Child UnLimited

Today, Director, Kris Pierce is representing Child Unlimited at the National Press Club, where Anne Hollonds, the National Children’s Commissioner, is discussing how Australia can transform child justice and improve the safety and wellbeing of our children. Anne’s presentation, titled ‘Help way earlier!’, draws from a comprehensive report developed over the last 12 months, calling for a major shakeup in how our federal, state, and territory governments approach child justice. With 24 key recommendations, the focus is on making child wellbeing a national priority, coordinating action across Australia, and ensuring reform is based on evidence and human rights. What resonates deeply with our work at Child Unlimited is the message from the children themselves: “We need help way earlier.” Supporting families and tackling root causes—such as poverty, trauma, and fragmented services—before children fall through the cracks is critical. It’s time for a national commitment to provide help where it truly matters. Child Unlimited sits alongside this work with our goals to improve the life trajectory of children and young people with chronic illnesses. Collectively, we are leading change for a single voice to parliament for children and young people. #ChildWellbeing #YouthJustice #previewention #ChildUnlimited #NationalPressClub #ChildhoodWellbeing Child UnLimited

Earlier this year at the #NavigatingHealth: Simplifying Complexity – Connecting Changemakers forum changemakers worked together in collaborative workshops as part of a “whole of life approach” from pregnancy and childbirth through to dementia and end-of-life care focused on Simplifying Complexity across a life course. A number of our consumer board attended and shared their experiences in a caregiver role. Take the time to watch this moving summary of the discussions across the day. Congratulations to Siân Slade on building this movement to improve peoples experience across the Australian health care sector. Collectively we listen, take action and change will follow. #NavigatingHealth#NavigatingHealth Siân Slade Heather Renton Michelle King #healthcare #navigation #children #paediatrics #wholeoflife

Embedding the lived experiences of children and young people into our research is crucial for developing more relevant, impactful, and equitable solutions. Their unique perspectives help shape studies that genuinely address their needs and challenges, leading to more effective and tailored interventions. We are excited to shared this webinar on "Co-Designing Research with Young People," featuring Laurel Mimmo (PhD, MPH/MHM, RN), a senior Research Fellow and Clinical Nurse Consultant within the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Dr. Mimmo will share her extensive experience in co-designing research with young people, highlighting the transformative impact of incorporating their voices into the research process. #research #codesign #livedexperience #engagement #youngpeople #children

Join our Director Kris Pierce for a global conversation on #NavigatingHealth and hear from leaders addressing the challenges to better enable navigation across healthcare. For the 5th global 🚀, Navigating a Life Journey, I will join Louise Ansari Kheng Hock Lee Stephanie Bayer Christobel Saunders to discuss Navigating a Life Journey in health. Overview of the presentations: Kris Pierce, Director Child UnLimited will provide an overview of the challenges of navigating the health system from a personal perspective and what the national collaborative of Child Unlimited hope to achieve. Louise Ansari, Chief Executive, Healthwatch England will discuss the challenges of navigation highlighted in the recently published review of the NHS Constitution or whether this should read recently published report “What patients want: a vision for the NHS in 2030” @Associate Professor Lee Kheng-Hock, SingHealth will give an overview of Healthy Ageing in Singapore and how older people are enabled Stephanie Bayer, Senior Director of Patient Experience, Cleveland Clinic will discuss why the Cleveland Clinic adopted a whole-of-system approach of providing person-centred care and provide an update on the impact of this approach on patient and staff. @Christobel Saunders, James Stewart Chair of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, will bring together the key themes of navigating health across a life course based on working in the area of navigation for a number of years. Child UnLimited Healthwatch England SingHealth Cleveland Clinic The Royal Melbourne Hospital 📅 Wed 17 July 🕛 6am 🇺🇸 EDT 11am 🇬🇧 6pm 🇸🇬 8pm 🇦🇺 AEST 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gvy-kKUd #ittakesavillage #aglobalvillage #navigatinghealth Siân Slade Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Collaborative Practice Centre

Congratulations to Jasneek Chawla and Laetitia Coles on their successful project - Families in Focus. Child Unlimited supported the inclusion of our young mentees who work with the team to shape and inform the development of this initiative. Take this time to watch the recording which highlights the success of this important work. Raghu Lingam Tiana Kittos Matt Hooke Amanda Ullman Harriet Hiscock Kris Pierce #children #healthcare #disability ARACY (Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth) #webinar #families #youth #advocacy

We are looking for a diverse group of people with lived experience to join our psychosocial support in precision medicine project. Noting consumers will need to be accessing there NSW health care system. Please share with your networks. Dr Marguerite Evans-Galea AM Rare Voices Australia Genetic Alliance Australia Genetic Epilepsy Team Australia UNSW Luminesce Alliance Syndromes Without A Name (SWAN) Australia

Child Unlimited is launching an Expression of Interest process for the PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT IN PRECISION MEDICINE - Lived Experience Advisory Group. We are approaching our networks and expression of interest through our networks with the aim of achieving a diverse group of consumers. Please note: Consumers should be accessing healthcare in NSW. For your information: The Psychosocial Enabling Platform offers psychosocial research expertise and support to precision medicine studies to ensure that the needs of all patients, their siblings and their families are met. Precision medicine involves creating treatments that are specifically designed for an individual's unique characteristics, like their genetic makeup, specific biological markers, observable traits, and even their psychological and social conditions. This approach aims to improve treatment effectiveness by considering how these personal factors influence health and disease. The platform will have an equity focus on priority populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities, lived experience of disability, rural and regional areas and/or those affected by socioeconomic disadvantage. Our aim is to provide psychosocial resources for families, support education and schooling for children having paediatric precision medicine and their siblings and enhance mental health in children and families accessing paediatric precision medicine. Upon receipt of the expression of interest, the applications will be reviewed, and we will then interview appropriate applicants. We expect there will be further opportunities for people with lived experience to participate beyond the advisory group and plan to keep a registry of people who expressed interest. Please find the link below to share within your networks. The deadline for applications is the 24th of May. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions. https://lnkd.in/gv5hbd3u Kris Pierce Amanda Ullman Harriet Hiscock Dr Marguerite Evans-Galea AM Rare Voices Australia Genetic Alliance Australia Genetic Epilepsy Team Australia UNSW Luminesce Alliance