NSW Strategic Plan for Children and Young People

On 26 July 2016, the NSW Government officially launched the first-ever legislated whole-of-government Strategic Plan for Children and Young People which will help ensure children and young people in NSW have opportunities to thrive, get the services they need and have their voice heard.

As part of developing the Plan, the Office of the Advocate of Children and Young People consulted with more than 4,000 children and young people right across NSW. The Plan aims to ensure children and young people in NSW are safe, connected, respected, have opportunities, are healthy and well, and have a voice in decisions that affect them.

The Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People wants to sincerely thank government departments and agencies, NGOs and civil society organisations and of course, all the children and young people, without whose input and guidance, this plan would have not been realised.

If you would like to know more about the Plan, please contact the office on 02 9248 0970.

Watch the Minister's Message, Advocate's foreword and other videos via the link below:

Watch the videos

Learn more about the story of how the Strategic Plan was developed.

Developing the Strategic Plan

Click here to access a PDF of the NSW Strategic Plan for Children and Young People to view, download and share.

ACYP held consultations across the state so that children and young people set the directions of the Plan. See see some of the regional consultation f...

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

The Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People developed a Young Thinking seminar series to assist in the Monitoring, Evaluating and Learning as part of the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Children and Young People 2016 to 2019.

To view speeches from past seminars and get involved in future ones, please visit the link below:

Young Thinking seminars

The Review of the Strategic Plan for Children and Young People 2016-2019 was prepared by the Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People and tabled with NSW Parliament.

Read the Review of the Strategic Plan for Children and Young People 2016-2019 >

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