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Community-led solutions: a pathway to collective wellbeing
May 2025 sector forum report
Publisher
Public advocacy
Aboriginal community controlled organisations
Policy and program evaluation
Wellbeing
First Peoples child protection
Out-of-home care
Community-based family services
First Peoples families
Early intervention services
New South Wales
Description
AbSec’s quarterly sector forums connect sector leaders, advocates and community members across the child and family sector in New South Wales to learn, share and drive meaningful action. The May 2025 forum had the theme ‘Our Future, Our Voice: Building Capacity, Creating Change’. The theme emphasises the importance of community-led solutions in creating lasting change. It recognises that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are best placed to define their own paths to wellbeing and prosperity. This report provides an overview of the forum.
Key topics included:
- Early intervention
- Inter-jurisdictional learnings
- Board governance
- Aboriginal identification
- Legal advocacy for Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs)
- Trends in Child Protection and out-of-home care
- Raise the Age NSW campaign.
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AbSec NSW Child, Family and Community Peak Aboriginal Corporation 2025. Reproduced with permission.
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
1 Aug 2025
