Decorate Your Space: National Child Protection Week 2025
Decorate Your Space invites our Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle communities—including Catholic Schools, St Nicholas, CatholicCare and Parishes — to decorate a space that uniquely reflects their commitment to children’s safety and wellbeing in line with the theme of National Child Protection Week ‘Every conversation matters: Shifting Conversation to Action’ for the chance to win some fantastic prizes.
Our communities can choose to decorate any visible space – the only limit is your imagination!
Prizes
There are a number of exciting prizes available to our Diocesan communities, including:
- Catholic Schools (Primary) – $4,000
- Catholic Schools (Secondary) – $4,000
- St Nicholas (Early Education) – $500
- St Nicholas (OOSH) – $500
- CatholicCare – $500
- Parishes – $500
How to enter
To enter, simply submit your entry in jpeg format (max 3 images) along with a 150-word description explaining what your entry means and how it is connected to this year’s theme, ‘Every conversation matters.’
While we welcome video content to be created, these entries will not be accepted as part of Decorate Your Space.
Entries will be judged based on:
- Creativity
- Involvement from children and communities*
- Visibility or presence at your site
- Relevance to this year’s theme.
*As relevant per agency
Deadline: 6pm Sunday 14 September 2025
Upload here: http://mn.shor.tn/DYGenter
What else is happening?
All Diocesan agencies can access a variety of dedicated resources on the Office of Safeguarding website. These resources are designed to equip our staff and young people with the skills and strategies to identify, respond to, and seek assistance in a range of unsafe situations.
We will continue to add resources in the lead-up to National Child Protection Week, so be sure to check back regularly for more information on how you can get involved.
Learn more about Decorate Your Space, National Child Protection Week, and access resources from the Office of Safeguarding – click here.
Contact
For any questions relating to National Child Protection Week, please contact:
Tegan Barry
Case Manager, Office of Safeguarding
P: 02 4979 1390
E: [email protected]
