim to bring together […]