Children’s Week is a national celebration of children’s rights, talents and citizenship held on the fourth Wednesday of October in Australia to coincide with Universal Children’s Day. Each year the theme of Children’s Week highlights a particular Children’s Right.
The Children’s Week National Theme for 2024 is based on UNCRC Article 24:
Children have the right to a clean and safe environment.
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Children’s Week is run by different organisations in each state and territory and many of these have their own websites. To link to information about Children’s Week in your state or territory go to the national Children’s Week website. NAPCAN supports Children’s Week in the Northern Territory and is also a member of the Queensland Children’s Week Committee.
Children’s Week is celebrated with a wide range of events including large, small, face-to-face and online. Use the links to NAPCAN’s Events Calendar below to register your event or see what else is happening.
Children and young people learn and grow when they have access to safe and healthy environments.
We’ve created the Children’s Rights Activity to invite children and young people to tell us about the spaces in which they play, relax and have fun, and why they are important to them.
