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Framing for Change – Learning Hub
Our words, images and stories are powerful tools.
Our narratives and messages have the power to shift public understanding, generate support for better policies, and engage the whole community in our work.
So together with our partners, we’re exploring and sharing the growing evidence about how best to talk about – or ‘frame’ – child development and wellbeing.
There’s a LOT of great research out there. This page aims to collate the most relevant information and make it easy for you to find and use (regardless of where you are on your framing journey).
Three ways to learn more…
Check out the Framing Checklist
We’ve created a 10-page Framing Checklist which includes a summary of the key recommendations on this Learning Hub, as well as a printable 1-page checklist-on-a-page that we can use every day to guide our communications.
Framing for Change Community of Practice (CoP)
We meet approximately 6-weekly on Tuesdays between 9:30am and 10:30am AEST (QLD) time. These meetings are informal, interactive, and aimed at learning together while building our knowledge and confidence in applying best-practice framing principles.
Explore the resource sections via the links below
Section 1: Introduction to Strategic Framing
Are you new to Strategic Framing? Here’s a great place to start!
Section 2: Australian Reports & Resources
Framing research projects and communications recommendations from Australia.
Section 3: Framing Theory
This section includes work from academic journals and strategic reports and is helpful for those interested in delving into the theory behind the research.
Section 4: International Reports & Resources
International materials relevant to childhood and adolescent development and social change from the US and the UK and communities.
Section 5: Webinars
Watch webinars from Australia about various aspects of framing including framing disadvantage, early years, prevention and parenting.
Section 6: Tested Metaphors
Find out more about how you can use tested metaphors to talk about child and family wellbeing.
Section 7: Examples & Case Studies
See examples of how framing is being implemented across Australia.
This Framing for Change – Learning Hub has been collated by the Queensland Kids Framing Initiative as a repository of resources for learning about, sharing and applying evidence-based best practices in effective communication for child and youth development, health, and wellbeing. This is a joint initiative of Queensland Kids Partnership and the Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC).
We’ve created flyers that you can use to promote strategic framing and to connect people to this Learning Hub.
The QKP Framing Initiative draws extensively on research published by FrameWorks Institute. FrameWorks Institute has been working in Australia with Australian partners for over a decade and has partnered with QKP and QFCC as a critical friend to guide and support our work.