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The Nest Wellbeing Framework
What's in The Nest?
The Nest embodies ARACY’s vision for the wellbeing, including the health, of all young Australians. It recognises every facet of a child’s life as integral to preventing diseases, intervening early, and ultimately creating the right conditions to thrive.
With six connected areas, The Nest ensures young Australians have everything they need for the best start in life, helping them reach their highest potential.
The Nest is Australia’s first evidence-based framework for national child and youth wellbeing.
Developed by ARACY in 2013, after extensive consultations with over 4,000 children, families, and experts, this pioneering framework outlines six pivotal, interconnected dimensions of wellbeing outlines what is essential for children and young people to thrive:
- Healthy
- Valued, Loved and Safe
- Material Basics
- Learning
- Participating
- Positive Sense of Identity and Culture
Like any roadmap or blueprint for change, The Nest Action Agenda relies on the collective efforts of those working towards the same outcome – population-level changes in the health and development of children and young people.
This means that individuals, agencies, programs and services, collective impact and place-based initiatives, government departments and policymakers, research institutions, advocacy groups and representative organisations across the country bring The Nest to life when they use it to frame their work.
The Nest is licensed under Creative Commons so it’s free to use in your policies or practice.
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What's In The Nest?
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This technical document underpins the action agenda, offering a comprehensive overview of The Nest’s development, methodology, and evidence-based strategies since its inception in 2009-10.
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The Nest in action
The Nest is a widely adopted framework guiding policy and practice to promote wellbeing and prevent disease across Australia and beyond.
Our Nest Projects
At ARACY, we’ve pioneered Australia’s premier evidence-based wellbeing framework, The Nest. We base all our work on the six interlocking dimensions of The Nest. It ensures children’s and young people’s wellbeing – including health, is always at the centre of our work. See our Nest Projects.
The Nest Initiatives
The Nest is Australia’s leading framework for enhancing holistic wellbeing, including health, of children and young people. It unites efforts across the nation to boost the wellbeing and health of our next generation. See the Nest Initiatives.
What is child wellbeing?
Wellbeing is a commonly used term, but it can mean different things to different people. This variability in interpretation can make it challenging to fully understand what wellbeing entails and, ultimately, to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people. Find out more.
