Project Report

ARTucation 2015 – 2016

ARTucation is funded by NSW Health and South Western Sydney Local Health District

Report prepared by Youth Solutions

August 2016

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Phone 02 4628 2319 Karen Yuen Email [email protected] Youth Development Coordinator (January – June 2016) Youth Solutions Website youthsolutions.com.au [email protected]

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Please direct any questions you may have about this  Geraldine Dean, Chief Executive Officer Project Report to Youth Solutions.  Shannon McEwan, Finance and Administration Officer  Amanda Dillon, Communications Coordinator  Miriam Deshayes, Health Promotion Officer (April 2016 – current)  Rachel Kershaw, Program Support Officer (February 2016 – current)  Lauren Ognenovski, Health Promotion Coordinator

(July – December 2015)  Sue Willoughby, Executive Administration Officer

(July 2015 – March 2016)

Contact Information ...... 2 Project Leads’ Message ...... 4 Acknowledgements ...... 4 Project Rationale ...... 5 Guiding Principles ...... 5 Project Overview ...... 5 Project Highlights ...... 6 Media ...... 6 Findings ...... 7 Recommendations ...... 7 References ...... 7

Funding for ARTucation was generously provided by NSW Health and South Western Sydney Health District.

ARTucation was awarded a $10,000 prize as the winner of the Champions of the West award for Indigenous Excellence in 2014 - 2015. Thank you to 7 News, News Corp and our friends at Macarthur Chronicle for sharing the story of ARTucation, and to Crown Resorts and Casinos for sponsoring the category. The funds were used in the 2015 – 2016 year to purchase additional supplies for the project’s art activities.

2015 – 2016 has been a busy year for ARTucation!

During the past 12 months the project has continued Youth Solutions places great significance on its to couple drug and alcohol education and skill building relationship with Danielle Mate Sullivan from DJMate; opportunities, with learnings about healthy expression, the artist involved in leading the ART component of particularly through Aboriginal art. ARTucation.

A special thank you to Aboriginal artist Danielle Mate Youth Solutions thanks Danielle for her support of Sullivan from DJMate, who has provided support and ARTucation and sharing her passion of art with the guidance for the project, helping to strengthen the young people of the Macarthur region. participants’ connection with their culture through the creation of Aboriginal art pieces.

This year, Youth Solutions trialled a “bring a buddy Youth Solutions enjoyed collaborating with the system”, whereby the project’s participants with an following organisations to deliver The ARTucation Aboriginal background were invited to share their Project in 2015 – 2016: experience, and in turn aspects of their culture, with their non-Aboriginal friends. This approach was well  Camden Community Connections received with recognition of its potential to create  Camden High School greater cohesion and understanding between  Elderslie High School participating Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young  Elizabeth Macarthur High School people.  James Meehan High School  Multicultural NSW  Picton High School During the past year ARTucation also engaged with an  South West Multicultural & Community Centre additional number of Year 6 students from local primary schools, as they prepare for their transition to high school. Youth Solutions also piloted an adapted version of ARTucation to a group of young people from Youth Solutions values the support of volunteers, and the local Pasifika community and has identified would like to particularly thank Taylor Pearce for opportunities to extend this pilot in future. assisting with ARTucation in 2015 – 2016. Thank you for your support! - Lauren & Karen According to the most recent National Drug Strategy Youth Solutions’ Health Promotion Program aims to Household Survey, 29% of Australians aged 12 – 17 stop the onset of substance use, delay the onset of years drink alcohol (AIHW, 2013). Although most substance use and reduce risky/high risk substance teenagers do not drink alcohol, those who do tend to use among young people. drink at risky levels. This has resulted in 1 in 8 deaths and 1 in 5 hospitalisations of people aged under 25 being due to alcohol (Mower, 2013). Harm minimisation is a framework acknowledging that According to the Australian Institute of Health and alcohol and other drug use will always be a part of Welfare (2011a, 2011b) and South Western Sydney society and, therefore, it incorporates policies and Local Health District (SWSLHD, 2014): strategies which aim to prevent or reduce alcohol and other drug related harms.  50% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are current smokers Harm minimisation has three components:  Campbelltown LGA has the highest rate of smokers across Sydney – 25.3%  supply reduction  Smoking is the leading cause of preventable  demand reduction disease and death in Australia.  harm reduction

Health promotion is a framework that enables people to increase control over their health by:

 building healthy public policy Through ARTucation, Youth Solutions aims to reduce  creating supportive environments binge drinking and tobacco smoking among young  developing personal skills Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 12 –  reorienting health services 17 years by:  strengthening community action

 increasing knowledge of tobacco, alcohol and related harms  increasing skills in resilience, healthy expression and safe decision making Social marketing is a framework that involves the  increasing connection with the Aboriginal and application of marketing alongside other concepts to Torres Strait Islander community and cultures achieve specific behavioural goals.

Youth Solutions implements social marketing alongside harm minimisation and health promotion to ARTucation is a healthy expression and drug and achieve widespread behaviour change in the alcohol education program that focuses on the community. substances of alcohol and tobacco.

Combining healthy expression, particularly through art, with tobacco and alcohol education, ARTucation Youth participation is the process of building involves participants learning about Aboriginal and partnerships with young people to promote their role Torres Strait Islander art techniques from local providing input on common issues faced by young Aboriginal artists, and using their knowledge to create people and possible solutions. Youth participation Aboriginal art-inspired works. places value on the ideas of young people to develop relevant services and programs for young people.  Camden Community Connections – Elderslie High School

July 2015

 Elderslie High School  James Meehan High School

 Ingleburn Public School

October 2015

 Elderslie High School

 Pasifika pilot with South West Multicultural & Community Centre

 Multicultural NSW

May - June 2016

 Camden High School 18/04/2016 – Macarthur Chronicle (Campbelltown and Camden – Wollondilly editions)

 Picton High School  James Meehan High School  Camden Community Connections – Camden High School  Camden Community Connections – Elizabeth Macarthur High School Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NCETA secondary analysis, 2015), accessed on 9/8/2016 Further explore ARTucation program delivery to via primary schools in Term 4 as a transition to high http://nadk.flinders.edu.au/kb/alcohol/alcohol- school program. young-people/australian-youth-aged-12-17- Explore project collaboration opportunities with: years-in-the-general-population/what- proportion-of-australians-aged-12-17-years-  NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group drink-alcohol/  South Western Sydney Local Health District  Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2011,  Local junior sporting groups ‘Substance use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’, Australian Institute of Health and Explore transfer of care pathways with: Welfare, Canberra, Cart. No. AIHW 40

 Tharawal Aboriginal Medical Service Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011, Young Australian’s their Health and Wellbeing 2011, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra. Continue to adapt and pilot the program with the local Pasifika community. Mower J. 2013. One in eight deaths of young Australians attributable to alcohol: National Council on Drugs Continue to encourage participants to “bring a buddy”. report, ABC News, accessed on 9/8/2016 via http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11- Build upon the healthy expression activities offered. 20/alcohol-to-blame-for-one-in-eight-deaths-- This may include: -report/5102594

 creative arts activities South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD)  Traditional Indigenous Games 2014, South Western Sydney Communities:  dance Snapshot of Health 2014, accessed on 8/8/2016  musical activities via http://www.swslhd.nsw.gov.au/planning/

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