Meet Leticia: Business Owner, Proud Aboriginal Woman, Advocate (Part 2) Welcome back to another episode! In this 2-part episode, we hear from Leticia, a young Aboriginal woman born on Wiradjuri country. Leticia is a zealous advocate for not only herself but others around her, and now a successful business owner, specialising in graphic design and advocacy workshops. She talks about her journey of self-discovery, the importance of her culture, overcoming stigma as both a child and an adult,...

Meet Leticia: Business Owner, Proud Aboriginal Woman, Advocate (Part 1) Welcome back to another episode! In this 2-part episode, we hear from Leticia, a young Aboriginal woman born on Wiradjuri country. Leticia is a zealous advocate for not only herself but others around her, and now a successful business owner, specialising in graphic design and advocacy workshops. She talks about her journey of self-discovery, the importance of her culture, overcoming stigma as both a child and an adult,...

Meet Emily: Advocate, Entrepreneur, Mother Emily is a passionate advocate, who has built her whole career around sharing her story and advocating for change. In this episode, we hear from Emily about her life growing up in care, the stigma she faced as a child in care, when she become a “young mum”, and again as she started building her business in the advocacy space without having a qualification. Having worked with CREATE, Adopt Change and many other organisations closely for years, Emily...

Meet Adina: Lawyer, Social Worker, Advocate Hear directly from young people with a care experience about their lives, how they’ve overcome adversity and gone on to achieve incredible things! In this first episode we hear from Adina. Adina grew up in care, and has now gone on to become a qualified lawyer and social worker, an enormously caring young women and an all-round great human. Adina’s story shows the impact of stability – how important it is for young people to have security during...

Trigger warning: Please note that the following material may cover topics such as homelessness and childhood abuse. If you need support, please talk with someone, such as Lifeline (13 11 14) or Beyond Blue. Welcome to episode three of ‘Voices in Action’, a podcast by the CREATE Foundation – the national consumer body for children and young people with a care experience. We are the voice - for children and young people in care across Australia. This podcast is designed to give young people a...

Trigger warning: Please note that the following material may cover topics such as homelessness and childhood abuse. If you need support, please talk with someone, such as Lifeline (13 11 14) or Beyond Blue.Welcome to episode three of ‘Voices in Action’, a podcast by the CREATE Foundation – the national consumer body for children and young people with a care experience. We are the voice - for children and young people in care across Australia. This podcast is designed to give young people a...

In this episode we hear directly from some of our awesome care-experienced Young Consultants about transitioning from care – what worked, what didn’t and what they wish had been done differently.

In this episode we hear directly from three amazing, care-experienced young people about their views of extending care to 21 (having a supported placement that is provided by the government up to 21). This is an important issue within the care sector and is a discussion worth listening to in order to better understand some of the challenges faced by those transitioning from care.

Welcome to Voices in Action - a podcast by the CREATE Foundation