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CREATE Programs & Activities  clubCREATE – Available in all States and territories around Australia | Aim:
clubCREATE is about belonging, feeling connected, reducing social isolation, making friends and having fun.
What is clubCREATE?
clubCREATE is a free membership club for any Australian child or young person in care. Members are provided with regular newsletters, birthday cards invitations to events, special deals/discounts and random member prizes.
 Join clubCREATE
If you are aged between 5 and 25 years and would like to join clubCREATE, please click here to enter your details and get ready to receive lots of information and fun stuff in the post and in your email inbox. If you have moved recently, give us a call or email clubcreate@create.org.au to make sure we have your current address.
clubCREATE National Newsletter – Available in all States and Territories around Australia
CREATE's national newsletter is aimed at children and young people in care. The newsletter is produced 4 times a year and is a fun and informative communication publication. We are always grateful to receive your artwork, stories or poetry to include in our newsletters.
Please email these to: clubcreate@create.org.au
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CREATE Your Future Program – currently available in Sydney only
CREATE Your Future Program provides young people, with a care experience, with a holistic introduction to the workplace and independent living skills.
Program Outcomes include:
- Improvement of life skills such as; improved interpersonal skills, cooking skills, healthy lifestyle choices, stress management skills and improved confidence.
- Increased awareness of future career options and pathways.
- Increased workplace readiness
- Improved computer skills and improved communication skills
- Increased understanding and experience of a workplace environment
The program is delivered in partnership with a corporate company. The corporate partner provide one-to-one mentors to young people, and the program is delivered in a corporate workplace.
This program is available to Young People with a care experience between the ages of 15 and 25 years. To be eligible for this program a young person must be able to commit to the twelve weeks of the project.
This program has been running successfully for three years in partnership with Atari Australia.
To find out more information please contact Karyn Robinson at the NSW office (02) 9267 0977 or email karyn.robinson@create.org.au.
If you are a business and you would like to sponsor or host this program then please contact Martin Swan at Head Office on (02) 9267 1999 or email martin.swan@create.org.au
CREATE Your Future Website
Seeks to offer valuable assistance to young people who are leaving care. A one-stop shop to build independence and encourage young people to create their future! It offers assistance to young people in the areas of housing, employment, education, finance, health, leaving care, rights and transport. The website also offers inspiration to young people through the real-life experiences of young people who have transitioned from care.
This website has been developed through the generous financial assistance from Atari Australia and Australian Government through it’s Regional Partnerships Program, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
View the website at: www.createyourfuture.org.au
Young Consultant Training – Available in all States and Territories around Australia
CREATE strongly supports youth participation throughout all aspects of the organisation and its activities to facilitate youth leadership skill development and provide young people in care with a platform to share their views.
What is Young Consultants Training?
A program for young people with a care experience between the ages of 14 to 25 years to attend training in public speaking, communication and project management techniques as well as sharing knowledge of CREATE's history and objectives and the care system. There is no cost for young people to complete this training.
How often are they run?
Sessions are scheduled throughout the year. To find out when the next course is scheduled in your State or Territory contact your local office.
What do Young Consultants do?
Once the course has been completed CREATE Young Consultants may have the opportunity to speak at a variety of forums, conferences, training programs and parliamentary inquiries, and also contribute to research activities and project work. Young Consultants are paid to be involved in these activities and have the opportunity to affect positive change in the care sector.
Be.heard Program – Available in Queensland and Tasmania
The Be.Heard project is a participatory consultation project that involves children and young people providing feedback to their relevant State departments.
The consultation seeks the views of children and young people in care around the quality of care received by the Department by asking questions in areas such as case planning, participating in decision making, and feedback and complaints.
A final report is submitted to the relevant State Department, to assist in the improvement of future service provision in the out-of-home care sector. The qualitative nature of the Be.Heard project provides a balance to departmental internal evaluation processes.
The project further provides training to departmental staff, often co-facilitated by a CREATE young consultant. This training presents the results of the project, as well as practical ways to increase the participation of children and young people in decisions that affect their lives.
Click here for contact details for our Queensland office
Click here for contact details for our Tasmania office
Show me the ... Program – Available subject to funding
A fun, creative and adventurous one-day event for young people in care aged 14 to 18 years and an adult in their life (eg. worker, foster carer, sibling, relatives or significant person).
Show Me the Ropes and Show Me the Circus are two of the models used in local communities.
These events empower young people to strengthen their relationship with a significant adult, expand their existing networks and create relevant links for their future. For case workers and significant others involved in the lives of children and young people in care it is a personal and professional learning opportunity which allows participants to work in a positive, strengths-based environment with the young person.
mission:be Program (available in Victoria and South Australia)
mission:be is a leadership, self-development, team building, goal setting and mentoring program for young people in care aged 14 to 18 years. This module-based program is delivered over a nine month period and focuses on community development, program delivery (one-day workshops, weekend residential programs and community activities), evaluation and participant follow-up.
Over the years mission:be has demonstrated capacity to deliver improvements in participant self esteem, leadership and communication skills, relationships, community involvement, educational engagement and performance and awareness of community services.
mission:be is delivered in metropolitan and rural regions throughout the States and relies heavily on the support, involvement and partnership of the local community. Community partners differ in each region, but often include a diverse range of voluntary local representatives such as government and sector workers, case workers, social workers, teachers, police, sport and recreation workers and employers, all of whom make positive and lasting impacts on the lives of young people in care.
More Information
For more information about any of these programs contact:
• Your local CREATE State Office
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