The Sector

The Sector is a new initiative by ACYS which aims to increase awareness of youth organisations and encourage networking. Each month ACYS will profile an organisation, group or committee that is making a difference in the youth sector.

If you would like your organisation to be featured in The Sector please email: information@acys.utas.edu.au or phone (03) 6226 6617. 

FReeZA

Featured: 17 May 2012

Through the planning and delivery of FReeZA events, young people receive training in areas such as event management, first aid, food handling, marketing and promotion, and leadership. Read more

Raise

Featured: 20 Apr 2012

Raise was created to improve the lives of young people facing profound challenges in their lives – such as mental health, substance misuse and sexual health issues – through personal mentoring and personal development. Read more

National Youth Week

Featured: 20 Mar 2012

The overall aim of NYW is to celebrate young people and recognise the positive contributions they make to their communities. Read more

lowercase

Featured: 20 Feb 2012

The mission of lowercase is to provide employment opportunities and other positive outcomes for young people and their community by developing creative arts projects for clients across government, private and community sectors. Read more

Express Media

Featured: 20 Dec 2011

The mission of Express Media is to provide support and development opportunities for young people in writing and media. Read more

PROJECT ROCKIT

Featured: 23 Nov 2011

The mission of PROJECT ROCKIT is to achieve positive, lasting change in the lives of young people by providing the tools to develop resilience so that hardship can ignite one's potential rather than extinguish it. Read more

Reach

Featured: 19 Oct 2011

The mission of Reach is to encourage all young people, no matter what their circumstances, to believe they can achieve. Read more

Step Back. THINK.

Featured: 19 Sep 2011

The mission of Step Back. THINK. is to educate young people about the serious consequences one punch can have; and consequently reduce the number of serious injuries and fatalities that are too often the result of a fight. Read more

Smart Artz

Featured: 23 Aug 2011

Smart Artz's mission is to engage with young minds and give them the opportunity to work on real-life projects, learn new skills and develop their creative potential.  Read more

Whitelion

Featured: 19 Jul 2011

Whitelion is a national not-for-profit that builds relationships and creates opportunities for vulnerable and high risk young people   Read more

Youth Futures

Featured: 20 Jun 2011

The mission of Youth Futures is to: strengthen families and communities where young people are valued and celebrated Read more

Youthlaw

Featured: 20 May 2011

Youthlaw works to achieve systemic responses to the legal issues facing young people by providing legal services, advocacy, law reform and preventative education programs, within a human rights and social justice framework.  Read more

St John Ambulance Australia

Featured: 21 Apr 2011

St John aims to promote young people as valued and vital members of the community. Read more

Dovetail

Featured: 18 Mar 2011

Dovetail supports youth alcohol and drug services in Queensland to better respond to the needs of young people aged 12-25 years. We promote collaboration, shared unity and networking across the state. Read more

Lessons learned in developing intervention programs

The US developers of Making Choices and Strong Families, Mark Fraser and Maeda Galinsky, intervention programs have identified 5 five steps for the design and development of other programs. Original article

17 May 2012

New program for young people with a a parent or caregiver with cancer

CanTeen Australia will be trialling an 8 week face-to-face group support program called Truce. More information

17 May 2012

Towards an agenda for children in the middle years in NSW

This discussion paper from the NSW Commission for Children and Young people was prepared for a Roundtable on the Middle Years of Childhood held on 24 April 2012 with non-government organisations to share developments and explore future directions and opportunities for collaboration. Original article

17 May 2012

Siblings Australia Surveys

For 13 years Siblings Australia has developed services and resources for siblings of children and adults with disability or chronic illness. Recently, they have been concerned about one particular challenge – the incidence of aggression toward siblings by the child/young person with disability. In order to understand the nature and extent of the problem they have established a short (10 question) anonymous survey. Siblings Australia hopes to hear from parents, providers and siblings themselves. Original article

17 May 2012

Partnerships between schools and the professional arts sector: evaluation of impact on student outcomes

This two part report, commissioned by Arts Victoria and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD), considers the impact of school-arts partnerships on student engagement, student voice, social learning, creative skills and arts-related knowledge and skills. Original article

17 May 2012

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