Nature Play WA Awards
At Nature Play WA we strive to create programs and resources to support all children and young people of Western Australia, and as a small organisation, these awards are a great honour and testament to our hardworking team.
IPAA WA Award 2024
We are pleased to share that Nature Play WA received the Australian Evaluation Society Award for Best Practice in Public Sector Evaluation at the Institute of Public Administration Australia WA (IPAA WA) Awards, for our Nature Play in the Park Program Evaluation Process.
This process was designed in consultation with experts in child development and research, and evaluation from the ORIGINS Project and The Kids Research Institute Australia. It uses a mixed methods approach to assess the multi-layered outcomes for all stakeholders in the program – children, parents and guardians, and funders.
Evaluative thinking was embedded in the project from its inception and evaluation reports for each program include data across child development, health, wellbeing, community participation and more. With each program, the data set increases, providing an opportunity to evaluate across and between communities.
We’d like to thank the teams at ORIGINS and The Kids Research Institute Australia for their invaluable contribution to this evaluation process; the City of Vincent who piloted the Nature Play in the Park program and supported our application for this award, and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries for their ongoing support.
Australian Access Award 2023
Nature Play WA are excited to share that we received the Not-for-Profit/Community Organisation App of the Year for 2023 at the Centre for Accessibility Australia Australian Access Awards, for our Talk N Walk app.
Co-designed with 100 tween and teenage girls and young people from around WA, the app focuses on social connection, friendships, family and feeling good, and has been developed to support young people to be more physically active and mentally healthy.
A huge thank you to VisAbility and Humaan for their assistance with this part of the Talk N Walk project, Healthway for seed funding, and Telethon7 Perth for supporting our work in delivering digital accessibility.
And of course, thank you to the Centre for Accessibility for the recognition and hosting such an incredible awards night.
IPAA WA Award 2022
The Talk N Walk app, a component of Nature Play WA’s program promoting social connection, friendships and family for improved physical activity and mental health, was named joint-winner of a new award – ‘Best Practice in Children’s Consultation’ at the IPAA WA Achievement Awards 2022.
Sharing the award with the Telethon Kids Institute’s Sun Safe app, Talk N Walk was honoured with this accolade, supported by the Commissioner for Children and Young People.
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