Network:

• advocates for and respects the rights of children and is committed to play and creativity.
• believes in contributing to building and strengthening responsive and inclusive communities that are child and family friendly.
• is committed to social justice, reconciliation and diversity and works in a way that draws on the shared knowledge and experiences of many to promote the needs of school-aged children.
• resources, informs, empowers and lobbies organisations and communities at local, state and national level to be responsive to issues affecting school-aged children in out of school hours.
• is a membership organisation that represents community-based organisations that provide services and support for children and families out of school hours.

Network Objectives

• To promote, resource and develop not for profit, community-based activities groups, in particular out of school hours services, which extend creative opportunities for children in their time out of school hours.
• To represent the interests of these groups within NSW and at a national level.
• To extend through community development and networking processes ways of addressing the needs and issues of children in their diverse communities for out of school hours care and activities.
• To provide training and community education which aims to improve quality provision of organisations focussing on children’s right to creative play and out of school hours care and recreation.
• To advocate rights for all children, including those with a disability and children of different cultural, social and economic backgrounds, in a framework of social justice for all.
• To participate in the active promotion of reconciliation with Indigenous Australians in all of Network’s activities.
• To practice and promote organisational processes and structures that reflect Network’s commitment to creative and effective ways of working in an ever changing environment.