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Engaging Young People in Regional Centres Engaging young people in regional centres A discussion paper by the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria and the Victorian Rural Youth Services initiative April 2013 The Youth Affairs Council of Victoria The Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVic) is a vibrant, member based organisa- tion that represents and advocates for young people and the organisations that work with them. YACVic has worked for and with young Victorians and the services that support them for over 50 years. Our vision is for a Victorian community in which all young people are valued as active participants, have their rights recognised and are treated fairly and with respect. The Victorian Rural Youth Services The Victorian Rural Youth Services (VRYS) initiative sets out to advance research, training and policy development to support the rural youth sector. It aims to promote the strengths of young people in rural communities, and address the disadvantag- es these young people can face. The initiative is supported by the VRYS network, a network of services concerned with young people’s wellbeing in rural Victoria, and it operates through the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria. The Youth Affairs Council of Victoria Inc Level 2, 180 Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Ph: (03) 9267 3799 Fax: (03) 9639 1622 www.yacvic.org.au Joanna Hatcher, Rural Youth Services Support and Advocacy Officer [email protected] April 2013 Contents Background ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 6 Regional growth ............................................................................................................................. 6 Transport ........................................................................................................................................ 7 Middle Years .................................................................................................................................. 7 Capacity building ........................................................................................................................... 8 Outreach ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Why consider regional centers? .................................................................................................... 10 Growing populations, young populations ................................................................................ 10 Growth suburbs ........................................................................................................................... 12 The middle years ......................................................................................................................... 14 Regional centres and disadvantage ......................................................................................... 15 Indigenous young people ........................................................................................................... 18 Caring and contributing .............................................................................................................. 18 Youth consultations – issues raised ............................................................................................. 20 Does it matter where in a regional centre you live? ................................................................... 23 Recent studies ................................................................................................................................. 25 Service access on the regional ‘fringe’ .................................................................................... 25 The growth of regional cities ...................................................................................................... 27 The role of local government ..................................................................................................... 28 Youth volunteering and regional diversity ............................................................................... 30 What is the Office for Youth doing in this area? ..................................................................... 31 What is YACVic doing in this area? .......................................................................................... 32 3 Engaging young people in regional growth areas: A briefing from the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria Examples from regional communities .......................................................................................... 33 Information gathering: Bendigo ................................................................................................. 33 Strengthening transport access: Gippsland and Bellarine .................................................... 35 Youth volunteering: Albury Wodonga and Geelong .............................................................. 37 RED Carpet Youth Awards – Wodonga .................................................................................. 38 Educating for health: Geelong / Bellarine ................................................................................ 40 Appendix ........................................................................................................................................... 42 Age groups ................................................................................................................................... 42 Culture ........................................................................................................................................... 42 Socio-economic (dis)advantage ................................................................................................ 43 Young carers ................................................................................................................................ 45 Young people caring for children .............................................................................................. 46 Volunteering ................................................................................................................................. 47 References ....................................................................................................................................... 48 4 Engaging young people in regional growth areas: A briefing from the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria Background The Victorian Government’s Youth Statement, Engage, Involve, Create, observes that some regional communities are expanding rapidly, and that this creates challenges for 1 youth service delivery, as supports and infrastructure must keep pace.1F These observations coincided with a study commissioned by Regional Cities Victoria (RCV), a body comprised of mayors and CEOs of Victoria’s largest regional cities, which predicted strong regional growth over the next twenty years and called for increased investment in transport, infrastructure, health, education and social / recreational assets, to make this 2 growth efficient and productive.2F This discussion paper continues the conversation, focusing on Victoria’s major regional centres and the ‘fringe’ suburbs and towns nearby, asking what the key challenges are for young people there, which models of youth engagement are proving effective, and how state and local governments could target future support. Regional Development Victoria identifies ten regional cities / clusters as key growth areas: Greater Geelong, Ballarat, Warrnambool, Horsham, Mildura, Greater Bendigo, Greater 3 Shepparton, Wangaratta, Wodonga, and Latrobe.3F This briefing will focus on these centres, considering them as local government areas (LGAs) which also encompass rural towns and ‘fringe’ suburbs. Young people from other LGAs frequent these centres, too, to study, socialise, shop and access services. This paper will address: • Why it is important to consider regional centres when developing youth policy • Whether living in a town or suburb on the ‘edge’ of a regional centre leads to different outcomes for young people • What strategies services in regional centres use to engage with young people who live outside of the local CBD • Possibilities for improving infrastructure and opportunities for young people in regional growth areas. 5 Engaging young people in regional growth areas: A briefing from the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria Recommendations Regional growth • Using OFY’s cross-government advisory role, advocate to Regional Development Victoria and DPCD about the importance of engaging young people in the planning of regional cities. One model of consultation is provided in YACVic’s submission to 4 the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Strategy (2013)4F . YACVic could be engaged to undertake similar consultations for regional city planners. • Support the involvement of young people and youth services in the planning of new regional communities, for example through the ‘Shape It’ strategy and the Local Government Youth Inclusion Grants. • Plan the expansion of youth programs, such as Engage!, Advance, Change It Up and FReeZA, to keep pace with regional growth, including the emergence of new suburbs, where secondary schools will be established over the next few years. • Expand Regional Arts Victoria’s ‘Education and Families’ and ‘Creative Communities’ programs to keep
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