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Care leavers ask for help in becoming adults
Ashley Hall reported this story on Monday, February 22, 2010 18:22:00
MARK COLVIN: Young people who have been in care are ramping up their campaign to get state governments to prepare them better for adulthood.
Twenty-four young delegates from around the country have been meeting in Sydney [...]

Here’s some of what the delegates were discussing at the 2010 Summit

Delegate who knows the importance of knowledge

DAVID CURRY
14 Feb, 2010 09:49 AM

CHRIS TICEHURST has as good an understanding as anybody of the challenges of leaving foster care for adult life, which is why he will be one of three ACT delegates at a national youth advisory council next week.The 24-year-old was first placed in foster [...]

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Voices from the fringe given freedom to speak
February 22nd, 2010
Bree Steward is one of 24 young delegates in Sydney taking part in the National Youth Advisory Council Summit.
BREE Steward knows how vital it is to give youngsters on the outer fringes a voice.
He found himself in residential care at the age of [...]

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NATIONAL SUMMIT: KIDSVOICES FOR CHANGE ARE HEARD!
February 20-22, 2010, CREATE Foundation will proudly host the 2nd National Youth Advisory Council Summit, a forum for young people with an out-of-home care experience (i.e. foster, residential, kinship care) [...]

Here’s what the delegates said about the summit in 2009

Here’s what Mel from NSW had to say about being in care…

What is ‘What’s the Plan?’?
‘What’s the Plan?’ is a program CREATE Foundation have put together to help you be more prepared when you move out of care and into independence. 
This can happen at different times for different people but generally it happens when you are between the ages of 15 and 18 years old.
There are [...]