The National Child & Family Safety Leadership Summit 2026 brings together leaders, advocates, practitioners, and lived experience voices committed to improving outcomes for children and families across Australia.
We are delighted to welcome Sheree Schonian as part of this year’s speaker lineup.
Sheree brings an important lived experience perspective to the national conversation on child and family safety. Her voice reflects the importance of listening to people with direct experience and ensuring that systems are informed by compassion, understanding, and real world insight.
At a time when organisations and communities are working to strengthen prevention, intervention, and recovery pathways, lived experience leadership plays a critical role in shaping more responsive and person centred approaches.
Why This Matters
Meaningful change in child and family safety depends on bringing together policy, practice, and lived experience.
Perspectives grounded in lived experience help strengthen understanding, improve service delivery, and ensure systems better reflect the realities faced by individuals and families.
Sheree’s contribution to the summit will support important conversations around safety, recovery, resilience, and long term change.
Event Details
National Child & Family Safety Leadership Summit 2026
Join us to hear from leaders and lived experience voices shaping the future of child and family safety in Australia.