What we do
Engaging hearts and mindsets
Portfolio overview
Our 2030 outcomes
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.
What success looks like
Widespread use and advocacy of evidence-based messaging, stories and resources when promoting what children, young people, their families and communities need to thrive.
Evidence of shifts in how people think, feel, speak and act towards supportive change for children, young people and their families.
We will convene and enable
Convening the Thriving Kids Hearts and Mindsets Collaborative to:
use language and communication that engages the public’s productive mindsets
collate and promote existing evidence-based framing and communications resources, and create targeted resources where needed
collectively align and improve the way they communicate about children, young people, parenting and caregiving.
We will amplify the work of others
Generating and using evidence-based framing and communications to:
build caregivers’ and practitioners’ understanding and approaches
drive public support for changes that enable Queensland children, young people, their families and communities to have what they need to thrive.
We will facilitate investment and engagement
Partnering with the Queensland Family & Child Commission, the FrameWorks Institute and others, to
continue to embed framing into the work of the Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership Champions Group and Framing for Change Community of Practice in order to strengthen their public messaging and influence
engage new stakeholders from both likely and unlikely sources, such as journalists, creatives, local government, and communities.
Brokering a range of existing and new communications initiatives about nurturing children that are:
partner-led, co-developed and multi-sectoral
using evidence-based messaging, multiple channels and existing resources.
WHAT WE DO
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More portfolios
Enabling stewards and voices
Leaders and change makers work together to steward systems change; heed the lived experience of children, young people, their families and communities; and become more accountable to them.
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.
