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youth policy & youth work: YAPA's bimonthly news for youth workers: Dec 09-Jan10 contents list, download, subscribe, archive
Think young drivers get a rough deal? Want to do something about it?
YAPA and the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) are collaborating on an exciting new project - Driving You Crazy - Young Driver Research Project to collect data on how the 120-hour requirement for learner drivers impacts on the lives of young people, and to train four young people in research.
As part of the project, four Youth Research Volunteers will be recruited from inner Sydney, Blacktown, Hunter, and Northern NSW. YAPA will organise and finance professional training for the volunteers in how to conduct research (to be held in Sydney), and support them as they implement the research skills they learn to conduct focus groups and interviews in their area.
This project offers young people aged 16-24 an invaluable opportunity to learn new skills, meet new people, and work towards positive change for young drivers.
To receive an application pack, or to find out more about the project please contact Emily May, YAPA Policy and Training Officer on (02) 9281 5522 (Ext. 5), policy@yapa.org.au
other opportunities for young people
- Best same-sex attracted youth survey online
- What do YOU think about media reporting on illicit drugs?
- Indent Partnership Grants
- Australian Youth Rep to the United Nations
- Spanish and Latin American Youth
- The Red Cross Youth e-Zine
- ArtStart
> details in Opportunities
onsite: new from YAPA
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Evaluation of YAPA Youth Participation Grants Program (PDF 516KB) 7/09
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YAPA submission to NSW Government graffiti legal review (PDF 1.2MB) (from 2007, but still in demand!) 6/09
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Girls@Work: getting a fair go: High school resource on workplace issues that affect young people in general, & the particular needs of young women. 2008
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Fundraising fact sheet 9/08
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Young people & rangers: Self paced learning kit for rangers 6/08
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Juvenile Justice overcrowding shows need for reform YAPA media release 4/08
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Young carers: children and young people who help care in families where someone has an illness, a disability, a mental illness or who has an alcohol or other drug problem... They need to know that help is available to them... 4/08
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Meeting Places - Where People & Places Meet: Approaches to Public Space Management Guide by Pota Hatzopoulos & Garner Clancey. 2007 -
Shopping Centres: Considering youth issues in shopping centre development applications by Olivia Usien & Garner Clancey 2007 -
Young people & libraries: Self paced learning kit for librarians 2007
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We're here, we're queer, we're still in high school: "The gay teenager is a modern invention." 10/07
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Cyber Bullying – It's a Crime! Media Campaign - audio interview with John Laws about this project - large file 3.2MB wav format 11/07
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Young Shorties: Harrington Park Youth Arts (HYPA) team hold a short play performance festival celebrating the talents of local emerging writers and actors 11/07
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Skaters Unite: young skaters of Nambucca put on a skateboard festival 11/07
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Moree Superstar: Moree Plains Youth Council stage a singing contest extravaganza for young people 11/07
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Respecting young parents 11/07
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Steering young people straight (story & mp3 radio ads) 10/07
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YAPA skills report: Young people want to be trained to help themselves & help the skills shortage: media release & report 340KB PDF 8/07
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YAPA report: Young people want to be trained to help themselves & help the skills shortage 8/07
- media release
- report 340KB PDF
- Sydney Herald article
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YAPA has transport concession victory for apprentices & trainees 4/07
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Peace Train to Cronulla: 12/06
Read story or listen to mp3:
* 56kbps 2MB or * 128kbps 5MB
youthwork > new from YAPA
Working with young people with alcohol or other drug issues
A self paced learning package
To improve service delivery for young people by increasing the knowledge, skills and organisational capacity of youth workers on alcohol and other drug issues.
Working with young people with alcohol or other drug issues: A self paced learning package 12/07
A place for us
Young women's participation & access to youth services in western Sydney
Designed to improve the access of young women to services - will help you empower young women and explore new ways of affirming your commitment to them. More on A place for us 10/07
other new youthwork resources
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Cut the red tape! - insurance hassles in youth activities 5/08
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StreetWork Kickstart - an intensive support program for at risk youth in Sydney's north. 4/08
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Where can I be myself? GLBT. What does this mean? Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender doesn't really explain it. 4/08
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Ourspace? Yourspace? Myspace? ... some of our experiences and lessons learnt as many youth workers are a little bit “nervous” about venturing into myspace... 4/08
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Community Links: Life Stuff and Standing Strong: partnerships between Community Links Wollondilly and Picton High School 4/08
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Domestic & family violence: not just an adult issue: 2/08
* part 1: In young people's intimate relationships
* part 2: In the family home -
Young Parents Early Intervention Parenting Program (YPEIPP): prevention and early intervention program assisting young parents and their children through information, education and collaboration 12/07
Parenting Young Project: collaborative approach to working with young parents - support, information and recreation to parents under 24 through 2 groups. 12/07
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Young women take photos to explore relationships: Light, stills, emotion! 5/07 -
Opening the Doors: Working with young people who experience barriers using your service: disabilities, Aboriginal, gay & lesbian, early school leavers, rural, young women, young parents, refugee & migrant, mental health juvenile justice 3/07
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Professional supervision (PDF 312KB) 3/07
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Youth work in rural settings PDF 231KB 1/07
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Eurobodalla taxi voucher scheme 9/06
See also What's on for youth workers.
