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Young People reflect on COVID-19 in a new Street Art Exhibition throughout Adelaide CBD
YOUNG PEOPLE REFLECT ON COVID-19 IN A NEW STREET ART EXHIBITION THROUGHOUT ADELAIDE CBD The personal insights of 14 young South Australians who kept journals detailing the impact of coronavirus from May-July 2020 are now viewable in a new street...
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yChange launched at Parliament House during SA Youth Week (2-9 May)
https://youtu.be/H_SUCEZMw5M SA Young people have been telling South Australia’s Commissioner for Children and Young People that they want more opportunities to have a voice on issues that matter to them; issues such as climate change, job...
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Commissioner’s Digital Challenge Winners Build VEX Robots @Challa Gardens Primary!
Commissioner’s Digital Challenge Winners Build VEX Robots @Challa Gardens Primary! Students from Challa Gardens Primary have been flexing their computational skills with their rewards from the 2020 Commissioner’s Digital Challenge. The school was...
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‘Welcoming Spaces for Young People’ Launches in Victoria Square Tarntanyangga
The south west triangle of Victoria Square Tarntanyangga now offers much more than just a spread of lush green grass to welcome young people to the area. Launched on Tuesday 9 March, Adelaide City Council commissioned renowned local artist Dave...
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Tapping Into Our Talents at the 2021 Youth Symposium Leading for Our Future
On Friday 22 January, approximately 120 young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds gathered together to celebrate the contribution they make to the South Australian community. As participants in the Leading for our Future Youth Symposium –...
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A whole new world for Northern Sound System students
CCYP is excited to announce the launch of Pixelated North – An innovative youth led project that has seen students and volunteers recreate the City of Playford’s Northern Sound System (NSS) inside of Minecraft. Minecraft at its basic level is a...
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What SA’s Children and Young People Want for the New WCYHP Plan
The new WCYHP Plan: Health services based on kindness, inclusion, diversity and trust say SA children and young people On Friday 9 October, 2020 Commissioner Helen Connolly spoke to a group of SA Health professionals who gathered for what was...
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Seeing Adelaide through the eyes of young people – Commissioner Connolly speaking at this year’s Conscious Cities Festival
Commissioner for Children and Young People Helen Connolly will host an ‘Urban life online briefing’ as part of the global Conscious Cities Festival 2020, providing South Australia’s urban design professionals with an opportunity to gain an insight...
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Hang out and connect in new ways on hub!
It’s game time with two shiny new additions on hub! Just like your favourite video game, hub is receiving two new expansion packs to take your experience to a whole new level. The Reading Room and Beta Test Lab will give hub users access to a world of books, mags, graphic-novels, e-books and game testing!
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Supporting young carers to live the lives to which they’re entitled
In June 2020, Commissioner Helen Connolly, released a report examining what can be done at school to support children and young people with caring responsibilities at home. The report titled “Take Care” looks specifically at how young carers need...
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