Youth News
UN Youth State Conference - Banyule Council are offering to sponsor two local young people to attend!
Banyule Youth Services are offering two students in Years 10-12 the exciting opportunity to attend the UN Youth State Conference - 'The World at Seven Billion'.
The State Conference will be held from March 9 -12. Two young people from Banyule will join over 80 students from across Australia to grapple with some of the hugest impending challenges to our world today in discussion, debate and interactive workshops.
For more information about the Conference look on www.unyouth.org.au/victoria.
Banyule Youth Services will sponsor two local young people to attend. Apply by emailing your name and contact details as well as 25 words outlining why you would like to come to luella.baddeley@unya.org.au by Friday February 24.
New Film Festival for Young People: Calling for entries!
New Film Festival for Young People: Calling for entries!
FilmLife exists to capture the stories of organ donation and transplantation through the eyes of young filmmakers and we are doing a national shout out for entries. Entries close on February 13 and films with be screened February 18 at an event in Parramatta and online! Anyone aged 16-35 can enter a film and there is a $10,000 prize pool.
Please meet Jess, she is a 19 year old university student and 2 years ago she had a lifesaving double lung transplant. Jess is working on a film for the Festival and this is her shout out to other young people: http://youtu.be/B18ltyqcE-A
For more details go to www.filmlife.com.au like our Facebook page www.facebook.com/filmlifeproj and follow us on twitter @filmlifeproject
FilmLife Project is a fresh NFP collaboration between The GroundSwell Project, the Information + Cultural Exchange (ICE), & the Nepean Intensive Care Unit.
Your Film Festival
Your Film Festival!
15 minutes to tell a story. Millions of people to watch it. $500,000 to make a new one for the world to see. This is Your Film Festival. You have until March 31st to submit a short, story-driven video. There's no entry fee. It can be any format - short film, web-series episode, TV pilot - and any genre. In June, audiences around the world will vote,
sending 10 deserving storytellers to open the 2012 Venice Film Festival where a Grand Prize Winner will be rewarded with a $500,000 grant to create a new work, produced by Ridley Scott and his world class team. For more info head to:
www.youtube.com/user/yourfilmfestival/yourfilmfestival
Breakfast not cutting it? Then get involved! Get Cereal!!
Breakfast not cutting it? Then get involved! Get Cereal!!
Would you like to be a part of SYN's most awesome breakfast flagship program, Get Cereal? Well, we are looking for expressions of interest for Season 1! If you like having fun from 6-9am weekdays, this is for you.
We are looking for presenters, producers and contributors. You will learn a lot about great broadcasting, plus you get to meet some pretty cool cats.
Email Beck at getcereal@syn.org.au to get your application!
February Loop 2012
Check out what's on for young people in and around Banyule for the month of Febrary. Also keep your eyes peeled for more info about the Youth Fest which is coming to Macleod Park this April!
Youth Forum on the role of social networking services and mobile phone technology is sexual violence
Seeking participants
Youth Forum on the role of social networking services and mobile phone technology is sexual violence
Here at the Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault (ACSSA) we are trying to understand how technologies (such as Facebook and mobile phones) are used to hurt and upset young people. It is important that we hear your views. As part of the New Legal Frontier Project, we want to hear your thoughts and insights about social networking and mobile phone technologies and how you use these tools to interact with your peers. We are interested in positive and negative views about the role of these technologies in relation to a variety of different activities, for example, messaging sexy pictures or posting them on Facebook, or taking video footage with a mobile phone when fooling around with someone.
We'd like to invite young people, aged 16 to 25, to join us for an informal discussion
When: 4.30 pm, Monday 21 February
Where: Australian Institute of Family Studies, Level 20 485 La Trobe St, Melbourne.
Food and drinks will be provided
You won't be asked to talk about your own personal experiences during the roundtable. Your identity will be kept confidential in any publications related to the project.
Want to participate in the roundtable discussion?
Please contact Nicole Bluett-Boyd via email <frontierproject@aifs.gov.au> or phone (03) 9214 7888
For catering purposes, please RSVP by Friday 10 February.
To find out more about this project please contact Nicole (above),visit us on out website: <www.aifs.gov.au/acssa> or like us on Facebook at "The Role of Communication Technology in Sexual Violence"
We Need Your Input
Jets is planning to launch an exciting new program that will allow young people aged 15-24 to have free access to Jets. We're thinking free rehearsals (including free access to drumkits and amps), free access to computers, cameras and other equipment, as well as free training opportunities.
This will be a great opportunity to have access to heaps of professional equipment and expertise! To make sure the program is relevant and easy to access we need to know what would work best for YOU. So please let us know what you think.
Sports Futures Traineeships
Sports Traineeship
The MSAC Institute of Training is a state of the art training centre for the sport and
recreation industry. The MSAC Institute of Training specialises in the provision of
aquatic, sport and recreation training courses.
An initiative of the State Sport Centres Trust (SSCT) and MSAC Institute of Training,
the Sportfutures traineeship program is designed to increase your knowledge and
experience of the sport and recreation industry thereby increasing your employability
through a flexible program of workplace based training at MSAC.
Throughout the year we offer up to 50 traineeships in our business.
You will gain a nationally recognised qualification, learn new skills and earn money
as you move through an education pathway within the sporting industry.
Traineeships can be undertaken as employment opportunities arise in roles such as:
- Membership Service and Sales
- Sport Retail
- Lifeguarding
- Swim School
- Fitness
For more information about the courses available and to view a sample of the
traineeship positions we have on offer please visit:
www.msacinstitute.com.au/traineeships
Or contact Rosy Waldron on 03 9926 1328
rosyw@ssct.com.au
HELP US FIND YOUNG CARERS VIA FACEBOOK!
Young people providing care to someone with a mental illness are one of the most hidden groups of people in key research and data collection activities targeting Australian carers. They also experience significant disadvantage and marginalisation as a result of their caring role. With the limited data available, we know that for young people, caring responsibilities can get in the way of school, casual jobs and socialising with friends and over the long-term, this can result in lower rates of employment and education participation, poorer physical and mental health and social isolation.
In order to address this disadvantage and properly meet the needs of young people caring for someone with a mental illness, we need to hear from young mental health carers directly.
The MHCA is seeking 1,000 responses from young mental health carers to its annual mental health carers survey via a Facebook survey application. All young mental health carers aged 13 to 18 in Australia are eligible to participate, and the MHCA is also offering a $20 pre-paid VISA gift-card to survey participants in recognition of their time and contribution. Log into Facebook and copy in this link to reach the survey http://www.facebook.com/youngcarersproject
The Young Carers Project (YCP) survey app will remain live on Facebook until the start of February 2012, or until 1,000 responses are collected.
For further information about the Mental Health Carers Project 2011-12, please contact Kate Judd via email at kate.judd@mhca.org.au, or Linda Rosie via email at linda.rosie@mhca.org.au or by phone on 02 6285 0810.
Source: Mental Health Council of Australia
Free Metlink Mega Cricket Clinic
Registrations are now open for two free Metlink Mega Cricket Clinics at the MCG.
Budding batters and bowlers aged 8 - 15 years have the chance to join their cricket heroes from the Commonwealth Bank Bushrangers and VicSpirit for an action packed clinic full of cricket skills, drills and thrills.
Registrations are available for two free sessions at the MCG so make sure you are on board!
While brushing up on cricket skills, kids will learn about the benefits of travelling on public transport, travelling with the right ticket and travelling safely.
There will be spot prizes, cool giveaways and the chance to score autographs and get your photo taken with the players. All clinics will finish with a sausage sizzle.
Kids who travel to the MCG Mega Clinic by public transport will go into a draw to win a prize pack including a family pass to Australia vs India, International T20 on the 3 February 2012, a Victorian Bushrangers signed bat and shirt and an MCG and Sports Museum Tour.
Register today! Join in the fun by visiting www.bushrangers.com.au (link opens in a new window)
Places are limited so get in quick.
Free Metlink Mega Cricket Clinic
Date: Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Time: Session 1: 10am with a sausage sizzle at 12 pm
Session 2: 2pm with a sausage sizzle at 4pm
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Club, MCG
Brunton Avenue, East Melbourne
Melway ref: 2G D7
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