Voices in Action

OUR VOICE. OUR FUTURE.

Voices in Action 2026 update: CREATE Foundation has made the difficult decision to cancel the Voices in Action 2026 conference in Darwin.  

This decision reflects the current economic uncertainty, the fuel crisis, and sharply rising costs of travel and delivering a national event, and our commitment to ensuring events are safe, inclusive, accessible and sustainable for young people. 

We know this will be disappointing and thank everyone who was planning to be involved.   

CREATE remains committed to creating meaningful, youth-led opportunities for connection and impact, and will explore new ways to bring young people together – sharing more as these take shape. 

Take a look at our last conference

The sixth international conference, was held at the Adelaide Showgrounds from Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 March 2024.

The theme of the 2024 conference, ‘Your Stories. Stronger Together’ showcased the importance of each individual young person’s story and journey in the out-of-home care system and how bringing these voices together and working collectively with all those involved in the sector, we can effect positive change.

The Voices in Action conference is a unique opportunity to connect and collaborate with the aim to elevate the voices of children and young people and gain their insight to make changes to the out-of-home care system in Australia.

Here’s what people liked most about CREATE’s 2024 Voices in Action conference:

  • “Being able to connect with people who share similar experiences and deep diving into problems and solutions with the care system” – Young Delegate
  • “The way that it showed clear themes and specific problems to focus advocacy on” – Young Delegate
  • ”Hearing from so many brave, resilient, amazing care experienced young people and the fire in the belly that this has given as a professional to do better!!” – Professional Delegate
  • “Hearing about different programs and advocacy to rethink the child protection and OOHC systems reignites my passion and value for this work” – Professional Delegate

Read more about the fantastic outcomes from the 2024 Voices in Action conference.

Read the report