📢 HEAR FROM YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT OUT-OF-HOME CARE & FAMILY SUPPORT

This Quarterly Sector Forum is led by Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander young people and brings together community, ACCOs, and sector partners to have honest conversations about out-of-home care and family support.

Across two days, the program centres lived experience alongside practical workshops, panels, and yarning spaces.

Together, we’ll explore what’s working, what needs to change, and how to strengthen culturally grounded approaches to care and the importance of including young people in decision making. 

🎟️ Free Event

19-20 May, 2026
Prince Henry Centre,
Little Bay, NSW 2036

Artwork by Oumoula Mckenzie for Mounty Yarns 

DAY 1: Lived experience. Cultural care. System change.

Day 1 brings together young people, community, and sector partners for a full day of panels, workshops, and conversations grounded in lived experience.

The program will explore key issues across out-of-home care and family support, including:

  • lived experience perspectives from Aboriginal young people,
  • what needs to change in out-of-home care,
  • cultural care, including grief, loss and Sorry Business,
  • aftercare, restoration, and exiting care,
  • future directions for policy and reform.

DAY 2: Strengthening community. Shaping what comes next.

Day 2 creates space for ACCOs and community to connect, reflect, and focus on practical solutions for change.

Across the day, sessions will focus on:

  • rights and advocacy for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children and young people,
  • key updates and conversations on system reform,
  • housing and support pathways for young people leaving care,
  • intergenerational advocacy and shared knowledge.

To explore all sessions, download the full forum agenda, here.

I'M A YOUNG PERSON

HAVE YOUR SAY - FILL OUT THE FORM TO ATTEND

We are offering financial support to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people from across NSW attend the forum, which will be allocated through an Expression of Interest (EOI) process.

If you’re an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander young person from anywhere across NSW, we encourage you to submit an EOI to access this support.

This process helps us bring together a diverse group of young people and ensure the forum reflects your voices.

We will be in touch closer to the event to confirm support and attendance.

All other attendees

COME, LISTEN AND ACT - REGISTER HERE

If you’re not a young person but would like to come, listen and take action – including those from ACCOs, non-ACCO NGOs, Government and the broader sector – you’re welcome to register directly here.

Quarterly Sector Youth Forum | May 2026

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