Decorate Your Space: National Child Protection Week 2024

Decorate Your Space invites our communities—including Catholic Schools, St Nicholas, CatholicCare, and Parishes—to decorate a space in a way that uniquely reflects their commitment to children’s safety and wellbeing in line with the theme of National Child Protection Week ‘Every conversation matters’ for the chance to win some fantastic prizes.

‘Decorate Your Space’ is the evolution of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle’s highly successful ‘Decorate Your Gate’ initiative, which was held as part of National Child Protection Week in 2022 and 2023.

Our communities can still decorate their gate if they choose, or they can decorate their fence, wall, door, desk, or floor –  the only limit is your imagination!

Prizes

There are a number of exciting prizes available to our Diocesan communities, including:

Catholic Schools (Primary) – $4,000
Catholic Schools (Secondary) – $4,000
St Nicholas (Early Education) – $500
St Nicholas (OOSH) – $500
CatholicCare – $500
Parishes – $500

How to enter

To enter, simply submit your entry in jpeg format (max 3 images) along with a 150-word description explaining what your entry means and how it is connected to this year’s theme, ‘Every conversation matters.’

While we welcome video content to be created, these entries will not be accepted as part of Decorate Your Space.

Entries will be judged based on:

  • Creativity
  • Involvement from children and communities*
  • Visibility or presence at your site
  • Relevance to this year’s theme.

*As relevant per agency

Deadline: 5pm Friday 6 September 2024

Upload here: http://mn.shor.tn/DYGenter

What else is happening?

All Diocesan agencies can access a variety of dedicated resources on the Office of Safeguarding website. These resources are designed to equip our staff and young people with the skills and strategies to identify, respond to, and seek assistance in a range of unsafe situations.

We will continue to add resources in the lead-up to National Child Protection Week, so be sure to check back regularly for more information on how you can get involved.

Learn more about Decorate Your Space, National Child Protection Week, and access resources from the Office of Safeguarding – click here.

Contact

For any questions relating to National Child Protection Week, please contact:

Noumali Roddenby-Jenkins
Executive Support, Office of Safeguarding
P: 02 4979 1155 
E: n.roddenbyjenkins@mn.catholic.org.au

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