The Youthie

Coming up: Friday 19th March – Live bands at the Youthie featuringVengeful Tendencies, Your Name On A Toe Tag and The Spontaneous Kevin Costner. The evnt runs from 7-10pm and the entry cost is $6.
Saturday 20th March - Pool Competition 2pm and Table Tennis Competition 4pm. Midnight Basketball at the Tamworth Basketball Stadium form 7-11pm – contact Marg Hombsch for more information on 6764 6612. Live bands at the Youthie featuringCrouching 80s Hidden Acronym, Intentions (Sydney), Romeros, We Caught The Kraken and The Spontaneous Kevin Costner. The event runs from 6-10pm and the entry cost is $6.

Winners are Grinners! Damien Berry beat Chris Keighley in the final of the Youthie Pool Competition on Saturday 6th March. Andrew Drivic beat Dylan Haines in the finals of the table tennis competition at the Youthie on Saturday 6th March. The Youthie/CDAT Touch Football team was beaten in the semi finals on Wednesday 10th March, a huge thanks goes out to our sponsors the Tamworth Community Drug Action Team (CDAT).

Is success at school just about your marks? Young Australians are now having their say by joining a huge national campaign called Tell Us: Are you more than your marks? For the first time, secondary school students are being asked what success at school really means. At www.tellus.org.au, students can complete a short survey, and go into the draw to win some awesome prizes, including iPod touches, pocket cameras and Red Balloon vouchers. Students can also get creative and speak up using video, text or photography. Tell Us is open from now until Friday 30 April. The results will be presented to Government, giving young people the chance to speak up and change the way ‘success’ is measured at school. To have the biggest impact possible, we are asking for your help in spreading the word to students, teachers and parents across Australia. If you are aged 13-19, visit www.tellus.org.au & take the survey now. Contact us at tellus@fya.org.au for more ideas on how to get involved. The more voices, the more it counts!

IGNITE! If you'd like a free copy of the latest issue of IGNITE! the e-newsletter for enterprising young people, you can download it at www.frankteam.com.au/downloads/ignite_62_2010.pdf or email anna@frankteam.com.au for a copy. IGNITE is FREE, monthly, & packed with great opportunities & contacts to help young people turn their ideas, business, & career goals into a reality!

Coming up: Saturday 20th February - Pool Competition at 2pm and Table Tennis Competition at 4pm. Midnight Basketball at the Tamworth Basketball Stadium from 7-11pm – contact Marg Hombsch for more information on 6764 6612.

Youth Into Action: We are currently looking for contributors/volunteers for the youthintoaction.com.au website. The main tasks is to write articles for the resources section at www.youthintoaction.com.au/articles. This volunteer role will suit University graduates or school leavers who are looking at getting experience in journalism, social sciences or youth studies. This is a chance to place something on your resume! The topic of interest is youth employment, education and training. The topic will be up to you. Volunteers must have good writing skills, have good english and most of all be enthusiastic. Please email all submissions of interest to contact@youthintoaction.com.au. Youth into Action is a social enterprise, with the aim to reducing youth unemployment in Australia.

Indigenous Youth Leadership Program (IYLP): Youth Challenge Australia along with The Department of Families, Housing,Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) will be funding five Indigenous youth to participate in a six week community development project in Vanuatu this June 2010. The five Indigenous Australian youth will travel to Vanuatu to work with Ni-Vanuatu youth on a leadership, education and infrastructure project (such as building a school). Along with this, they will be able to participate in cross cultural events, leadership activities and  environmental projects with the Indigenous youth and communities of Vanuatu. This falls in line with Youth Challenge Australia’s aim to enhance the leadership, personal and professional skills development for all Australian youth through grass roots community development opportunities, both nationally and internationally. If you or someone you know would be interested in applying for a place in the program, please take a look at our website (www.youthchallenge.com.au) and feel free to pass this on to those who may be interested. Have a read about the YCA program, the IYLP Position Descriptions and/ or fill in the IYLP application form. Please be aware that applications for volunteer places close on the 25th of February at 5pm. The Indigenous Youth Leadership Program is also taking applications for a Field Staff position in conjunction with this project. The position description, selection criteria and the application form can be downloaded from the Employment section of the Youth Challenge Australia’s website at www.youthchallenge.org.au/field-staff.

Photo 1: Damien Berry (on left) beat David Ifield in the final of the Pool Competition at the Youthie on Saturday 6th February 2010.

Coming up: Saturday 13th February - Pool Competition at 2pm and Table Tennis Competition at 4pm.

Young driver research: The Youth Action Policy Association (YAPA) and the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) are collaborating on an exciting new project - Driving You Crazy - Young Driver Research Project. The aim is twofold: to collect data on how the 120-hour requirement for learner drivers impacts on the lives of young people, and to train four young people in research. As part of the project, four Youth Research Volunteers (age 16 - 24) will be recruited from four areas across NSW, including inner Sydney, Blacktown, Hunter, and Northern NSW. YAPA will organise and finance professional training for the volunteers in how to conduct research (to be held in Sydney), and support them as they implement the research skills they learn to conduct focus groups and interviews in their area. This project offers young people from inner Sydney, Blacktown, Hunter and Northern NSW an invaluable opportunity to learn new skills, meet new people, and work towards positive change for young drivers. To receive an application pack, or to find out more about the project please contact Emily May, YAPA Policy and Training Officer on (02) 9281 5522 (Ext. 5), policy@yapa.org.au.

After the Emergency: Red Cross has created After the Emergency - an MP3 resource and website for young people affected by disasters. Visit www.redcross.org.au/aftertheemergency to see stories from teenagers who’ve been through emergencies, share your own story, find information about trauma recovery and get music and messages of support from Aussie artists like Lisa Mitchell and Bluejuice.