Our vision for this Reconciliation Plan is for Youthrive and Act for Kids to be a place of cultural humility, respect, and collaboration, where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families thrive in culture.
We’re embedding cultural capability across everything we do, creating safe and inclusive pathways for First Nations children, young people, and families. Culture is a strength for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, so through any therapeutic process culture must be acknowledged and used as the foundational approach.
Together, we’re building a more equitable society – one grounded in trust, self-determination, and shared purpose.
Our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) runs from October 2025 to September 2027.
We are honoured, alongside our friends at Act for Kids, to have collaborated with artist Daniel Evans, a proud Gamilaroi Man from Coonabarabran, whose work powerfully embodies the themes of healing, connection and strength.
Please view our Reconciliation Action Plan below or click here.
RESPECT, RECOGNITION, AND SOLIDARITY
Act for Kids and Youthrive respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work and gather. We pay our deepest respects to Elders past, present, and emerging, who are the keepers of memories, traditions, cultures, hopes, and aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and families.
We further recognise the grief and loss Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities have experienced from colonisation, resulting in historical, cultural, and intergenerational trauma.
At the same time, we honour and celebrate the enduring strength, survival, and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – the world’s oldest living culture.
We especially acknowledge First Nations children, young people, and families with whom we walk alongside. Act for Kids and Youthrive are committed to listening, learning, and supporting their journey in culturally humble and respectful ways and we stand in solidarity with them now and always.
