Facebook-f Twitter Instagram Linkedin
Donate
Facebook-f Twitter Instagram Linkedin
Donate

2026 National Child Protection Week

Art Activity

This year in Child Protection Week (7 – 13 September) we will be extending on the theme Every Conversation Matters into Shifting Conversations to Action.

We’re looking for artworks to show what children and young people think about an action they or adults could take to help keep family, friends and community thriving.

These will then be used in our campaign (leading up to September) to help show that protecting children is about all of us working together.

What we need:

  • Investment in time (probably a few hours) talking to the children about their families, friends, homes and places they feel safe and connected. And then using these conversations as inspiration to create artworks that are based on meaningful conversations and actions. 
  • We would love to see collaborative artworks but we are also happy for children to do individual artworks if they prefer.
  • Permission to display your beautiful artworks on our website and on social media. (This is part of the submission process). 
Submit Your Artwork

Here are some talking points to get you started…

You know your children best, so please feel free to guide your own conversations. 

Conversations are powerful tools to keep children and young people safe and well, and following these with actions have an even deeper meaning.

Conversations can help us understand issues, craft solutions, value community knowledge, and build the brains and social connections of children and young people. Actions help us to see how these conversations can have a direct impact.

Conversations between
…children and their caregivers matter (from the very earliest days)
…children and their peers matter
…families with teachers, doctors, and other professionals matter
…friends or neighbours matter
…decision-makers and the communities they serve matter.

We’d like to encourage children and young people to think about conversations and actions they have in all aspects of their lives – their families, their communities and what is important to them.

The following questions might be useful:

  • How do you feel when you know someone has listened to you?
  • How do you feel when you talk to someone you trust?
  • What do you like to talk about? What do you like to do?
  • Who is the person that is doing something you admire?
  • What is something you could do with your friends to make you all feel great? 
  • What big change would you like to see around you? In the world?