clubCREATE is a club for children and young people in care, or with a care experience. Members of clubCREATE get newsletters, invitations to events, welcome packs and birthday cards. To join email clubcreate@create.org.au , visit our website or call your nearest CREATE office for more information.

• Feedback Form - ClubCREATE Evaluation
• Aavailable in all States and Territories

If you are entering care for the first time, CREATE will deck you out with a backpack full of the essential stuff you need like info on CREATE and the care system. The pack also has things like toothbrushes, a journal, pens and other things you need to get you started in care. To get a kit you need to join clubCREATE and let us know that you are entering care for the first time. Contact your local CREATE office for more information.

• Feedback Form - Entering Care Kits Evaluation
• Available in all States and Territories

Be. Heard is an awesome project where you get to share what you what you think about the care system, what you think is good and what you think needs to be changed. CREATE conducts face to face interviews or provides online surveys so you can voice your opinion. Everything that you say is told to the department in your state and allows your voice to be heard.

• Available in Queensland & Tasmania

Want to swing from tree to tree? Show me the... (ropes, circus, mountain) is an adventure day which includes activities like ropes courses, circus training, horse riding or climbing mountains. It is for young people aged 14-18 and an adult in their life (e.g. foster carer, worker, sibling or significant person).

• Availability dependant on available funds

This is the opportunity to receive free tickets and have an awesome day out at a major sporting event, so you can cheer on your favourite team!

• Available in Victoria and the Northen Territory

The Youth Advisory Council is a program that brings young people together to discuss care issues and explore solutions. Youth Advisory groups in each state and territory provide feedback which activates change for the better. The Youth Advisory Council also tells CREATE how best to represent the opinions of children and young people in care.

• Available in all States and Territories

Mission: be is a personal discovery program run over a three month period. It is a self development and leadership program for young people in care aged 14-18 years. The program involves workshops, camps and adventure activities.

• Available in Victoria and SA

Young Consultants are young people aged 14 and over, who work with CREATE to share what it is like for children and young people in care with others. Young Consultants go to conferences, consultations, forums and events to represent CREATE. To become a young consultant you need to take complete Young Consultants Training.

Young Consultants also get a few perks. They can participate in connection activities like trips to the movies and professional development courses. Professional development courses include things like Senior First Aid, interview skills, budgeting and building a resumes and Young Consultants access them for free.

• Available in all States and Territories

This is a fun training workshop where you can hang out with other young people, develop skills in presentation and public speaking and learn all about the Care system. Young Consultants training leads to opportunities to do some paid work with CREATE in training, presentations and forums.

• Available in all States and Territories

This is an opportunity for Young Consultants to affect positive change within the care sector. A CREATE staff member and up to three Young Consultants deliver a training session to caseworkers who work directly with children and young people in out-of-home care.

• Available in Tasmania, ACT, WA, Qld, Victoria, NSW and SA

Transitioning from Care Programs

CREATE Your Future is an amazing life skills program based in a corporate workplace. Young people get the opportunity to receive one-to-one mentoring in a work environment and also receive extensive life skills training. This program currently runs over a twelve-week period and is open to young people aged 15 to 25 years

• Available in NSW

This is a website to assist young people who are leaving care. It has heaps of information on topics like health, housing, education, employment and more. You can also hear the stories of other peoples' experiences of leaving care.

Check it out at: www.createyourfuture.org.au

A Leaving Care Kit is a valuable resource for young people who are about to Transition from Care. The kits are available from your local departmental worker. Contact your local CREATE office to find out which leaving care resources exist in your State or Territory.

• Available in all States and Territories

There are also a number of other fun activities that occur around the country that you can get involved in; such as Christmas parties and picnic activities. Contact your local CREATE office to find out what is happening in your State or Territory

Throughout the year there are also other training opportunities that occur around the country. These would include things like first aid training and budgeting skills. Contact your local CREATE office to find out what is happening in your State or Territory.