Events calendar
List of important events on the Department of Child Safety calendar.
March
Foster and Kinship Care Week - 'Create a Smile'
- Date:
- 8-14 March 2009
- Organisation:
- PeakCare Queensland and Foster Care Queensland
- Description:
- Recognises the vital role that foster and kinship carers play in strengthening the lives of the children and young people in their care.
National Youth Week
- Date:
- 28 March-5 April 2009
- Organisation:
- Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
May
Careers Week Queensland - 'Living, learning and working in Queensland'
- Date:
- 8-9 May 2009
- Organisation:
- EOC Group, with the major support of the Queensland Government.
- Description:
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Careers Week Queensland is an exciting employment initiative featuring careers, education, employment and training options across Queensland.
The event brings together business and education providers with Queensland students, graduates, jobseekers and skilled workers.
The biggest event in the Careers Week calendar is the National Careers and Employment Expo. In Queensland, the expo will take place in Brisbane from 8-9 May, the Gold Coast from 22-23 May and Townsville on 10 June.
National Families Week - 'Families investing in time together'
- Date:
- 10-16 May 2009
- Organisation:
- Families Australia
- Description:
- Annual celebration of families. Coincides with International Day of Families on 15 May.
National Volunteers Week - 'Everyday people, extraordinary contribution'
- Date:
- 11-17 May 2009
- Organisation:
- Volunteering Australia, Inc.
Save the Children Week
- Date:
- 18-23 May 2009
- Organisation:
- Save the Children
- Description
- This year is the 90th anniversary since Save the Children was launched at Albert Hall in London by Eglantyne Jebb. The week will focus on the work of Jebb who wrote the first Child Rights Charter in 1923.
Under Eights Week - 'Creativity - Let it happen'
- Date:
- 22-29 May 2009
- Organisation:
- Early Childhood Australia, Inc.
National Reconciliation Week - 'One people. One place. One future'
- Date:
- 27 May - 3 June 2009
- Organisation:
- Reconciliation Australia
July
NAIDOC Week
- Date:
- 5-12 July 2009
- Organisation:
- National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC)
August
Queensland Foster Care Conference
- Date:
- 1-2 August 2009
- Organisation:
- Foster Care Queensland
- Description:
- This conference will cover a wide range of issues for individuals involved in all aspects of fostering, child protection, education and training.
National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day
- Date:
- 4 August 2009
- Organisation:
- Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
- Date:
- 9 August 2009
- Organisation:
- United Nations
International Youth Day
- Date:
- 12 August 2009
- Organisation:
- United Nations
September
Child Protection Week
- Date:
- 6-12 September 2009
- Organisation:
- National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) and the Queensland Child Protection Week Committee
October
Queensland Multicultural Festival 2009
- Date:
- 11 October 2009
- Location:
- Roma Street Parkland
- Organisation:
- Department of Communities
National Carers Week
- Date:
- 19-25 October 2009
- Organisation:
- Carer's Australia
Children's Week - 'A caring world shares'
- Date:
- 22 October -1 November 2009
- Organisation:
- Queensland Children's Week Association, Inc. Coincides with Universal Children's Day on 22 October which was established by the United Nations to give special attention to the rights of the world's children.
November
World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse
- Date:
- 19 November 2009
- Organisation:
- Women's World Summit Foundation
- Last updated
- 23 March 2009