Keeping Our Promises

Join us for the 18th annual Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) Oration to be presented by Helen Connolly.

Keeping our Promises is how I describe to children the treaties, obligations, legislation, policies and procedures made by leaders, governments, agencies, businesses and adults that tell them what they can expect from us and what we promise to do to positively impact their health, wellbeing, learning and safety.  The theme also encapsulates the core of my statutory responsibility to provide, promote, and protect child rights and interests, to ensure we adults keep our promises to all SA children.

This HDA Oration provides an overview of what I have learnt during my first term as Commissioner for Children and Young People. What needs to happen for us to be more child focused in policy and practice and the things we adults need to stop and start doing, to ensure we keep our promises to all children to support them to live the best lives they can.

OUR ORATOR

Helen Connolly, South Australian Commissioner for Children and Young People

Helen Connolly became South Australia’s first Commissioner for Children and Young People in April 2017.  The position was established under the Children and Young People (Oversight and Advocacy Bodies) Act 2016. The Commissioner promotes and advocates for the rights, development and wellbeing of all children and young people in South Australia, with a special focus to engage with and listen to children who aren’t usually heard. Helen has 30 years’ experience as a leader in human services. Throughout her career, Helen has taken an active advocacy role on the main policy issues that impact on the wellbeing of Australian families and children, with a strong focus on early intervention and prevention strategies.

OUR CHAIR

Professor Claire Roberts (HDA Co-Convenor), NHMRC Leadership Fellow / Professor and Matthew Flinders Fellow / Group Leader, Pregnancy Health and Beyond Laboratory (PHaB Lab), College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University.

Everyone is welcome.

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