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Firefly Children’s Foundation partners with Young Changemakers Network SA
The Commissioner for Children and Young People South Australia is pleased to announce a new partnership with Firefly Children's Foundation to support the inaugural Young Changemakers Network SA. The partnership will help young people build...
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Young people from across South Australia come together to shape a better future
Forty-five young people from across South Australia gathered in Adelaide on Friday 26 June for the inaugural Young Changemakers Network SA Summit, marking the beginning of a new youth-led initiative designed to support young people to create...
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Space to Dream enhanced for Makers Empire In-App Challenge
Schools, educators and teachers who are fans of the Commissioner’s Space to Dream Design Thinking Challenge will be excited to hear local education content creatives, Makers Empire, are busy producing an extended version of the popular Digital...
read more2025 Harmful Sexual Behaviour Workshops
In February, the Commissioner ran two Harmful Sexual Behaviours workshops to raise awareness of and advocate for a state-wide approach to responding to HSB. Participants in the workshops included representatives and leaders in Education, Health,...
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2025 Student Representatives Meet to Discuss Plans for Change
On Friday 21 March, 130 South Australian students from Years 10, 11 and 12 gathered at the Adelaide Festival Centre for the 2025 SA SRC Summit to prepare them for the year ahead as advocates and leaders in change. An initiative of the Commissioner...
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Commissioner Recognises Schools Championing Student Voice Postcards
On Thursday 10 April, Principals and students representing 33 schools from Adelaide and across the state travelled to the Festival’s Centre’s Children’s Artspace to attend the Champion Schools Postcards Awards! Some came from as far away as Lake...
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SA’s Young Changemakers Head to Canberra
CCYP was proudly represented by three passionate young South Australians at Parliament House in Canberra last week. South Australian delegates Dee, Holly and Xavier teamed up with other young people from around Australia to form a Youth...
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Commissioner’s Runabout Term 1, 2025
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...
read moreComing together for greater impact
On Saturday 5 April over 200 young people and local government stakeholders came together for the inaugural Youth Impact Summit held at the University of Adelaide. The day showcased and celebrated programs and initiatives aimed at or led by young...
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Hub magazine goes to print!
On Saturday 5 April at the Youth Impact Summit, the printed version of Hub Magazine was released. Read how it came into being via the article by one the Hub Interns involved. Designed and written by the CCYP Hub intern team, Hub is an online...
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