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Read our Year in Review 2024-25
We're delighted to share that the TQKP 2024-25 Year in Review –a round-up of
highlights, milestones and progress, is now available for download from our website.
2024-25 marked the completion of TQKP Phase 2 and the launch of Phase 3 (2025-
2030), made possible thanks to the collective efforts of a growing number of partners
and contributors and with the generous support of our funding partners, who all share
our vision to transform outcomes for all children and young people in Queensland
within one generation.
Share your thoughts in the TQKP Partnership Survey
Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership builds on the strength of genuine partnerships
that we are forming and leveraging across sectors and at a state and national level to
achieve long-lasting, systemic change. W e appreciate and value the contributions and
investments of all our partners, no matter how big or small, and we welcome all who
share our vision for Queensland kids.
Planning, learning and taking action together also means listening to each other, both
in our day-to-day engagements as well as through formal feedback channels. The
annual Partnership Survey is an opportunity for everyone involved with TQKP to share
your thoughts on what's progressing well and where we could improve, by completing
a 10-minute online form – anonymously, if you choose.
The survey is also an important mechanism for evaluating TQKP's impact over time,
informing our reporting of key metrics and showing how our collective efforts are
working to improve the lives of Queensland's kids, and what we need to do better.
Complete the survey
Thank you – we greatly appreciate your time!
TQKP initiative updates
Queensland Place Network
Over the past couple of years, TQKP has brought together over 50 place-based
partners around Queensland to co-develop the Queensland Place Network – a
coordinated initiative designed to:
strengthen place-to-place networks and develop shared governance for
stewarding investment where and how it is needed
leverage existing capabilities and invest in shared infrastructure to support
coordinated learning and capability building – Place by Place (Nodes)
facilitate rich learning environments to catalyse innovation at scale.
The network builds on and makes use of Queensland's existing infrastructure and
wisdom. Three nodes (delivery partners) with established capability and capacities
have been identified to date and are being resourced through the network to support
and mentor other place-based initiatives in Queensland. These are Logan Together in
South-East Queensland, Cape York Partnership in Far North Queensland, and
Gladstone Region engaging in action Together (GRT) in Central Queensland.
To facilitate and advance the Queensland Place Network, TQKP welcomes
Eula Rohan to the backbone team.
Eula is a nationally respected facilitator, systems change practitioner, and coach
with over 13 years' experience supporting leaders and collaborations to tackle
complex social challenges.
Eula has lived and worked with First Nations communities in remote, regional and
urban settings across Australia and has contributed to nationally significant reform
initiatives including Empowered Communities, Stronger Places Stronger People,
Connected Beginnings, and designing the National Centre for Place-Based Change
Nexus, now PLACE.
Contact Eula
TQKP gratefully acknowledges the philanthropic partners who support the Network with
both funding and expertise.
Brain Builders Summit
“We are changing systems by taking neuro-informed policy and practice into
libraries, clinics, ECECs, schools, playgroups and homes."
This statement sums up the shared purpose behind the 2nd Brain Builders Summit,
held in Brisbane on 11 November.
This showcase is a key event for TQKP's Thriving Kids Brain Builders Initiative,
jointly led by Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership and Queensland Brain Institute
at the University of Queensland with the participation of many partners and
collaborators. The sold-out event brought together Brain Builders from across
Queensland, including practitioners, researchers, educators, philanthropies and
leaders from sectors libraries, First Nations enterprises, ECECs, schools, health
services, hubs, places, ParentTV, dads' groups and more.
Expertly facilitated by Dr Norman Swan, the summit showcased several examples of
Queensland organisations that are successfully integrating neuro-informed approaches
in their work. The afternoon sessions focused on "Where to next?" offering insights into
initiatives currently underway and issuing an open invitation to join the growing Brain
Builders movement.
Here are two simple steps you can take right now:
1. Start a brain building conversation today by printing and sharing our 'We
are brain builders' flyer in your workplace.
2. Find inspiration in our collection of Brain Building stories gathered from
workforces across Queensland.
Partner and sector news
Yiliyapinya Indigenous Corporation
Building Brain Health in Queensland Schools
Yiliyapinya provides evidence-informed neuroscience programs grounded in First
Nations knowledge for under 5 year olds, 10-17 year olds and adults in the workforce.
Download the Executive Summary
Yiliyapinya's programs weave together traditional wisdom and modern brain science to
improve integral life skills like recognising and managing emotions, controlling
inhibitions, and better decision-making.
The video shows children from Riverview State School taking part in a Yiliyapinya
program at school. In a culturally responsive, safe evironment, the students discover
powerful insights about their brains, such as:
"Our brains need care, just like our bodies do." – We care for our brains
through healthy relationships, strong communities, and support from adults.
"We are the bosses of our brains!" – Children learn that with the right support, they
can have choice and control.
Interested in building brain awareness in your school or community?
Visit the website to learn how Yiliyapinya is transforming school wellbeing across
Queensland with Indigenous-led, brain-based, holistic programs.
Resources
Enabling Workforces and Organisations for Thriving Kids reports
We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new suite of four reports from the
TQKP Enabling Workforces and Organisations for Thriving Kids initiative.
Co-developed with input from over 450 stakeholders across Queensland, these reports
and practical guides aim to equip workforces with evidence-based, neuro-informed
approaches to better support children, young people, and families in our communities.
Executive Summary – analysis and mapping
An overview of the key findings and recommendations.
Download the Implementation Guide
Download the Implementation Guide
Implementation Guide for Child and Youth Workforces: Embedding neuro-
informed evidence in practice
Examples of how neuro-informed capability can be used in education, youth justice,
and child safety.
Analysis and Mapping
Outlines national and state-based policies, and an overview of existing capability
building offerings.
Download the Final Report
Final Report
Includes an overview of consultations, key findings, trial and test locations, and
recommendations from the Enabling Workforces and Organisations for Thriving Kids
initiative.
Visit the Enabling Workforces Toolkit to explore more than 100 neuro-informed
education and training options to support anyone working with children and
families.
Visit the Toolkit
Social Network Analysis Advocacy Toolkits
We are excited to launch the Social Network Analysis Advocacy Toolkit – 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 rural, regional and remote communities. In the Toolkit, you'll find:
the basics of defining a network and conducting an SNA
what we found out through the TQKP Country Collaborative’s Social Network
Analysis Project
how SNA learnings can be practically applied to cultivate better partnerships to
achieve advocacy goals.
Watch our two webinar recordings to find out more about the project and the approach
we used for social network analysis technique.
Webinar 1
Understanding the value of partnerships and connections in rural, regional and remote Queensland
communities
Webinar 2
Country Connections: Social Network Analysis and Advocacy in Country Queensland
Helping kids during disaster season
Queensland recently marked the start of another disaster season with Get Ready
Week 6-12 October – a week of activities designed to help Queenslanders get
ready for extreme weather and disasters.
The Thriving Kids in Disasters (TKiD) Action and Investment Plan includes a range of
project opportunities, co-designed with leaders, practitioners, kids and caregivers from
across Australia, to incorporate the needs of babies, children and young people in our
disaster planning and preparation.
Thriving Kids in Disasters is cited by UNICEF and Deloitte as a best practice example
in their new report, The Economic and Social Impact of Disasters on Children and
Young People.
TQKP extends our gratitude to Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal for recently
awarding funding to three projects being led by various partners as part of the TKiD
initiative, creating change across Queensland communities.
Framing child protection as everybody's business
"Protecting children is everybody's business" was the theme for this year's
Queensland Child Protection Week (QCPW) – 7-13 September 2025.
To help get this important message across, the organisers of Queensland Child
Protection Week teamed up with partners involved in TQKP's Strategic Framing
initiative, including representatives from NAPCAN and FrameW orks Institute, whose
research on communicating to influence behaviour change informs the initiative.
Together, we developed resources for Child Protection Week based on the Resilience
Scale. Developed in the U.S. by the National Scientific Council on the Developing
Child, the Resilience Scale metaphor provides a shared language and simple visual
representation of how our experiences, environments and other factors shape our
ability to navigate life's challenges – and how by adding elements to the positive side
of the scale, we can all help protect children and increase their resilience.
Our printable Resilience Scale resource is intended to guide thinking and talking
about what each child and family needs to thrive and how we can stack the scale to
support them in response to their needs and circumstances. We also created a set of
social media tiles designed for sharing and promoting the message that ‘Tipping the
Scale is Everybody’s Business’.
Visit the Framing for Change Learning Hub
Opportunities
Developing Child and Family Hubs
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!
The Queensland Hubs Exchange of Expertise and Learning Initiative is your
chance to collaborate, share knowledge and drive change that supports children,
families and communities to thrive. There's still time to apply but be quick!
Apply now to be part of this unique experience, funded by Minderoo Foundation.
Submit an EOI
Find out more about the Child and Family Hubs model and TQKP's
Integrated Service Systems Collaborative here:
Visit the TQKP Child & Family Hubs page
Webinar: The State of Australia’s Children 2025
Presented by UNICEF Australia and ARACY, and supported by Minderoo
Foundation, The State of Australia’s Children report provides a comprehensive
picture of the wellbeing of children and young people across the nation.
Enriching the latest publicly available data with the perspectives of Australia’s children
and youth, the report offers a holistic view of how our young people are faring.
Coinciding with the launch of The State of Australia’s Children report, ARACY is
hosting a webinar demonstrating how to turn data into decisions. You’ll hear directly
from young people who contributed to the report, briefing you on what they need to
thrive in 2025.
Register for the webinar
Get involved!
If you share our vision for a Queensland where every infant, child, young person
and family has what it takes to thrive, we invite you to join Thriving Queensland Kids
Partnership in creating a movement for change. Read our 5-year strategy here.
Please get in touch via email or LinkedIn and start a conversation about what thriving
means to you, and how we can work together to create better systems for Queensland
kids. We look forward to hearing from you!
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