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A year full of achievement at SNAICC
By CATHERINE LIDDLE
CEO, National Voice For Our Children
(SNAICC)
As I come to you with the final update about SNAICCs deadly work for 2024, I can’t help but reflect and feel so proud of the team and all that SNAICC has achieved in the last year.
The team were (and continue to be) determined in sharing stories and creating conversations which work towards a future where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families are set to thrive, and I think they’ve done so with equal amounts of courage and drive this year.
This week we unveil our new 2025-28 Strategic Plan. Complete with its own animation, it outlines our strategic priorities:
- strong national voice driving action on systems and structural change
- building a further strengthened community-controlled sector and
- leading knowledge, evidence and data practices.
We will deepen our engagement with communities, build meaningful partnerships with decision makers, and advocate fiercely for the rights of our children.
By sharing insights, stories and evidence of what works, we will drive meaningful change in policy and practice, ensuring that the voices of those we serve are heard and respected.
The inaugural SNAICC Early Years Support National Gathering was held in Adelaide in November.
In November, we launched the 2024 Family Matters Report on Gadigal Country. This year’s launch gave speakers an opportunity to talk about the strengths that lie within the ACCO sector in delivering out-of-home care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Although the statistics coming out of this year’s Family Matters Report are confronting, it’ll be ACCOs who are the ones to turn the tide of the over-representation of our children in child protection systems, they just need more investment from governments to do it.
November also saw two separate gatherings of many deadly ACCOs from across the country, with the Early Years Support National Gathering and Connected Beginnings National Gathering both being held on Kaurna Country.
The SNAICC Community Partner team recently visited Lutruwita/Tasmania to attend Sprinterfest 2024.
These gatherings offered an opportunity for ACCOs to come together to talk about their experiences working in the ACCO early childhood sector and how they work within their communities to deliver supports to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families.
Our Community Partners team have been very busy on the ground in the last couple of months talking and supporting communities with all things First Nations Playgroups, Connected Beginnings, IMR and CCCFR (we also have an exciting story to share about Connected Beginnings going international!).
In November, the official launch of the 2024 Family Matters Report was held on Gadigal Country.
While our Strategic Engagement and Communications team have been working behind the scenes to get everything in place for the 11th National SNAICC Conference that’ll be held in Meanjin/Brisbane in 2025. This is absolutely shaping up to be one that you won’t want to miss.
That’s all from me. I hope that you all have a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to your mob.
Kele,
Catherine
