
March 2010 Edition
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Events and Activities Coming Up:
Regular opening hours of Tuesday to Friday 1.30 – 7pm and Saturdays 12 noon – 7pm
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Friday 5th March
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Live bands at the Youthie featuring Romeros, Red Letter Day and Stage 6. 7-10pm, entry cost is $6.
Midnight basketball at the Tamworth Basketball Stadium from 7pm – contact Marg Hombsch for more information on 6764 6612
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Saturday 6th March
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Pool Competition 2pm
Table Tennis Competition 4pm
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Tuesday 9th March
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Tamworth Community Drug Action Team (CDAT) Meeting at the Tamworth Youth Centre from 12.30pm. A light lunch will be provided. All welcome.
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Wednesday 10th March
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Tamworth Youth Interagency Meeting at the Tamworth Youth Centre from 10am. All welcome.
Youthweek planning meeting at the Youthie from 4pm.
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Saturday 13th March
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Pool Competition 2pm
Table Tennis Competition 4pm
Midnight basketball at the Tamworth Basketball Stadium from 7pm – contact Marg Hombsch for more information on 6764 6612.
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Saturday 20th March
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Pool Competition 2pm
Table Tennis Competition 4pm
Live bands at the Youthie featuring Intentions, Crouching 80’s Hidden Acronym and Romeros.
7-10pm, entry cost is $6.
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Wednesday 24th March
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Youthweek planning meeting at the Youthie from 4pm.
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Friday 26th March
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Disco at the Manilla Town Hall from 6.30pm. Contact the Manilla branch of Tamworth Regional Council on 6761 0200 for further information.
Midnight basketball final night at the Tamworth Basketball Stadium from 7pm – contact Marg Hombsch for more information on 6764 6612.
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Saturday 27th March
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Pool Competition 2pm
Table Tennis Competition 4pm
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Tuesday 30th March
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Coledale Action Team Meeting at the Coledale Community Centre from 10am. All welcome.
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For Your Information
Tamworth Youth Interagency 2010 Meeting Dates:
Wednesday 10th March 2010 10am
Wednesday 9th June 2010 10am
Wednesday 8th September 2010 10am
Wednesday 8th December 2010 10am
All meetings take place at Tamworth Youth Centre - The Youthie, PCYC Building Corner of Peel and Darling Streets TAMWORTH NSW 2340.
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.
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.
Inquiry report about children and young people: The NSW Parliamentary Committee on Children and Young People recently released a Kids' Version of its inquiry report about children and young people 9-14 years. As the full inquiry report is about 350 pages long, the aim of the Kids' Version is to make the findings of the report more accessible to children and young people, particularly those aged 9-14. Feedback was sought from children and young people in this age group about the 4 page Kids' Version while it was being developed. Two versions with the same text but different graphics were produced, as they appealed to different subgroups of children and young people. Copies of the Kids' Version can be viewed via the Committee's website at www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/children.
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_61_2010.pdf or email anna@frankteam.com.au for a copy. IGNITE is FREE, monthly and packed with great opportunities and contacts to help young people turn their ideas, business, & career goals into a reality!
Australian Youth Forum: The Australian Youth Forum (AYF) has a new discussion forum on Volunteering. The Government would like your views on how we can inspire more young people to volunteer and how best to support you in your volunteering activities. Have your say at www.youth.gov.au/ayf.
MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY: We're on a national search for young leaders passionate about making a difference. This May over 1000 people aged 16-26 will take to the road to MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY. Leaving from every capital city these ambassadors for global change will travel across the country, journeying throughout over 100 different cities and towns. At schools, businesses, churches, community organisations and sporting clubs we'll spread one message: that poverty can be ended, if only we have the will. In newspapers, magazines, radio interviews and television stunts we'll speak with one voice: our generation can be the one to end extreme poverty. After 5 days each road trip will arrive in Canberra - for a national summit of young leaders. Over the course of two days these young people will hear from federal politicians, community leaders and community organising experts. They will be left will all the knowledge, motivation and skills to be a leader of change in their own communities. If you think you know any young people between the ages of 16 and 26 who may be appropriate, then head to www.theroadtrip.com.au for more information.
Youth Off The Streets: Youth Off The Streets $5000 Scholarships for education and training available to young people. Nominations are now open for 2010 Youth Off The Streets Scholarships. Scholarships are awarded to young people who face barriers to accessing education and training and require financial and personal assistance to achieve their education and training goals. For nomination criteria and information on how to apply go to www.youthoffthestreets.com.au/scholarship/index.html.
Red Cross Harmony Day Award! Celebrate Harmony Day in your school and community with the free Red Cross Y Challenge celebrating diversity resource and be in the running to win a Red Cross Harmony Day Award! Harmony Day on March 21 is a time to celebrate and acknowledge the incredible diversity and cultural wealth of Australian communities. This year’s theme is Express Yourself and the idea is to encourage participants to get involved in an event that brings to life their diverse backgrounds, eg festivals of dance, food, music, arts. Red Cross Y challenge - celebrating diversity - is a free educational manual that teachers and youth leaders can use to plan and implement their Harmony Day activities and as an ongoing resource to explore and celebrate cultural diversity within their schools and communities. By participating in a Red Cross Y Challenge - celebrating diversity - program, young people can change their communities, their country and even the world by helping build a more harmonious environment for everyone. They can participate in one or more small activities or develop a larger project that encourages respect and understanding for all people and cultures. The Ychallenge-celebrating diversity manual and activities can be downloaded free at www.redcross.org.au/youth along with maps that link these resources to the state and territory school curricula and modules. Be one of the first 200 schools to contact us with your organisation's name and address and you will also receive a hard copy of the program manual. Don’t forget to enter your group's Harmony Day project or event in the Red Cross Harmony Day 2010 Awards and be in the running to win a digital video camera and party pack for your school or youth group at www.redcross.org.au/youth.

To make a contribution to this newsletter contact:
Stephen Blanch
Email: s.blanch@tamworth.nsw.gov.au
Phone: 02 6766 4645
Fax: 02 6761 2727
Web: www.theyouthie.org
