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Guide to Child Friendly Sports Clubs
Building a positive club culture in sporting organisations is important not only to children's mental wellbeing, but to their experiences and ongoing involvement in sport over a lifetime. Many young people lose confidence in their sporting skills...
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SA SRC: Free Fares for Our Future
This week, members of the South Australian Student Representative Council (SA SRC) launched their Free Fares for Our Future Campaign, calling on the South Australian Government to remove public transport fares for all students. The SA SRC is...
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Adelaide’s African girls talk periods and menstruation
The African Women’s Federation of South Australia (AFWSA) wanted to educate young African girls (and their families) about periods and menstruation, to break down taboos and barriers across generations and between men and women. They also wanted to...
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Periods. Everyone’s Business
South Australia’s first ever Youth Period Summit is being hosted by the Commissioner for Children and Young People on Tuesday 11 July at U City in Adelaide’s CBD. Registrations will remain open, so if you’re passionate about Period Justice register...
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yChange goes Open Access
Since its initial launch in 2020, over 200 teachers have registered for the Commissioner’s yChange program, specifically developed to support educators and teachers to deliver lessons about civics and citizenship to primary and secondary school...
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Postcards Pack arriving at SA Schools Week 1 of Term 3.
2023 is the fifth year of the Commissioner’s Student Voice Postcard initiative. Postcard packs are being distributed to 623 SA primary and combined schools with students in Years 2 – 6 from the start of Term 3.
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Commissioner’s Runabout Term 2, 2023
The Commissioner engages with stakeholders across South Australia, not only to build relationships with those who can make meaningful change to the quality of SA children’s lives, but also to foster interconnections between service providers so...
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New Civics & Citizenship Engagement Toolbox to enhance young people’s participation in democracy
Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child states that children have the right to say what they think should happen when adults are making decisions that will affect them. This includes having their opinions taken into...
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Civics in the City 2023
For the second year, the Commissioner for Children and Young People has partnered with the Parliament of South Australia to offer Civics in the City grants to regional schools. The Civics in the City program provides disadvantaged...
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Small Grants, Big Impacts: Commissioner’s Small Grants Program 2023
The Commissioner for Children and Young People is pleased to be giving nearly $100,000 to organisations across South Australia from her 2023 Small Grants Program. The grants of up to $5000 each will encourage child and youth engagement in decision...
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