Wakakirri Sponsors/Partners
Tom Calma is the former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and patron of the Wakakirri National Story Festival. Wakakirri is delighted Tom endorses the Festival. One of his key roles as commissioner was to combat racism and promote equality for all Australians, regardless of race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin. To promote equality, it is important to preserve and celebrate the cultural diversity of Australia.
"The Wakakirri National Story Festival provides a special opportunity to encourage equality for all and respect for culture. By inspiring students to become more creative and open-minded about the world around them, and to share their stories, students will experience the cultural diversity of Australia and learn to respect others. In my role at the Commission I am particularly pleased to endorse two of the Wakakirri values - respect and understanding, and the opportunity for all children to become involved." - Tom Calma
Wakakirri Partners and Sponsors
About Our Partners
The Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) has been a major partner of the Wakakirri Story Festival since 2004. The Department hosts a large portfolio which now incorporates early childhood education, school education and higher education, as well as employment and workplace relations policies and services.
Funding for the Wakakirri Story Festival is provided under the National School Drug Education Strategy (NSDES). The NSDES provides national resources for drug education in schools, and also focuses on resilience building in young people as an effective deterrent to risky behaviour such as taking drugs. With this aim, the REDI (Resilience Education and Drug Information) resources were developed. The resources are the first school drug education resources focusing on preventing and reducing harm from drug use by building more resilient young people and helping schools to build a whole of school approach to tackling drug issues.
The Wakakirri Story Festival promotes the NSDES philosophies by allowing young people to express themselves creatively, work in a team and of course, have fun in a safe and supportive environment. DEEWR would like to wish all entrants the very best of luck in the competition.
For more information of the REDI resources, please go to www.redi.gov.au. Other Departmental information can be found at www.deewr.gov.au.
Allen & Unwin is one of Australia's leading independent publishers and distributors. They have been voted "Publisher of the Year" by Australian Booksellers in 1992 (the inaugural award), 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006.
They are a proud supporter of the Wakakirri National Story Festival and were the Official Presenting Partner of National Story Week in 2008. Their support has taken National Story Week to new heights and will help raise awareness of the entire Festival. National Story Week is the culmination of our year long event and it showcases the the varied and diverse works produced by schools around Australia.
Allen & Unwin have many talented authors and illustrators including:
Picture books - Ron Brooks & Margaret Wild, Anna Fienberg & Kim Gamble, Roland Harvey, Leigh Hobbs, Alison Lester, Gregory Rogers, Drahos Zak Children’s fiction - Terry Denton, Odo Hirsch, Elizabeth Honey, Martine Murray, Meme McDonald & Boori Pryor, Nury Vittachi, Adeline Yen Mah Young adult fiction - Alyssa Brugman, Judith Clarke, Ursula Dubosarsky, Steven Herrick, Joanne Horniman, Catherine Jinks, Barry Jonsberg, Margo Lanagan, Kirsty Murray, Garth Nix Non-fiction - John Nicholson, Nadia Wheatley
The Australian Human Rights Commission was established in 1986 by an act of the Federal Parliament.
Their goal is to foster greater understanding and protection of human rights in Australia and to address the human rights concerns of a broad range of individuals and groups.
Tom Calma is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and National Race Discrimination Commissioner. One of his key roles is to combat racism and promote equality for all Australians, regardless of race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin. To promote equality, it is important to preserve and celebrate the cultural diversity of Australia.
We are proud to announce that Tom Calma is the patron of the Wakakirri National Story Festival and is delighted to be able to endorse the Festival. Read more about the Wakakirri patron…
Read more about the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and their Voices of Australia Project http://www.humanrights.gov.au/education/voices/index.html
The 'Voices of Australia’ magazine features a collection of real-life stories about diversity and living together in contemporary Australia as well as other information about the Racial Discrimination Act. Voices of Australia: Education Module allows for the different stories of Australian people to be heard and celebrated in the classroom. Students will increase their awareness about experiences of diversity, discrimination, race relations, friendship, and respect.
beyondblue is a national, independent, not-for-profit organisation working to address issues associated with depression, anxiety and related substance misuse disorders in Australia. beyondblue is a bipartisan initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments with a key goal of raising community awareness about depression and reducing stigma associated with the illness. beyondblue works in partnership with health services, schools, workplaces, universities, media and community organisations, as well as people living with depression, to bring together their expertise around depression.
http://www.youthbeyondblue.com/
The Australian Conservation Foundation is committed to inspiring people to achieve a healthy environment for all Australians. For 40 years they have been a strong voice for the environment, promoting solutions through research, consultation, education and partnerships. They work with the community, business and government to protect, restore and sustain our environment.
The ACF are proud to be associated with the Wakakirri National Story Festival. www.acfonline.org.au
An Meá demonstrates that protecting people and the planet is good for business - yours and ours. This is what we call ‘sustainable development’.
Your business success depends on taking calculated risks. Our business is to help you manage them.
We help our clients achieve success based on strong environmental, safety, health, and social performance.
An Meá has been a proud sponsor of Wakakirri since 1997.
www.anmea.com
The objective of Zero Waste SA is to promote waste management practices that, as far as possible, eliminate waste or its consignment to landfill, advance the development of resource recovery and recycling, and are based on an integrated strategy for the State.
Zero Waste is a proud supporting partner of Eco-Zone and proud to be associated with the National Story Festival. Zero Waste SA has compiled a wealth of information in this library of reader-friendly fact sheets which cover everything from aluminium cans to worms and other zero waste issues. These fact sheets are handy for students and anyone who wants to know more about what can and cannot be recycled, and why! These fact sheets are aimed at providing the South Australian community with an easy-to-read resource that enables greater understanding of waste issues. Visit www.zerowaste.sa.gov.au/factsheets.php to access the fact sheets.
Everyone is welcome to access NIDA through the Open Program, which offers part-time courses, short courses, master-classes, seminars and productions.
NIDA Open Program is a proud partner of the Wakakirri National Story Festival and is awarding the NSW Primary and High School Winners full day workshops.
NIDA Open Program's short courses in theatre, film and television give you a distillation of elements of the full-time courses. It's a great way to be introduced to NIDA's training and creative processes as well as the broad range of career opportunities in the entertainment industry.
Open Program courses and production opportunities give you the freedom to experiment creatively with forms of communication, story-telling and entertainment.
Phone: (02) 9697 7626
Visit www.nida.com.au/short_courses/open/default.html for more information.