The Commissioner engages with stakeholders across South Australia, not only to build relationships with those who can make meaningful change to the quality of SA children’s lives, but also to foster interconnections between service providers so that they can enhance outcomes across systems and issues.
Meeting regularly with key stakeholders ensures the Commissioner can also share information that children and young people have told her so that the solutions devised and changes made reflect what they have said they most want and need.
Below are key events Commissioner Helen Connolly attended from December 2024 to the end of her tenure in April 2025:
16 December – Consultation with SA Youth Forum and the Royal Commission
16 December – Year 12 Graduation for young people under the Guardianship of the CE – Guest
18 December – Youth Forum Consultation with AMRC
18 December – Consent and Respectful Relationships Advisory Group
13-17 January – Creative Histories with Carclew. Co-organiser
30 January – Committee For Adelaide Chihuly – Guest
7 February – Port Adelaide Playgroup Visit
12 February – Meeting with 2024 South Australian Youth Forum Annual Report
13 February – Carclew Event – Guest
17 February – HSB Advisory Group Workshop – Organiser
20 February – Reception for the presentation of the Governor’s Civics Awards for Schools – Guest
21-23 February – Attended a series of Suicide Prevention meetings in Port Lincoln
27 February – Education Leaders’ Day 2025 – Participant
1 March – Adelaide Festival 2025 Opening Weekend Event – Guest
2 March – Siblings Australia Child Consultative Committee – Guest speaker
4 March – Hon Dan Cregan – Lunch and Launch Dept of Correctional Services Women’s Framework and Action Plan 2025-2030 – Guest
6 March – International Women’s Day – AMRC – Guest speaker
7 March – Breakfast at Government House for International Women’s Day – Guest
7 March – Keeping Kids Connected to Learning and School Summit – Organiser
15 March – Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS ) SA Conference – Key Note speaker
20 March – Select Committee on Endometriosis – Report tabling – Guest
21 March – SA SRC SUMMIT 2025 – Host
24 March – Scouts SA AGM – Keynote Speaker
26 March – Unanswered Calls Impact Film – Welcome Address
31 March – AGD Serious Repeat Offenders Roundtable – Participant
3 April – SETS Community of Practice State & Territory Meeting Guest – Presenter
5 April – Youth Impact Summit – Host
7 April – Children’s Week Committee Meeting – Guest
7 April – SACOSS Policy Council – Guest presenter
9 April – Launch of SA Youth Week 2025 – Guest
10 April – Champion School Postcard Awards – Host
11 April – End of term BBQ – Children In The North
15 April – Youth Mental Health Roundtable – Participant
16 April – Launch of “Listen to Me” DreamBIG’s CCYP Postcards Exhibition
