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Form a Child Friendly Community Action Network
Child Friendly Community Action Networks are made up of parents, child care and other child welfare sector workers, representatives of local businesses and local govt, professional organisations within the child welfare sector, and in fact anyone who is interested in the wellbeing of local children and young people. MORE

Through Child Friendly Australia, NAPCAN has initiated proactive support of local communities who wish to pool their resources in order to form local child friendly Community Action Networks. NAPCAN is developing programs to inspire and support interested communities Australia to make there local area/region/ child friendly.

Where you can start

  • Take the Child Friendly Challenge. HERE
  • Check out what's happening in other areas around Australia. HERE
  • Check out our Community Action Kit HERE
  • Contact your local NAPCAN/ Child Friendly Australia Office and find out the names of people and organisations who organised activities for National Child Protection Week. HERE
  • Organise a meeting of people who are interested in keeping the prevention of abuse and neglect of kids on the agenda all year round, and get the local media to promote it.
  • Contact us HERE

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