Nyw 2010 Tasmanian Report
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NYW 2010 TASMANIAN REPORT NYW 2010 TASMANIAN REPORT Community Development Division Department of Premier and Cabinet TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................................3 National Planning Group ............................................................................................................................................................4 NPG Young Member ...................................................................................................................................................................4 Tasmanian Steering Committee ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Funding and support .....................................................................................................................................................................5 Grants program ................................................................................................................................................................................6 Event snapshot – NYW and Streets Alive launch ...................................................................................................... 6 Youth participation ........................................................................................................................................................................7 Participation in events ..................................................................................................................................................................8 Events .....................................................................................................................................................................................................9 NYW schools grants - successful applicants ............................................................................................................. 9 NYW Community Capacity Building Grants recipients.................................................................................. 10 Event snapshot – Youth Action Priorities (YAP) – The FeelGood Festival ....................................... 15 Community support ................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Sponsorship ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 NYW outcomes ........................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Feedback from young people ............................................................................................................................................... 20 Comments from young people about NYW 2010 .......................................................................................... 21 National report ............................................................................................................................................................................. 22 NYW celebrity ambassadors ................................................................................................................................................ 22 National competitions ............................................................................................................................................................... 22 National Talent Competitions ............................................................................................................................................. 23 Win Free Stuff ................................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Event snapshot: Southern Cross Young Achiever Awards ................................................................................ 23 Promotion and media coverage.......................................................................................................................................... 24 Selected newspaper articles and other promotion ................................................................................................. 25 Youth issues .................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Event snapshot: Strategic event – Indigenous Hip Hop Project Workshops .......................................... 33 National Youth Week 2011 ................................................................................................................................................. 35 2 | Page NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK STATE REPORT Introduction Australia’s eleventh National Youth Week The Department of Premier and Cabinet (NYW) was held from Saturday 10 to (DPAC) through the Community Sunday 18th April 2010. Development Division’s (CDD), Office of Children and Youth Affairs (OCYA) has NYW is the largest single celebration of been involved in NYW since its inception in young people on the Australian calendar and 2000. OCYA is responsible for the co- has run annually since 2000 as a joint ordination and delivery of NYW in Tasmania initiative of Australian, State, Territory and and is a member of the NYW National Local Governments. Planning Group. NYW is a call to action for young people. It NYW also gives the wider community the is a change to get involved and have fun opportunity to listen to young people and regardless of resources, skills or abilities. acknowledge and celebrate the positive NYW gives young people aged 12-25 years contributions made by their efforts and an opportunity to: achievements, as well as promoting a community focus on issues of concern for • Express their ideas and views young people. • Raise issues of concern to them The slogan for NYW 2010 was ‘Live It • Act on issues that affect their lives Now’. This slogan appeared on posters and other promotional material that was • Showcase their talents distributed throughout Australia. Many • Take part in competitions organisations used the slogan as a focus for activities to encourage young people to live • Express their individuality and it now! diversity This report is largely based on the evaluation • Celebrate their contribution to the forms that were provided to OCYA from community organisations that were official participants for distribution to young people. This feedback has also been incorporated into this report. 3 | Page N ational Planning Group The Office for Youth in the Australian In 2010, the NPG met a number of times Department of Education, Employment and and oversaw arrangements for co-ordinating Workplace Relations (DEEWR) co-ordinates and promoting NYW at a national level. NYW in collaboration with the departments Emma Luttrell, Policy Analyst from OCYA, responsible for youth affairs in all states and was the Tasmanian Government territories. A National Planning Group representative on the NPG and Felicity (NPG) is formed each year, and includes a Anning from the Tasmanian Youth Forum youth representative from each state and (TYF) was the Tasmanian young member. territory, representatives from the DEEWR Office for Youth, and representative from all youth affairs offices around the country. N PG Young Member 2010 saw a changing of the guard with the currently attends boarding school in Hobart. NPG Young Member position. Felicity She has been involved in a range of different Anning who had been in the role for the debating and community events, including previous two NYWs passed the baton onto the Make Poverty History road trip, prior to Catelyn Richards half way through the year. joining the NYW team. It is great to have her on board and she will no doubt bring a Catelyn is 17 years old and is originally from range of new ideas and enthusiasm to NYW Bridport in the North of Tasmania, however 2011! T asmanian Steering Committee The Tasmanian NYW Steering Committee is In 2010, the Steering Committee was convened every year and is integral to the comprised of 18 members from key success of NYW. The aim of the stakeholder groups. Members represented Committee is to involve as many young the TYF, the Youth Network of Tasmania people, youth service providers, families and (YNOT), North West Action for Youth community members in NYW as possible. (NWAY), Youth Action Priorities (YAP), the Australian Government’s Department of Each year young people and representatives Education, Employment and Workplace from the youth sector across the state are Relations (DEEWR) and various local invited to express their interest in joining the councils around the state. NYW Steering Committee. 4 | Page Through the State Committee, young to NYW, advising on how NYW should be people were involved in face to face co-ordinated and what type of promotion meetings and teleconferences in the lead up should be used. F unding and s upport The Tasmanian Government provided the The strategic funding grant was provided to majority of the funding for NYW in Meenah Mienne, who auspiced a number of Tasmania. OCYA also