Creating Brighter futures for Children and young people in Queensland
We Started With One Child.
We Haven't Stopped
Since.
Too many children and young people in Queensland and across Australia are growing up affected by trauma, disadvantage, violence and systems that do not adequately protect or support them.
Change for Youth Foundation exists to change that.
We advocate for better laws, policies and systems. We challenge practices that are not delivering for children and young people. And we provide training and education to strengthen the people and organisations responsible for their care, safety and wellbeing.
Our focus is practical: identify what needs to change, build the case for change, and help make it happen.
Advocacy that
leads to change
We advocate on issues that directly affect the safety, wellbeing and future of children and young people.
Our work draws on evidence, professional expertise and the experiences of children, young people and those who work with them.
We engage with government, policymakers, organisations and the broader community to influence policy, legislation and practice.
Building better
practice
Good intentions must be supported by meaningful action.
People working with children and young people need the knowledge, skills and confidence to respond effectively to trauma, adversity and complex needs.
Our training translates evidence and experience into practical knowledge that can be applied in real-world settings.
We aim to strengthen practice across the organisations and systems that children encounter.
A focus on systemic change
Individual intervention matters. But it is not enough.
If the systems surrounding children are not working, the same problems will continue to occur.
That is why Change for Youth focuses on systemic change – influencing the laws, policies, practices and professional capability that determine how children and young people are treated and supported.
We work where we believe we can have the greatest impact.
OUR IMPACT SO FAR
$1,391,528
Worth of learning & wellbeing support scholarships provided by us to young people in out-of-home care
26,502+
Learning & wellbeing support hours provided to young people in out-of-home care
8,747+
Scholarship learning & wellbeing support hours completed Early Intervention. Lifelong Outcomes.
$188,000
Worth of duffle bags and school bags to young people entering emergency care
$415,140
Worth of camps, theatre trips, AFL games & fun days out
Compassion
Integrity
Accountability
Collaboration
Transparency
Cultural Respect
Innovation
Child-Centred Practice
We believe better outcomes
require better systems.
Change for Youth Foundation is independent, evidence-informed and committed to putting children and young people at the centre of decisions that affect them.
We don’t exist to maintain the status quo. We exist to question it, challenge it and change it where it is failing children and young people.
