Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership

🔈𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!  The 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝘼𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙨 survey is now open ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d7SuYa6d   Our Country Collaborative recently drew together people from across rural, regional and remote Queensland communities via a webinar to learn about mapping technique for Social Network Analysis and how it can be used to better understand the power of partnerships across the child, family and youth eco-system.     The Country Collaborative is putting these learnings into practice by running our own 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝘼𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 (𝙎𝙉𝘼𝙋) to uncover opportunities to strengthen our connections as a sector. To do this well, we need to hear from as many people as possible from across rural, regional and remote Queensland communities. Please help us reach far and wide by inviting your networks to complete our short survey: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d7SuYa6d   As part of a collaborative research project, the purpose of the SNAP is to enhance our understanding and help quantify the value of partnerships across the child, family and youth systems involved with rural, regional and remote Queensland communities. Social Network Analysis enables us to uncover gaps, rubs and fragmentation in our systems to understand how the way we work together influences the wellbeing of country kids.    This survey is aimed at people:  🔸 in organisations with a service footprint in rural, regional and remote Queensland   🔸 in organisations based in rural, regional and remote Queensland  🔸 with research ties to rural, regional and remote Queensland  🔸 with government, political and/or advocacy ties to rural, regional and remote Queensland  🔸 in organisations who fund child, family and youth initiatives in rural, regional and remote Queensland.    Please reshare and spread the word! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d7SuYa6d Watch the webinar recording here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dM9v47dx If you'd like to learn more, connect with Jacinta Perry, TQKP Initiative Lead – Thriving Country Queensland Kids:  📧 Jacinta.perry@aracy.org.au 🌎 www.tqkp.org.au ARACY Matt Healey | First Person Consulting Kara Lilly | University of the Sunshine Coast Dan Smith | The Smith Family Ben Pook | yourtown The John Villiers Trust Kamila Davidson Rowena Cann Jacinta Perry

Timely share Divna Haslam. We encourage all to engage with the amazing Birdies Tree resources from Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service For more resources on supporting kids and families in disasters, check out the Thriving Kids in Disasters library here: https://lnkd.in/gnzbm8JR

Well - this looks good + fun! Many thanks Robyn Monro Miller AM

Folks - please spread the word through country Qld about this opportunity! Many thanks FRRR (Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal) and Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation, and The John Villiers Trust, for backing young Queenslanders in remote, rural and regional communities.

“We would like to talk with leaders with dominant power within collaborations and funding bodies. Is that you? Yes? Can we talk straight?” More and more, we see individuals in positions of institutional power—leaders of philanthropic organizations, governments, and large institutions—expressing their commitment to systemic change. Encouragingly, there are bright spots of how this commitment is shifting power and purpose. Too often, this commitment gets co-opted by the very systems it seeks to change— resulting in bold new language but little real change. For the past two years, we've been working alongside Collective Change Lab and ten global partners to reflect on our own role in deeper, more transformative systems change. We've also turned the mirror outward, inviting others to engage with some of the tougher, more uncomfortable questions. “When you show up in collaborations, are you seeking transformational change yet requiring immediate and measurable results for narrowly-defined impact?”    “Or are you risk-averse to pursuing transformational change because it appears complicated and feels safer to pursue incremental change or quick wins?” We note "to put support and compassion behind our invitation to leaders with institutional power, below we share our learnings about how we are creating the conditions — within ourselves and for others — to lead in ways that are more relational and transformative. Our universal learning across different geographies, cultures and communities is that the work of transforming systems is relational and requires a shared recognition of systemic harm and a focus on healing, repair, possibility, hope and equity.” Read more in our co-authored article with Collective Change Lab: https://lnkd.in/grgjmAyr If you want to develop your leadership in ways that change power and transform systems, CFI invites you to explore our Systems Leadership Learning Program 2025: https://lnkd.in/gbWRA6wD John Kania Anna Powell Gaby Arenas de Meneses Catalyst Now David Hanna Wesley Community Action Jennifer Splansky Juster FSG Juanita Zerda Kerry Graham Liz Weaver Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement Pascal Djohossou The Hunger Project-Benin Tien Ung, PhD, LICSW Futures Without Violence Monique Miles The Aspen Institute

a huge congrats and many thanks Nicci MARTIN from #ThrivingLockyerKids and Sonja March from University of Southern Queensland!

Love this - Hanif Jaberipour and Australian Childhood Foundation - it would be great to engage you in the Thriving Kids Brain Builders Initiative - see more at: https://lnkd.in/ejxw-NNM or https://lnkd.in/gubNdV9P Lets catch up! Michelle Cole Sally Staton

"How do we move from the knowing to the doing?" A question many people across systems are prioritising and focusing on. One way that can begin to support this is to learn from other countries and jurisdictions where system-wide knowledge mobilisation has happened, such as by Palix Foundation AFWI using the science from Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. Palix Foundation are hosting their free 2.5-hour Resilience Scale Masterclass on Wednesday 5 March 2025, 9am - 11.30am AEST. The Masterclass explores how adversities, positive supports, and acquired skills and abilities interact to influence resilience and impact lifelong health and mental health outcomes. It provides foundational knowledge and a common language that are accessible across populations and disciplines to communicate key concepts around resilience, track and monitor individual outcomes, and identify areas of support for children, adults, families, and communities. Register through the link below: https://lnkd.in/gWwbGY9C Related links and resources: Resilience: https://lnkd.in/gH_--uYE The Brain Story and Resilience Scale Framework Reports 1, 2 and 3: https://lnkd.in/g7UKzQhM 'We are Brain Builders', Brain Story Metaphors Flier: https://lnkd.in/gWnt9ysE 'What Surrounds Us Shapes Us' animation: https://lnkd.in/gyqqu8R2 Enabling Workforces Toolkit: https://lnkd.in/g9YGjDYd #resilience #brainbuilding #systemschange #neuroscience

I love coming alongsde places where the momentum of place work in and with the community is growing. Today I hung out with the Inala and Ipswich Communities for Children team, as we talked all things next steps, what’s growing through their Community Action Groups, and then spent time with the amazing Rowena Cann from Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership. Bring on 2025 and beyond I say

Children learn through play, which is one reason why playgroup can be so beneficial for young children, but it’s not the only reason. There is so much value in playgroup, and not for just children, but their families too. Check out today’s post to see some of the benefits of playgroup!