What we do
Enabling stewards and voices
Portfolio overview
Our 2030 outcomes
Leaders and change makers work together to:
steward systems change
heed the lived experience of children, young people, their families and communities
become more accountable to them.
What success looks like
More leaders and change makers are engaged in stewardship initiatives.
More systems and services are designed and delivered heeding lived experience of and becoming accountable to children and young people for their impact.
More leaders and change makers commit to partner and collaborate to change systems for children, young people, families and communities.
We will convene and enable
Convening the Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership Leadership Table / Stewardship Table to steward collective systems change work. This includes:
learning from and supporting First Nations approaches to changing systems
modelling and supporting accountability to Queensland’s children and young people
learning through multi-sectoral partnerships and practical initiatives
influencing key strategies
enabling systems stewardship.
Developing and implementing Thriving Kids charters and roadmaps for systems change at local and state levels.
We will amplify the work of others
Working through ARACY at a national level and linking with other systems brokers and change initiatives in Queensland and in other States and Territories to grow and use knowledge, skills and tools that support leaders to stewards systems that enable young Queenslanders to thrive.
We will facilitate investment and engagement
Partnering with the First Nations-led Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Initiative to support First Nations approaches to systems change that contribute to all Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people, families and communities thriving.
Providing curated learning through the Childhood Stewardship Initiative to strengthen the networks, tools and skills of established and emerging leaders at local, regional and state levels across Queensland.
Amplifying the voices and lived experiences of young Queenslanders, their families and communities about what they need to thrive.
WHAT WE DO
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More portfolios
Growing investments and impacts
The scale, flow, equity and impact of public, philanthropic and corporate resources is expanded so that children, young people, their families and communities thrive, with a focus on fairness according to need.
Building brains and bodies
Families, caregivers, workforces and communities are applying science-based knowledge, skills and tools for building healthy brains and bodies so that children, young people, their families and communities thrive.
Strengthening places and spaces
Queensland places are more child friendly, with the right supports and services, and the social, economic, physical and digital environments so that children, young people, their families and communities thrive.
Integrating hubs and spokes
Service and system experiences are high-quality, integrated and equitable so that children, young people, their families and communities thrive.
Engaging hearts and mindsets
Positive shifts in how Queensland’s public, decision-makers, practitioners, parents and other caregivers – think, feel, speak and act about what is needed for children, young people, their families and communities to thrive.
More about our work ...
Explainer video: "What surrounds us shapes us"
This short explainer video introduces the Resilience Scale and ARACY’s The Nest framework as models to help understand how experiences and environments shape children’s health and development.
Partnerships charter
Our Charter clearly sets out the partnership’s shared goals, values and ways of working to improve systems for Queensland’s children. We invite you to review the Charter and join us if you support our shared vision for Queensland kids.
Report: Queensland Place-Based Rivermap
The Queensland Place-Based Rivermap proposes systemic actions to support our many place-based initiatives. Let’s work together to create local conditions that are good for families and kids.
