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SYPTUAC PILOT PROJECTS
When Yes Means YES was one of the 13 projects created as part of the Supporting Young People to Understand Affirmative Consent (SYPTUAC) Program. The SYPTUAC program aimed to empower and educate young people and their key influencers to strengthen their understanding of affirmative consent and healthy relationships.
When YES Means YES
The Australian Childhood Foundation and the Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care (CETC) supports children and people who have experienced trauma and abuse. The CETC mobilises knowledge about ‘What Works’ in out-of-home care to better resource carers and organisations supporting children and young people living in all forms of care, including foster and kinship care.
When Yes Means YES was an on-demand course designed to build the skills and confidence of foster and kinship carers to talk with young people (aged developmentally 12 – 14 years) in their care about non-sexual consent and affirmative sexual consent. The two courses were developed jointly with carers and young people, supported by the Victorian Government Department of Families, Fairness and Housing.
Our When Yes Means YES course for foster carers was launched in 2024. It was developed in conjunction with OzChild.
What dID the course include?
There were six self-paced modules that formed part of this online course.
Topics included:
- Preparing for consent conversations
- Healthy & unhealthy relationships
- Understanding personal boundaries
- Consent – what it is, how we give it and get it
- Grooming, coercion & consent
- Consent & the online world
At the end of each online module, there were activities for carers to select and complete with the young person in their care. Which activities a carer chooses would depend on the age, stage and development of the young person. Each activity had content alerts, to help carers select the right activities, depending on the needs of the young person.
Australian Muslim Women's Centre for Human Rights
A project designed to raise awareness and understanding of affirmative consent and sexual violence prevention within newly arrived and migrant Muslim communities across Melbourne. It focused on empowering young people and their families.
Banksia Gardens Community Services
A youth-led action group working to promote gender equality and prevent gender-based violence in Hume and surrounds. GPAN focused on peer-to-peer bystander action, equipping young people with tools to safely challenge harmful beliefs and attitudes.
Body Safety Australia
A project aiming to capture young people’s experiences and perspectives around their use of digital technology, with a particular focus on image taking, sharing and editing. It piloted effective approaches to meaningful online safety education.
