Youth Conference 2008:
Participation into Action!
30 September, 1 & 2 October (school holidays)
YAPA's monthly news, views & info on youth issues & youthwork
opportunities for young people
- PROJECTeye
- Foundation for Young Australians
- ArtStart
- 2009 NSW Youth Week Website Design Competition
- Play Now Act Now
> details in Opportunities
Youth Participation Grants go statewide!
Young people aged 12-25 can apply for grants up to $5,500 for community activities in their local area.
More about Youth Participation Grants
Girls@Work: Getting a Fair Go
A teaching resource
An introduction to workplace issues for high school aged students, focusing on issues that affect young people in general, as well as the particular needs of young women.
Practical information for young people, especially young women, who may soon join the workforce. For use in curriculum areas eg:
- Commerce 7-10
- Work Education 7-10
- Personal Development, Health & Physical Education 7-10
- Life Education
Also valuable for youth centres and programs. More on Girls@Work: Getting a Fair Go
onsite: new from YAPA
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Young people & rangers: Self paced learning kit for rangers 6/08
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Sexual assault: 5/08
* If you have been sexually assaulted fact sheet
* If someone you know has been sexually assaulted fact sheet -
Between addicts and princesses: Why is it so hard to find a decent female role-model in the Australian media? 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
- Hope I don't fry before I get old: "...no generation before has ever had to worry about the death of the planet quite like us." 11/07
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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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Brawls, batons & beer goggles: Young people talk about alcohol (280KB 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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2006 Annual Report 6/07
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Third Dimension: social indicator for triple bottom line 3/07
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Black Dog in Orange 2/07
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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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Making a difference in Walgett: 3 successful youth projects in the Walgett, Collarenebri and Lightning Ridge communities 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
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Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW 1/08
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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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Anger management 8/07
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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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Parkside youth facility Gosford 12/06
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Regional Youth Support Services Gosford 12/06
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Eurobodalla taxi voucher scheme 9/06
See also for youth workers:
