Dr. Katie Sweeney:

When the charter was launched in 2013, the country as a whole was not in a great financial position. Much of the initial period was devoted to building relationships, collaboration and planning to deliver on a number of the initiatives. The funding that was available initially was limited. We were successful in receiving dormant account funding for some of the initiatives. It would have been welcome had huge amounts of funding being available over the past four years but we are where we are. The funding we have received and the embracing of the initiatives that now feature as part of Creative Children are welcome.