Postcards to the Advocate [Video]

Postcards to the Advocate – the Report

The Postcards to the Advocate report is based on the initiative that explored the many hopes and concerns children and young people have for their futures. The aim of the report is to share the insightful information that ACYP gained from the hundreds of postcards we received and showcase it in a way that maintains the voices of the participating children and young people. The themes explored in the report are solely based on what was shared through writing and drawings on the postcards.

The Postcards to the Advocate initiative was launched during Children’s Week 2022, where postcards with the prompt “What are your hopes for the future” were sent out to schools and organisations that had expressed interest in participating. The initiative received postcards from 677 children and young people from 24 schools across NSW. During the period from October 2022 to April 2023 the initiative engaged with children …