How Agreement Works Frames Its Consent Card Game For Classrooms

By Sarda Nana

The FAQs page for Agreement Works sets out how the Sydney-based social enterprise describes its flagship resource, the Agreement F.I.R.S.T. card game, and the thinking behind it. Founded by Sarda…

The FAQs page for Agreement Works sets out how the Sydney-based social enterprise describes its flagship resource, the Agreement F.I.R.S.T. card game, and the thinking behind it. Founded by Sarda Nana, who has served as a director of Agreement Works Pty Ltd since July 2023, the company focuses on consent education built around a practical, usable tool.

The card game teaches five elements of consent, captured in the acronym at the heart of its name: Freely given, Informed, Responsive, Specific and Talked about. Marketed as suitable for ages 10 and up, it is developed, designed, printed and manufactured in Australia and sold for $39.00 per deck, with postage within Australia included.

On its FAQs, Agreement Works positions the game as an educational resource rather than a therapeutic one. The company states that Agreement F.I.R.S.T. is trauma-informed and aligned to the Australian school curriculum, a framing that signals the product is intended to sit comfortably in classroom and family settings rather than clinical ones. Alongside the card game, the company describes interactive consent workshops as coming soon, pointing to a broader set of resources taking shape.

Sarda's background informs the approach. She describes more than two decades of experience spanning learning and organisational development, policy, crime prevention, justice, disability, education, and the community and private sectors. Her earlier roles include Senior Policy Officer in the Crime Prevention Division of the NSW Attorney General's Department and Manager, Learning and Development at the same department. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Victoria University of Wellington and a Diploma in Teaching, with further qualifications including CELTA and training in mediation and facilitation.

That combination of policy, teaching and facilitation experience sits behind the choices visible on the FAQs page. By answering the practical questions parents and educators are most likely to ask, and by being clear about what the game is and is not, Sarda has built a resource designed to make conversations about consent easier to start and easier to continue.