Child Friendly Australia
NAPCAN in NSW

PO Box K241
Haymarket NSW 1240

Ph: 02 9211 0224
Fax: 02 9211 5676
email: nsw@napcan.org.au


National Child Protection Week Sept 7th - 13th

Cross-border annual event
Each year the Tweed and Southern Gold Coast areas rise above cross border challenges to come together in a collaborated effort to stamp out child abuse. MORE

Westpac partnership scores a goal for disadvantaged netballers
The KiDS CAN grant program has helped a group of disadvantaged Aboriginal girls fulfil their dream to play competitive netball. MORE

The Wood Inquiry
NAPCAN welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW. Read NAPCAN's submission HERE
Read NAPCAN's Towards a Better Future (appendix to the submission) HERE

Youth Health Forum
The NSW Centre for Advancement of Adolescent Health (NSW CAAH) is holding it's first Youth Health Forum for the year: "Bouncing back - building resilience in young people" at the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta on 21 May 08. More info and registration form HERE

Kids CAN NSW
Kids CAN NSW is developing Child Friendly Communities by involving young people in the process of deciding what it is that makes their community more child friendly. The Kids CAN program aims to link business and the general public more directly with local community activities and initiatives that have been credited by kids as beneficial, supportive and, most importantly, child friendly. The program is promoted through Child Friendly Australia MORE

KiDS CAN - the Film
This production provides you with an overview and understanding of how KiDS CAN helps to build resilience in our children and young people, and thus reduces their risk of harm, and was generously produced and supported by Super Ant Productions and Bondi Beach Public School. View the film HERE

Child Friendly Cities in NSW
For 2007-2008 NAPCAN NSW has thrown out a challenge to Local Government throughout the State to work towards becoming Child friendly Cities in line with UNICEF's blueprint. Within one week of launching the campaign, more than thirty local councils have responded with a definite interest in getting involved MORE

Every Kid Campaign
The Every Kid campaign is an initiative of seven key NSW community service agencies called the Every Kid Coalition. This includes the Aboriginal Child Family Community Care Secretariat (AbSec ), Associations of Children's Welfare Agencies (ACWA), Family Advocacy, NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS), NSW Family Services Inc (FamS), Shelter NSW and UnitingCare Burnside.

The campaign aims to influence NSW government policy in five key areas including dental health, education, affordable housing, child protection and out-of-home care. Within these areas, Aboriginal health and wellbeing are of particular importance. These areas have been defined by the Every Kid coalition as those in which urgent improvement is required MORE

Good Initiative
'Getting to Know Children's Services in NSW' is a brochure compiled in response to questions asked by CALD parents from our many childrens services  information sessions.  This brochure is translated into ten languages- Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Korean, Arabic, Dinka (a Sudanese language), Thai, Bengali, Spanish, and Russian.  The brochures are suitable for display at community centres or for any community workers, family support workers, bilingual workers to provide to families as required MORE

NAPCAN NSW Council HERE

National Child Protection Week in NSW HERE

Emergency Support in NSW HERE

 

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