Don’t miss the free Children’s Week screening of Future Council in Brisbane on 23 October
What happens when you take 8 children on the ultimate school excursion to talk directly with leaders about climate solutions? Come along and find out at this free screening of Future Council in Brisbane, hosted by Children’s Rights Queensland, NAPCAN and TQKP to help celebrate Children’s Week. Children and young people are especially welcome! When: […]
Join us in celebrating Children’s Week 18-26 October
Children’s Week is a national celebration held annually across Australia, aimed at raising awareness and educating the community about the rights of children, as outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Children’s Week National Theme for 2025 is based on UNCRC Article 42: Everyone should know about Children’s Rights! […]
Submit an EOI to build your Queensland hub’s capacity & innovation
Are you a Queensland practitioner or organisation working with children and families in a hub, or planning to develop a child and family hub in Queensland? Are you passionate about learning, capability building and innovation? Then this is the opportunity for you! EOIs are now open for the Queensland Hubs Exchange of Expertise and Learning initiative! This is your chance to […]
Children thrive when workforces are supported with the latest neuro-informed approaches
Across Queensland we have 100,000s of skilled people working with children and young people every day. Many of these frontline workers are already experts in child development and know the latest science about connecting brains to bodies. However, it’s not fair – for workers or children – that access to this information hasn’t been equally […]
New Toolkit for using Social Network Analysis to advocate for country kids
Thriving Country Kids: Social Network Analysis and Systemic Advocacy in Rural, Regional and Remote Queensland We are thrilled to launch the Social Network Analysis Advocacy Toolkit. This toolkit provides a step-by-step ‘how to’ guide for organisations and individuals interested in using social network analysis (SNA) to better understand the power of partnerships in advocacy in […]
We’re keen to hear from everyone we work with…
At Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership we’re keen to hear from everyone we’ve been working with – partners, collaborators and networkers.. Our annual Partnership Survey is now open! Take a 10-minute break from your everyday and help us learn, improve, and keep shaping a Queensland where every child thrives. Please follow this link to complete the […]
How to use the Resilience Scale metaphor in your work
This Child Protection Week (7–13 September 2025), let’s keep building a shared language around what children need. Children thrive when communities come together to: – Add positive supports (‘green boxes’) – Reduce adversity (‘red boxes’) – Build skills and abilities That’s the core message behind the Resilience Scale resource – a partnership for Queensland Child Protection Week (7–13 […]
Country Connections Webinar 2
Thursday 21 August, 2025 – Midday AEST The Thriving Qld Kids Country Collaborative is pleased to invite you to our upcoming webinar Country Connections Webinar 2: Social Network Analysis and Advocacy in Country Queensland. This webinar is a chance to learn about the application of Social Network Analysis to inform collective advocacy approaches in rural, regional […]
Toward productivity with purpose 2: Investing for value & impact
This is the second of two blogs to inform conversations being advanced by ARACY and collaborators about a new paradigm of what productivity means – what it looks like, and how we measure and value it. ARACY is urging the Treasurer’s Economic Reform Roundtable to ‘take this opportunity not to reform productivity, but to redefine […]
Toward productivity for purpose 1: System approaches to building human capital, from the beginning
By Michael Hogan, Executive Convenor, Thriving Qld Kids Partnership Toward productivity for purpose: System approaches to building human capital, from the beginning As the Government commences it’s second term, the Prime Minister and Treasurer have opened the door for a public policy reset on productivity. The Treasurer said in his National Press Club address on […]
