BEYOND RECOGNITION

Responding to children and young people as victim-survivors in their own right

About the workshop Children and young people who experience family and domestic violence are victim-survivors in their own right. Yet, too often, their experiences, voices, needs and rights remain overlooked within the systems and services designed to support them.

As part of the 16 Days of Activism, join the Australian Childhood Foundation in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) for BEYOND RECOGNITION, a collaborative and thought-provoking workshop exploring what it means to genuinely recognise, respond to and support children and young people as victim-survivors in their own right.

Featuring family violence advocate and lived experience champion Conor Pall, travelling from Melbourne, the workshop will bring together practitioners and community members to challenge existing approaches and explore how we move beyond acknowledging children's experiences of violence to creating meaningful, child-centred responses.

Meet co-presenter – Conor Pall Conor Pall is a family violence advocate, lived experience champion and Lead of Youth Engagement and Advocacy at the Australian Childhood Foundation. Drawing on his own experiences as a young victim-survivor of family violence, Conor is a passionate advocate for recognising children and young people as victim-survivors in their own right, championing their voices, rights and meaningful participation in decisions that affect their lives.

Conor has contributed to significant family violence policy and reform, including as Deputy Chair of Victoria's Victim Survivors' Advisory Council and as a member of the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission's Lived Experience Advisory Council.

What will we explore? Together, we will consider: What safety, healing and recovery look like when young people's own experiences and choices lead the response. What needs to change in practice, funding and systems to make children's rights a reality.

Who should attend? This workshop is open to: Family and domestic violence practitioners. Child and family services professionals. Youth workers and community service providers. Educators and professionals working with children and young people. Community members interested in creating safer futures for children and young people.

A collaborative and evolving workshop The workshop is intended to be co-designed and, where possible, co-presented alongside young people from the Mparntwe region. The program will continue to be shaped by feedback from local young people and practitioners working alongside children and young people.

We are committed to creating a space that values lived experience, encourages meaningful participation and centres the voices of children and young people.

Join us in Mparntwe as we explore what it means to move beyond recognition and create meaningful change for children and young people.

Please note: The workshop program and content are subject to change as the co-design process…