What an amazing line-up of speakers we have for the National Child Protection Week webinar series this year! In order of appearance, we have: Professor Ben Mathews, QUT  Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson, Jiman & Bundjalung woman, Founder We Al-li Kylie Captain, Gamilaroi woman, Director Dream Big Education  Jess Hill, Journalist, Author and Advocate Biljana Milosevic,…

RUN (OR WALK) AGAINST VIOLENCE  Keep an eye out over the next few weeks for the thousands of Run Against Violence participants who are out there running and walking to raise money to help Love Bites reach every young person in every community! Visit the Run Against Violence website to: See how the teams are going Join…

No matter who you are or where you come from, everyone needs a safe, decent and affordable home. Homelessness is both preventable and solvable.  This National Homelessness Week (7 – 13 August), NAPCAN is focusing on the impact of homelessness on children and young people, the importance of prevention, and what we can do today to…

INVITATION TO  YOUTH JUSTICE PRESENTATION (for young people) 4.30pm – 5.30pm AEST (4pm – 5pm NT) Tuesday 6 June  Join via this Zoom Link (no need to register) https://napcan-org-au.zoom.us/s/83789207487 Password: napcan   As you may be aware, the National Children’s Commissioner is currently calling for submissions on Youth Justice and Child Wellbeing Reform (closing on…

NAPCAN’s Youth Speak Out (NYSO) Valuing the voices of children and young people is an essential ingredient in building a fairer and healthier future for all Australians.  Which is why the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) has set up its own youth council to represent the voices and opinions of…

NAPCAN is thrilled to be involved with the upcoming 6th National Child Protection Forum including presenting on our new Safer Communities for Children program.  Please join us – along with 200+ attendees and 40+ speakers – in Brisbane in June.     National Child Protection Forum  Amplifying the voices of children and young people to shape…

Want to prevent child maltreatment? Rethinking our language is part of the solution… Initial research into how we can better ‘frame’ prevention to create social change in Australia As the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, NAPCAN is interested in ‘issues framing’ as a tool for shifting attitudes towards prevention and increasing…

Run Against Violence (RAV) are amazing supporters and partners for NAPCAN’s Love Bites program. Their work is dedicated to raising awareness of domestic violence and money for the primary prevention of violence (including funding a grants program for NAPCAN’s Love Bites Program). As with Love Bites, it’s all about having those critical conversations every chance…

As part of Child Protection Week (3 – 9 September), we’re looking for artworks to show what children and young people think about their relationships with family, friends and community.  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….