ACT Child Safe Standards Scheme
ACT Public Advocate and Children and Young People Commissioner, Ms Jodie Griffiths-Cook spoke at our annual Networking Morning Tea about amendments to the Human Rights Commission Act 2005 that make it mandatory for all organisations providing services for children and young people to commence taking actions that will improve their child safety processes and practices, under the ACT Child Safe Standards Scheme. If you missed Jodie's presentation you can view it HERE.
ACT Children and Young People Commissioner Child Safety Survey
In partnership with the ACT Children and Young People Commissioner (CYPC), Ausdance is seeking your assistance to distribute a short survey to children and young people, and their parents/carers in the dance community to help us better understand how we can support studio owners and teachers meet the requirements of the Scheme.
This survey is an important part of helping each of us to learn more about what we are currently doing well and where we can focus our improvement efforts increase children and young people’s feelings of safety when they participate in dance activities. The survey has been tailored to the dance context to enable any dance student aged 8 to 18 years old to have their say. The survey is anonymous and children and young people can end the survey at any time. ACT dance students over age 12 will be asked to choose if they want to complete the survey, and those under 12 years will be asked to confirm that a parent/carer agrees to their participation.
The following materials have been provided to assist in your promotion of the survey:
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Information poster for children and young people (for printing and putting up in your studio)
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The survey will take less than 20 minutes to complete and can be accessed HERE. A QR code is also embedded into the promotional materials.
We appreciate you taking the time to share the survey link with children and young people and look forward to receiving their responses by Sunday 6th July 2025.
The survey is conducted in accordance with the CYPC’s Statement of Ethical Practice. Ausdance will be provided with the collated results, and a summary of the findings will be made publicly available on the ACT Child Safe website. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us, or message the CYPC Team at ACTChildSafe@act.gov.au or via phone on (02) 6205 2222.​​
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