ARACY - Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth / Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership (TQKP)
PROJECT NAME |
Thriving Kids in Disasters (TKiD) Phase 2 |
GRANTEE |
ARACY - Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth / Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership (TQKP) |
GRANT AMOUNT |
$106,931 |
YEAR/S OF FUNDING |
2024/2025 - eight-month project |
Building partnerships and an action plan to improve the disaster management arrangements supporting Queensland kids.
The John Villiers Trust (JVT) has committed $106,931 to Phase 2 of the Thriving Kids in Disasters (TKiD) initiative.
Phase 2 builds on the findings of the Phase 1 TKiD report which examined how current disaster management (DM) arrangements in Queensland could better support the resilience and wellbeing of infants, children, and young people.
Phase 2 focuses on building partnerships and an action plan to respond to the recommendations of the Phase 1 report.
JVT is passionate about country Queensland, and we believe the future of its communities is in the hands of young people.
One of the findings from TKiD Phase 1 is that the challenge of disasters is even more pressing for children living in rural, regional, and remote communities. It also found that disasters are a critical threat to positive child development, and this has been insufficiently recognised.
And with disasters increasing in severity and frequency, we need to act now to improve the systems and supports in place to mitigate impacts. (More information about the TKiD report findings)
JVT’s funding for TKiD Phase 2 will allow collaborators to:
TKiD Phase 2 aligns with our mission and goals and meets our five criteria for support. It is:
Thriving Kids in Disasters Action and Investment Plan released
The Thriving Kids in Disasters Action and Investment Plan was released in April 2025. The Plan offers strategies for funders, decision-makers, communities and organisations to make a difference to the social, physical, mental and cultural wellbeing of kids, families and communities within the context of disaster risk reduction.
The Plan puts last year’s TKiD report into action, identifying actionable and fundable initiatives and projects to enhance disaster management and support the resilience and wellbeing of infants, children, and young people when preparing for, during, and recovering from events.
The informed, robust, evidence-based Plan benefits from the input and knowledge of voices from right across the system.
TKiD has demonstrated that they understand what needs to be done, however they need finance and expertise to translate knowing into doing. Now others who care about Queensland’s children have the opportunity to be part of improving our disaster systems by helping fund or develop the next phase.
This is an opportunity to not only help reduce the long-term impacts and trauma of disasters on infants, children and young people in Queensland, but a chance to use the momentum built by TKiD to demonstrate how this can be done in other states.
More info