Children and Young people
We want Vincent to be a fun, vibrant and safe place to live and play for children and young people.
Youth Action Plan 2026 and Beyond
Young people are a vital part of Vincent’s community and deserve to feel safe, connected and valued.
On 10 February 2026, Council endorsed the City's next Youth Action Plan which was officially launched in Youth Week 2026.
The Youth Action Plan 2026 and Beyond provides a roadmap for how the City will support young people aged 10 to 25 over the coming years. Drafted from the voices, insights and ideas of more than 800 young people, it reflects the City’s commitment to creating a community where all young people can participate, create and thrive.
You can read through the Youth Action Plan 2026 & Beyond here or take a look at the YAP Snapshot for a brief overview.
What's On
As well as hosting a number of events each year, we are proud to support many youth events within the City. For a complete list of what's on, check out our events calendar or, if you’re over 16, follow us on socials to keep up to date with what’s happening.
Partnership
The City is a member of the Youth Affairs Advisory Council of WA (YACWA), Youth Development Network and Youth at Risk Network (YARN).
Local services
Get Involved
Have you got ideas or suggestions on how the City can support you to be the best you can be? We'd love to hear from you. Email your thoughts, feedback and ideas through to [email protected].
Child Safe Awareness
Background
A Royal Commission was established in January 2013 to investigate systemic failures of public and private institutions to protect children from child sexual abuse, report abuse, and respond to child sexual abuse. It also inquired into how institutions with a responsibility for children managed and responded to allegations and instances of child sexual abuse.
The recommendations emphasised that organisations working with children must be able to provide safe environments where children's rights, needs, and interests are met. The Royal Commission recommended a range of mechanisms to support child-safe organisations, including National Principles that provide a nationally consistent approach to embedding child safe cultures at all levels within organisations that engage with children.
The Royal Commission acknowledged the role that local governments play in creating and maintaining child safety in their communities and made several recommendations aimed at using this role to promote the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
The City of Vincent’s role
The Child Safe Awareness Policy commits the City of Vincent to build and maintain child safety awareness and knowledge by providing information for the organisations and individuals that operate in their communities and promoting child safe messages.
The City is committed to supporting the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people, including protection from abuse. This policy is one way that Council can demonstrate its commitment to being child safe and having a zero-tolerance approach to child abuse.
Resources
The Department of Local Government Sport & Cultural Industries has developed resources to support the implementing of child safe awareness policies. The resources can be downloaded and adapted as required to suit each local government and the community.
Guidelines for promoting child safe messages
Referral pathways information – resource for staff
Resources for Child Safe Organisations
Responding to Disclosure – resource for staff
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
For more information please contact the City’s Community Development team by email at [email protected]