Youth Opportunities Program

Arc @ UNSW Limited    

WELLCON Wellbeing Conference            

WELLCON is a two-day Wellbeing Conference that seeks to engage students from the UNSW and Randwick community with each other in the context of mental-health upskilling. Specifically, it looks to build young people’s skills to manage their own mental-health and build confidence and abilities to engage in their communities.        

$50,000

Arts and Cultural Exchange Incorporated             

Parrallax Project             

Parrallax brings together young artists from the Parramatta area for a series of workshops in fantastical costume making and alter ego development. Participants will develop costumes and props that highlight personal experiences and connections to places, and make fictional/fantastical self-portraits of alternative identities, shape shifting and new worlds.

$49,824

Arts North West Incorporated  

The Coolabah Project   

The Coolabah Project empowers young cultural leaders to develop youth focused and participant led cultural tours within the Gomeroi Nation. The Project focuses on revitalising and promoting culture and creating opportunities for youth empowerment and employment.

$50,000

Body Confident Collective Limited         

Embrace Kids NSW Youth Activation Project      

Embrace Kids NSW Youth Activation Project will empower Youth Champions to implement social change initiatives that will help to prevent body image concerns. Collectively these Youth Champions will reach 50,000 young people across NSW with change projects that enhance the physical health, mental health, and wellbeing of participants.

$50,000

Brewarrina Local Aboriginal Land Council            

Tomorrows CEO's           

Tomorrows CEO's program is designed to support, mentor and instil grassroots leadership traits in young school leavers.

$50,000

Broken Hill City Council

Immersive Youth Creation          

Immersive Youth Creation is a series of ten diverse youth-led arts and cultural workshops for young people in Broken Hill aged 12-24 years. The workshops offer creative skills that young participants can then perform demonstrate or sell at an inclusive and social community event to celebrate young people in the city.              

$50,000

Colly Gamilaraay Indigenous Corporation           

Collarenebri Youth Leadership Program               

The Collarenebri Youth Leadership Program aims to establish a local Collarrenebri Youth Advisory Council designed for youth by youth, to support community inclusion and to provide young people with a voice on issues that are important to them.        

$45,000

Community Links Wellbeing Limited     

Gamal Community Yarning Circle            

This intergenerational project will bring Aboriginal young people and Elders together to develop a cultural learning space with the aim of enhancing culture and building a yarning circle, native garden and arts space.         

$42,400

Culture College Arnhem Land Aboriginal Corporation    

Bundjalung Culture College Camp           

Bundjalung Culture College will hold a camp for Bundjalung youth from across the Bundjalung Nation, in partnership with leading educators of the Bundjalung community, and guided by Culture College Yolngu Directors, Elders and mentors.            

$50,000

Epilepsy Action Australia             

Youth Peer Support and Conference - Connecting Young Australians with Epilepsy

The Youth Peer Support and Conference will give young people with epilepsy a voice while also tackling common issues of isolation, discrimination, and anxiety. The project includes a facilitated online support group and a two-day face-to-face conference run by Youth Ambassadors with support of a Registered Nurse.

$48,000

Fairfield City Council

One Pot at a Time          

One Pot at a Time is a storytelling project aiming to foster intergenerational understanding between multicultural young people and their families. Through cooking and digital storytelling, this project aims to create a middle ground and elevate young people's views on culture. Bridging the intergenerational divide, One Pot at a Time.    

$50,000

Glebe Youth Service Incorporated          

Youth-led Covid Recovery Event Delivery (Youth CRED)

The Youth CRED project delivers youth-led community events designed to heal from the harmful impacts of Covid-19.  Young people will design and implement community events that are inclusive, accessible and open to all young people and, in some instances, the wider community. The project will improve social inclusion and develop future leaders.

$44,662

Holroyd Youth Services Incorporated    

MYC: Uncensored          

MYC: Uncensored is a podcast project that provides young people with the opportunity to develop new skills through consulting, creating, producing, recording, editing and uploading a podcast. Podcasts will discuss topics such as anxiety, depression, health, social media, school, life and more.

$30,011

Inner Sydney Regional Council for Social Development Incorporated     

Inner Sydney Youth Voice           

The Inner Sydney Youth Voice Project supports and mentors a publication team of interns (young people) to lead and create original content and collateral for the Inner Sydney Youth Voice publication. The Project will deliver community leadership, workplace participation, media and communication skills opportunities for young people living in the Inner Sydney region. 

$48,000

Inspiring Hope Incorporated      

Inspire Teens Leaving Care Workshop   

The Inspire Teens Leaving Care Workshop was designed by girls who have left foster care for girls who are leaving foster care. The workshop will be a positive, empowering and uplifting weekend for girls to learn practical life skills and walk away with practical help and skills to set up their futures.

$46,400

Lake Macquarie Suicide Prevention Network    

The Young Healthy Minds Network        

The Young Healthy Minds Network empowers young people to gain skills, knowledge and opportunity to promote positive mental health and suicide prevention through training and ongoing support. Participants will undertake the planning and facilitation of events, health promotion activities and public speaking to promote and advocate for positive mental health. 

$50,000

LeaderLife Limited         

Let's Grow - A Market Garden  

The Let's Grow - A Market Garden project will largely grow fresh, local, chemical-free fruit and vegetables through Syntrophic Agroforestry principles. Young people at-risk will develop a market garden of fresh food boxes available for purchase by the local community.            

$50,000

Little Wings Limited

Little Wings: Soaring Towards Zero Bullying       

The Little Wings project will deliver a youth-led awareness and anti-bullying campaign, targeting behaviours against sick children attending rural/regional schools. Recently recovered or recovering youth will speak to schools in rural/regional NSW to share their stories on the impact of bullying, and how to healthily include sick children in school. 

$50,000

Many Mobs Indigenous Corporation     

Many Mobs Youth Opportunities for Cultural Training Program

The Many Mobs Youth Opportunities for Cultural Training Program was designed by the Many Mobs Indigenous Corporation youth Group and Bangerang Elders to overcome the barriers of not knowing your own Indigenous history.               

$48,300

Murwillumbah Community Centre Incorporated

Murwillumbah Youth Action Project      

The Murwillumbah Youth Action Project will establish a local Youth Action Group to act as a platform for young people to build capacity and showcase their skills and talents. The Youth Action Group will design, develop and manage a music and cultural community event during Youth Week 2023.

$50,000

NFP Village Works Pty Limited 

FUTUREPROOF Youth Music Festival and Industry Education Program   

FUTUREPROOF is a youth driven initiative facilitating live performance and production opportunities for young people and supporting their participation in the performing arts. Participants will gain 'real world' experience engaging in all aspects of running live music events including performing, sound and lighting operation, stage management, promotion and graphic design.  

$24,480

Ngunya Jarjum Aboriginal Corporation 

Young Ones       

The Young Ones project will engage young leaders employed with Ngunya Jarjum to host four youth forums for vulnerable youth. Forums will include discussions on matters of priority including healthy relationships, violence, self-care and impacts of disaster on wellbeing.           

$50,000

Project Youth   

Cafe Y Youth Program   

The Cafe Y project is a 100% youth led social enterprise cafe in Menai NSW. It is the first of its kind and is totally operated, managed and led by young people who have faced disadvantages in their lives. Cafe Y will give young people a chance for a future with safe and secure employment opportunities.    

$40,000

Randwick City Council  

The Youth Volunteer Project     

Through the Youth Volunteer Project, young people in the community will have access to learn knowledge and skills as well as strengthen their ability to participate in the local community and support their future social and economic participation.    

$15,450

RiverTracks Incorporated            

RiverTracks Real Trades Project

The RiverTracks Real Trades Project will engage disengaged young people in trade skills development workshops twice a week. Workshops will support the development of work skills and viable employment pathways align to their strengths and interests. The project will build participants' self-worth and connection with potential employers and networks.          

$46,200

Rural Financial Counselling Service, NSW - Southern Region Limited      

Financial Literacy for Young Farmers     

The Financial Literacy for Young Farmer project is a financial skills program for young prospective farmers developed in consultation with young farmers.        

$36,708

Sydney University Settlement  

Youth Mentor Community Employment Pathway Program         

Youth Mentor Community Employment Pathway Program aims to support Indigenous young people to develop their leadership skills and employment pathways within the community service sector. The project will support local Indigenous young people in transitional Youth Mentor roles within existing Settlement Neighbourhood Centre programs, and provided with targeted support into employment and further education.

$50,000

The Skill Engineer Limited          

Digi Van              

Digi Van is a multimedia mobile project that will engage young people to create content that will tell the stories that reflect their voice and the community's voice. It will increase the contributors’ communication and media skills directing them towards creative digital pathways that will lead to future employment opportunities.       

$49,986

The Trustee for Creating Chances Trust 

Game Changer for Young People in Regional NSW - Armidale    

The Game Changer project will empower young people living in Armidale, regional NSW, with skills and knowledge to be agents of change in their community. Participants will deliver two epic events to benefit other young people and the wider Armidale community.

$42,850

Walcha Council

Walcha Youth Gym Project

The Walcha Youth Gym Project will engage local resources to better the health and wellbeing of young people in the community by making the Walcha Community Gymnasium inclusive of all Walcha youth aged 16-24yrs.  

$25,360

Warrumbungle Shire Council    

Youth Connections        

The Youth Connections project is a youth-led and youth- driven project that will employ a local young person one day per week to coordinate a local youth network. The project will build local youth leadership skills, empower youth voices, and share young people's ideas.

$39,800

Windgap Foundation Limited    

My Voice My Choice

My Voice My Choice is a co-designed podcast project that will give young people with intellectual disability a voice and platform to express themselves. By tackling topics important to them, participants will build their confidence, support each other, and display the talents of people with intellectual disability, to the community.         

$30,000

Wollondilly Shire Council           

Engaging Young Women in Non-Traditional Trades         

Engaging Young Women in Non-Traditional Trades project will enable 15 young women to complete training that provides skills and certifications to gain employment in the future. The project will engage training providers to deliver White Card, Yellow card, Chemqual and Senior First Aid training, as well as developing skills in employment preparation and resume writing.              

$49,684

Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation           

Deadly Community: Wonnarua Community Connections Program for At-Risk Indigenous Youth

The Deadly Community project will enhance at-risk Indigenous young people's cultural competence, healthy habits and wellbeing. Engaging regional at-risk Indigenous young people with the local Indigenous community will increase their cultural capability, belonging and connection to their culture, enabling them to succeed in schooling and life.               

$49,668

Young Men's Christian Association Of Sydney   

Empowered Minds        

Empowered Minds is a leadership and empowerment project designed and delivered by young people aged 16-25. Increasing self-worth, inner-strength, leadership, and agency, Empowered Minds will contribute to a more equitable and safer community, promoting mental health literacy, social, emotional and physical wellbeing of the Parramatta community.       

$50,000

107 Projects Incorporated
Accelerate: 107 and Shopfront Arts Co-op’s Creative Youth Workshop Program

ACCELERATE Youth Creative Workshops is a youth-led program at 107 Redfern in partnership with Shopfront Arts Co-op. A creative workshop program for local young people aged 12 to 24 with the opportunity to create and participate in artistic workshops while gaining skills to facilitate employment pathways

$50,000

Acon Health Limited
BreakOUT - Youth Inclusion Project

The BreakOUT Youth Inclusion project is a youth-led, youth-driven community inclusion and leadership development project, for LGBTQ+ young people. BreakOUT provides mentorship and support for young people to gain practical skills, professional experience, and networks for further employment through community events and activities that increase wellbeing/participation among LGBTQ+ young people.

$35,540

African Youth Initiative Centres Limited
African Youth Cultural Exhibition

The first African Youth Cultural Exhibition in Sydney will bring together young Africans to explore their cultural heritage and cultural needs. The project aims to bring young Africans together with African films, books, cuisine, dance, music, artworks, fashion, health, storytelling, and literary writing.

$50,000

Albury City Council
Community Connect

Youth-led and youth-driven, the Community Connect sports program targets low socio-economic and public housing communities to address social division and offer leadership and employment opportunities to disadvantaged young people. Sixteen local young people will lead the project.

$40,000

Arts & Cultural Exchange Inc (Formerly ICE)
Still Growing Collective: pathways to employment in creative industries

A First Nations youth designed-and-led program of mentorships, development labs, and artwork, dance and music creation. Project includes supported career pathways, opportunities for participants to grow into facilitator roles, support to develop, fund, manage and design future projects. The program is built on culturally specific and safe methods of engagement.

$49,400

Australian Red Cross Society
Garindja Milumba (Dhurga language words meaning Youth Shine)

The Garindja Milumba (Youth Shine) project will empower 45 young Aboriginal people from the Eurobodalla Shire on beautiful Yuin country to develop confidence, skills and connections for future careers in the tourism sector, building on their deep connection to culture, community and country.

$50,000

Cowra Show Society Inc
Volunteering for robust real-world experience

The development of young steward volunteers to gain transferable skills that include communication, presentation, negotiation, conflict resolution, project and event management, report writing, budgeting, dealing with the media and volunteering. This program will help youth fill their resumes with robust real-world experience that education institutes and employers look for.

$46,580

Epilepsy Action Australia
Youth HQ: Vodcast and Peer Support Program

Youth HQ: Vodcast Series and Peer Support Program is the brainchild of our Youth Ambassadors. These youth-driven initiatives will give young people with epilepsy a voice while also tackling common issues of isolation, discrimination, and anxiety. The vodcasts will also reduce the stigma about epilepsy in the community.

$45,180

Fairfield City Council
Work-Pad

Work-Pad is the one-stop-shop for young people in Fairfield City who are looking for or starting their first job. What do we need to know when jumping into the workforce? Grab a pen, grab a pad, and get to work!

$50,000

Fairhaven Services Ltd
Planter Project

To provide our Central Coast school leaver transition to employment support program, with structured, on-going work experience that offers various skill development opportunities. The “Planter Project” offers a long-term solution to providing work experience for school leavers living with disability, who choose to be a part of the project.

$30,080

Georges River Council
'How to Adult'

‘How to Adult’ will provide young people with a range of practical life skills. Hands-on, tangible workshops, such as vehicle maintenance, cooking, applying for jobs, finance management, and first aid will give participants the boost they need to live confidently and independently as young adults within our community.

$16,200

Goulburn Mulwaree Council
Employability Skills Video Resume

Video resumes provide an opportunity for young people with disability to use electronic media which they feel confident to communicate their strengths and experience to potential employers. Video resumes can also inform an employer of the supports the individual might bring to aid successful communication in a follow up interview.

$30,646

Hockey New South Wales Limited
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Program

The Hockey NSW Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) Engagement Program is designed to engage and increase participation for ATSI young people in NSW and offer them the opportunity to plan, develop and implement community activities across NSW under the guidance of our ATSI Ambassadors, including Hockeyroo-Olympian Mariah Williams from Parkes NSW.

$24,600

Human Nature Adventure Therapy Ltd
Connecting our Future (CoF) - Empowering young people

Connecting our Future will empower disadvantaged young people to learn key skills that support their journey to independence. Knowledge and essential life skills will be developed at a dynamic overnight retreat that includes workshops and nature-based adventures, to empower them to overcome barriers and connect with their local communities.

$47,998

Hunter's Hill Council
Boronia Park Bike Track

Boronia Park Bike Group - A group of committed youth creating a space where people of all abilities are welcomed and encouraged to participate in all aspects of bike riding. The project involves designing, building, maintaining and activating a bike track located in Boronia Park.

$36,000

Just Reinvest NSW Inc
Mounty Yarns - Listen to Change

A festival in Mt Druitt to showcase the ideas, talents and solutions of Aboriginal young people (AYP) with lived experience of the criminal legal system. It would be an opportunity for AYP to be listened to and create a pathway forward with community, government and services, being led by AYP.

$45,000

Leaderlife Limited
Expanding The Impact: ‘Let’s Grow’ LeaderLife’s Social Enterprise

LeaderLife’s newest social enterprise is expanding; to grow more employment opportunities for young males at-risk in Dubbo. To create lasting impact and pathways to mainstream employment, LeaderLife’s young people will gain on job training and skills across a broad range of industries including landscaping, maintenance, construction and farming.

$50,000

Marian Street Theatre For Young People Incorporated
Youth Take Over

“Take Over” is a multi-art form, place-making, youth empowerment project. Young people will transform and reclaim local spaces by creating 6 site specific works, to be displayed digitally, in-situ and digitally for their peers and local community for twelve months.

$46,000

Mid-coast Council
The S.P.A.C.E. Project (working title)

The S.P.A.C.E. (Supporting Participation in the Arts, Culture and the Environment) Project will employ a young person and establish a youth steering committee to design and implement twelve Arts, Cultural and Environmental workshops throughout the Mid-Coast.

$41,845

Moree Sports Health Arts and Education Academy Aboriginal Corporation
Growing Youth Leadership Project

The Growing Youth Leadership Project focuses on the dual opportunity of Aboriginal young people growing their leadership skills and community connections, whilst growing and propagating native plants and vegetables through a youth-run community garden in the Moree SHAE Academy grounds.

$50,000

Multicultural Communities Council Of Illawarra Limited
Amplifying M-Voices

Amplifying M-Voices aims to provide a forum for CALD youth to explore and collectively unpack topics of concern and of interest that affects them as youth form cultural diverse backgrounds. Through a youth led and peer-to-peer mentoring approach, youth will learn the skills to produce podcasts to amplify their voices.

$47,966

Murray Conservatorium Inc
Disability enrichment through music

We will conduct weekly group music classes both face to face and online, aimed at young people with special needs. We aim to engage youth in various musical activities, to build their musical ability, and confidence while making friends along the way and finding their love for music.

$44,440

Narrabri Shire Council
Narrabri Youth Mental Health Podcasts and Training

The Narrabri Youth Mental Health Awareness and Podcast project will provide end to end training for a group of young people from the Narrabri Shire enabling them to develop and market a podcast series discussing  sensitive mental health topics  to break down barriers and destigmatise youth mental health.

$49,250

NSW Service For The Treatment And Rehabilitation Of Torture And Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)
Youth Directions

Youth Directions aims to promote participation and increase the well-being of young Ezidi refugees n Armidale. Managed by a STARTTS Youth Officer the project will include a program of 40 facilitated workshops and 2 school holiday camps focusing on health and well-being, arts and culture, social connected-ness and sport and recreation.

$50,000

Orana Arts Inc
NaDR Kumi Daiko

A youth driven project of regional connection along global pathways. Harnessing the energy and passion of Taiko drumming, regional youth will connect with youth in urban centres and overseas as they chart their journey to being connected global citizens.

$42,000

Orana Support Service Incorporated
Mobile Youth Community Cafe

Orana Support will assist youth from the Orana region of all backgrounds to gain experience, knowledge and qualifications that they can use to gain employment. Youth will gain hands on experience in customer service, hospitality, marketing, networking and cultural differences.

$35,000

Police Citizens Youth Clubs NSW Ltd
Youth Coaching

PCYC Penrith Youth Committee wish to engage disadvantaged youth through the provision of a gym and fitness-coaching project. A positive mentor will run daily sessions to develop fitness, promote healthier lifestyles, build self-confidence, set goals and improve connections to the community and future employment.

$49,750

Project Youth
The Soul Language Collective

The Soul Language collective is a youth led music initiative where creative young people collaborate on music, songs, video and artwork with the aim of building connections, upskilling in music, reducing isolation, improving well-being and creating a compilation album.

$14,775

Queanbeyan-palerang Regional Council
"More at Moore Park" Skate Bowl Mural & Launch

This project will involve local youth working with a professional mural artist to design and paint a mural inside the Moore Park Skate-bowl in Queanbeyan. This grassroots, youth-driven creative arts project will empower young people to develop their skills in street art, design, event management, leadership, and sport and recreation.

$41,450

Rotary Club Of Charlestown Incorporated
Life Kitchen, Life Skills

Life Kitchen Project will engage, educate and deliver a program focusing on developing life skills of young people through cooking. We will deliver group sessions to upskill, build independence, develop self-esteem and educate. Our focus is to develop knowledge and encourage interaction with family, friends and community members.

$49,650

Rufftrack Limited
Ruff-TRUCK mobile coffee/food van and market stall

Ruff-TRUCK mobile coffee/food van and market stall social enterprise aims to provide young people a skill-up opportunity for future employment and business knowledge. It helps young people engage with community in a positive way, learning to manage emotions / communication and building confidence in public and ultimately changing community perspectives.

$42,998

Scarf Incorporated (now known as Multicultural Communities Council Of Illawarra)
Healthy Communities Youth Project

The Healthy Communities Youth Project will Promote positive mental and physical health for young people from refugee backgrounds. The project uses a holistic approach to engage young people in activities that will equip them with the skills to navigate life’s challenges in an empowering way, whilst developing their sense of connection to community.

$49,205

ShoreTrack Ltd
ShoreTrack Mowing

ShoreTracting (ST-ING) is a social enterprise designed to provide opportunities for marginalised youth to develop employability skills to build self-worth and provide training that delivers an understanding of the world of work that will better prepare participants for their employment pathways and allow them to build community-based partnerships and networks.

$50,000

SNPHN Ltd
Indigenous Youth Cultural Program

The Indigenous Youth Cultural Program will provide youth led cultural content for improved cultural and social connectedness for Indigenous youth aged 12 - 17 years in the SNHN region over the 12 months of the program.

$16,100

Somali Australian Community Association of NSW (SACA)
Youth Activating Youth (YAY) Project

The Youth Activating Youth (YAY) project is a culturally appropriate project for African and CALD young people in Western and South-West Sydney. YAY will seek to address issues that are important to young African and CALD people.

$43,500

South West Arts Incorporated
Indigenous Youth Creative Mentoring Project

Indigenous RAP Artists J-MILLA and Barkaa will mentor, coach and train Indigenous youth from Deniliquin and district in music mixing, dance, song writing, production and performance enabling young-people to plan, learn, lead and develop culturally-authentic music for release on The ENDFM youth radio station and live-performances at a local youth festival.

$47,630

South West Music Inc
Deni Youth Music Festival

Local live youth music festival led and run by local youth, where youth are supported and mentored by South West Music and partners. The young people will develop a range of event production, music performance and promotions skills and grow in capability and confidence.

$47,620

Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation Limited
“On air with ChIPS” Podcast: Chronic Illness Peer Support

Young people from the Chronic Illness Peer Support (ChIPS) program will lead a new project seeking to explore the complex and multifaceted issues affecting youth today through a podcast series. This youth-led project conceptualises diverse ways of understanding and communicating shared experiences for young people living with chronic health conditions.

$27,188

Sydney Stepping Stone Inc
Telling Our Stories - Advocacy and Employment through Digital Storytelling

“Telling Our Stories” will give homeless youth a voice by empowering Stepping Stone House young people with the skills and advocacy training they need to safely share their lived experience with the community. Through in-house workshops, including videography, podcasting, and social media, youth will create digital narratives that express their unique stories.

$41,770

Talk2mebro Inc
The Lifehacks Program

Lifehacks empowers young people who are wrestling with the physical, emotional and psychological changes happening in their lives. Young people participate in three immersive programs that will give them skills to design and deliver their own change initiatives so they can drive change in their own communities.

$50,000

Temora Shire Council
Temora Youth Leadership Program

The Temora Youth Leadership Program aims to encourage our young people to be the next generation of aspirational leaders. Local community leaders and guest presenters will help develop skills in leadership; social responsibility; self-reflection; public speaking; interpersonal skills; connecting to community and team building during regular workshops.

$12,746

The Council Of Camden
Camden’s Youth JobLinker Program

An employment program developed by young people and supported by Camden Council. Based out of Julia Reserve Youth Centre in Oran Park, young people will be given the opportunity to gain qualifications, discover possible career pathways, develop employability skills, and be linked to local employment opportunities.

$50,000

Tirkandi Inaburra Cultural & Development Centre Inc
The Tirkandi Young Fellas in-Community Program

Following their 3-month residential program at the Tirkandi facility, our young fellas will be provided with in-community support which will form the long-term foundation of continuing their journeys to maintain cultural identity, strengthen physical and mental health, realise their educational and vocational goals, and form positive community partnerships and relationships.

$50,000

UN Youth NSW Inc
Write Place, Right Time: Regional Young People Thinking Out Loud

This project will amplify the voices of school-aged youth in regional/rural communities across NSW by publishing an anthology of their creative works about connections to place and community. It will develop written, verbal, and visual literacy skills through creative writing workshops led by youth mentors aged 17-25.

$36,060

Wagga Wagga City Council
We've got the drive

We've got the drive! aims to address a gap within our youth population located in some of Wagga's most vulnerable suburbs. It is designed to assist them in getting their learners license, through to obtaining a portion of their hours needed to obtain their full license.

$49,665

Wingecarribee Shire Council
FUN 'da MENTAL

FUN ‘da MENTAL focuses on the health and wellbeing of young people through interactive engagement in creative arts. The project will open opportunities for young people to strengthen their connection and belonging to the local area through showcasing their talents in a variety of mediums.

$50,000

Wollongong City Council
Reignite

A series of free music events in Wollongong CBD and surrounding suburbs developed and delivered by young people to celebrate diverse youth communities after COVID-19 restrictions and lockdown. Targeted events for CALD, ATSI, LGBTQIA+, living with disability and mental health delivered by young people working with key community partner services.

Auburn Youth Centre Inc
Sport, Health and a Happy Community

The project is a holistic, sports-based mentoring program that will develop leadership skills and create employment pathways. The project targets young people of CALD backgrounds and is designed to improve physical, mental and emotional well being and equip young people with confidence, transferable skills and qualifications for further study and employment.

$45,850

Boambee East Community Centre Inc
Country to Coast Creativity

Young people will be supported to develop and run a series of “Pop Up” art, cultural and music workshops in communities across the Coffs Harbour LGA, with a focus on rural isolated communities, culminating in a showcase event.
Providing much-needed opportunities for young people to participate in/and contribute to their communities.

$49,950

Boys To The Bush Ltd
Shed Talks - Boys to the Bush

Youth Opportunities funding will support the creation of three Boys to the Bush (BttB) Shed Talks projects in Albury, Forbes and Bathurst, offering up to 300 disadvantaged regional youth aged 10-19yrs significantly more opportunities to meet, eat and mix with members of their local community in 2021.

$45,000

Burraga Foundation Ltd
Storylines Youth Ambassadors

Sharing stories from the past and present, to inspire the future. Young people will participate in local
workshops discussing what is important to them about their local culture, history and
heritage, then learn the skills and protocols required to engage and consult with their Aboriginal
community and Elders to produce stories.

$45,000

Byron Youth Service Inc
Creatures Youth Arts Project: exploring belonging in post-pandemic Byron Bay

Creatures is a youth-led multi-artform project addressing the social exclusion of at-risk young people in the Byron Shire as we emerge from the pandemic. Young people will create, perform and exhibit visual arts, physical theatre and songwriting to express their identity and belonging in the community.

$33,950

Canterbury-Bankstown Council
Youth Crew's Community Connect Project

The Community Connect Project will operate out of Belmore Youth Resource Centre and train Council’s Youth Crew to host peer-led support groups which explore issues of concern for youth and increase belonging in the community. The centre will also host monthly training to develop employment and other life skills.

$50,000

Corowa District Landcare Incorporated
Youth, Create and Celebrate Environment Project

Emerging leaders will develop an environmentally focused wetland project connecting youth with community groups in rural and isolated communities. Mentoring and training from community leaders will empower youth to engage with revegetation projects, creating habitat for threatened and endangered species, digital storytelling, arts and environmental workshops, building community connections and capacity.

$40,000

Enough Is Enough Anti Violence Movement Incorporated
Youth Ally

Youth Ally will give a voice to young people to discuss mental health issues that young people face, exacerbated by the current global pandemic. This will include a fortnightly production of podcasts, training and development events and a film competition for young people, judged by young people.

$17,000

Gallipoli Turkish Cultural Foundation Limited
Greater participation through Confident Identities

GPTCI aims to strengthen the self-identity, self-esteem and confidence of CALD youth living in and around Auburn NSW via a multicultural youth expo showcasing their unique culture and individual talents, followed by the creation of an online platform for participants to network, access information and share opportunities for community participation.

$33,769.00

Greenacre Area Community Centre Incorporated
Greenacre Youth Hub (GYH)

The Greenacre Youth Hub is a physical space dedicated to young people for the pursuit of activities and programs to address important community issues.  
The "Hub" consists of fortnightly sessions including Cafe' style social and informal get-togethers, sporting and recreational activities, arts-based cultural activities and life skills workshops.

$31,500

Host International Ltd.
Cultural Transitions: Migrant Youth and communities becoming Australian

The Cultural Transitions project will create a dynamic film resource made by young migrants and refugees exploring belonging, family and community dynamics during settlement. The aim of the project is to bridge perspectives between youth, family, community leaders and service providers through exploring what it means to become Australian.

$50,000

Kurranulla Aboriginal Corporation
Aboriginal Youth Mentoring Program - Positive Connections

The Positive Connections project will establish an Aboriginal youth network based on cultural safety, with group activities and individual mentoring. Building a holistic approach for young Aboriginal people 12 - 18 years in the Sutherland Shire will address the absence of services for Aboriginal youth and provide a much-needed connection to culture and community.

$49,800

Kyogle Together Incorporated
Swoopin' Season Mentor Program

Swoopin’ Season Mentor Program will employ a local person in the position of Youth Community Development Officer to support ‘younger’ young people (aged 12-18) to identify, organise, host and analyse an event or training opportunity of their choosing in their specific community of the Kyogle LGA.

$50,000

Leaderlife Limited
Giving Young People a Zest For Life

LeaderLife will take their lime farm impact enterprise to the next level by manufacturing lime cordial and other value-adding products. For young people with complex histories, having unique opportunities, finding purpose, supported employment and positive mentors are paramount to helping them work and live their best life.

$50,000

Lithgow City Council
Create Lithgow

Create Lithgow is a year-long project of professional development for young people in the creative industries. These young people will develop skills in event management, media and communications, self-publishing, recording and contracts, sound mixing and various other aspects of the creative industry.

$42,000

Marathon Health Ltd
Sound Check

The 'headspace Sound Check' will provide young people with a safe place without barriers to practice and connect via music in a group setting while being supported by skilled mentors. The project aims to provide a pathway to performance along with supporting young musicians in exploring their musical creativity.

$38,130

Miyay Birray Youth Service Inc
Youth and community participation Project

The project focuses on leadership and youth-led events. Miyay Birray Youth Service Advisory
Group will work to deliver a series of youth-led events and workshops within Moree and
Mungindi. The aim is to increase youth participation and engagement whilst increasing
opportunities for young people to develop leadership skills and knowledge.

$46,300

Moree Plains Shire Council
Lets Connect Youth Camp

I know my friend needs help, but I do not know how to help them.  The Moree Youth Group will be delivering three, one-day, Lets Connect Youth Camps in Moree, Mungindi and Boggabilla. The aim of each camp is to provide young people with the tools to help others.

$23,550

Nambucca Valley Youth Services Inc
Youth Mobile Cafe  -  On Track and Reaching Community

The Youth Mobile Cafe supports young people to build confidence and experience, and gain knowledge and skills transferable across life-work. Young people will explore hospitality, communication, business and self-care, and practise through hands-on learning. Teams will run the Cafe at local events, celebrate their achievements and connect with peers and the wider community.

$50,000.00

North Sydney Council
Mates, dates and everything in between: youth-produced relationship podcasts

Through a podcast series, this project drives meaningful conversations about young adult relationships. Young people will be mentored by health professionals and media curators to create supportive and informative podcasting episodes. In turn, podcast listeners will learn how to assess the health of their relationships and recognise patterns of abuse.

$30,264

Northern Beaches Council
Events by Youth for Youth (Working Title)

Events for Youth by Youth is an opportunity for young people to learn project management and be mentored by industry professionals and the Library and Youth team. Mentorship will upskill, inspire and empower young people to run events to improve access, inclusion, and subsequent wellbeing.

$44,600.00

NSW Service For The Treatment And Rehabilitation Of Torture And Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)
Arts@STARTTS_Sharing Stories Sharing Place

Arts@STARTTS_Sharing Stories Sharing Place is a weekly drama program for local refugee young people aged 12 to 18 years designed to develop arts-based skills while building trust, connection and a sense of community belonging.

$39,550

One Giant Leap Australia Foundation Ltd
The Gadget Girls

The Gadget Girls aim to break down the gender imbalance in robotics, coding and programming. Girls in Years 5 to 7 will attend community workshops to build their skills and confidence, inspiring them to take up a STEM career and building a state-wide support network.

$46,240

Project Youth Incorporated
Labour Y peer ed

Project Youth Labour Y peer education - work readiness program will assist young people to increase their employability skills, access employment options and strive to achieve personal and professional goals through inspiring peer education and mentoring by young entrepreneurs and business volunteers.

$50,000

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
Media Arts for Queanbeyan-Palerang Youth

Media Arts for Queanbeyan-Palerang Youth project will provide mentoring for young people by developing media-arts & film-making skills, to produce their own short films from a variety of processes. The project will culminate in a youth-driven, organised and curated film festival, showcasing their videos to the community.

$40,600

Southern Youth And Family Services Limited
Our Voices

The project will allow young people to come together to express the issues affecting them through songs and music through a series of workshops aimed at developing their musical skills to write and record their work in a recording studio and then perform their work to an appropriately sized audience.

$39,500

St George Community Housing Limited
Youth 4 Unity

Youth 4 Unity will see community housing provider SGCH partner with their established Youth Council in Bonnyrigg to set up a number of groups for youth living in SGCH’s social and affordable housing across Sydney. These groups will plan and implement a range of programs to engage and empower youth.

$50,000

Sydney University Settlement
Strong Minds and Healthy Spirits Young Men's and Women's Groups

Strong Minds and Healthy Spirits' is a program for young men and young women running over 4 terms in 2021 that will be designed and delivered with and by young people focussing on building knowledge, skills, and confidence to take control of their social, emotional and physical health and wellbeing.

$50,000

Temora Shire Council
T-Town YOUthMade Markets

T-Town YOUthMade Markets connects young entrepreneurs with experienced business owners to create a mentoring opportunity in which the youth will develop skills in financial literacy, product development, retail sales, promotion, marketing and branding; then supporting the young people to sell their products to the public in a professional setting.

$16,830

The Council Of The Municipality Of Kiama
Create to Connect

A youth-driven creative arts project that empowers young people to develop their skills by linking them with inter-generational mentoring, skill development and opportunities to showcase their work. The project will leverage the mental health, well being and career-enhancing benefits of self-expression through creative exploration and community connection.

$49,980

The Foundation For Young Australians
Street 2 Stage

The Street to Stage project will train and employ young people with a lived experience of homelessness to design and deliver a creative learning and development model that will support young people at risk of or experiencing homelessness to build their enterprising skills through creativity and music.

$50,000.00

The Northcott Society
Experience Tasker: Youth-led work experience for young people with disability

Young people with disability in Casula will boost their community engagement and independence by establishing a simulated support business to develop vocational skills and access positive and authentic work experience. The social venture will empower their growth mindset, agility, skills and practical experience to embrace work and life opportunities.

$49,727

Waverley Action For Youth Services
WAYS Youth Connecting with Community

The WAYS Youth Connecting with Community project is a youth-led initiative to provide increased involvement and support for community organisations and events that assist people in need in the Bondi and Waverly area of Sydney.

$47,000

Winanga-Li Aboriginal Child and Family Centre Incorporated
Yarn & Circle

Yarn & Circle is an initiative to build the capacity of young people to practice mindfulness techniques and support each other through the timeless art of weaving. Weaving circles are an evidenced method of creating a safe space for women to connect, share and bond.

$27,428

Yp Space Mnc Incorporated
YPS SWAG Podcasting Project

The YPS SWAG Podcasting Project is a youth-led platform for young people to have a voice on issues affecting youth in the Kempsey - Port Macquarie region. The process of creating a series of podcasts will provide opportunities to improve skills such as leadership, communication, problem solving and networking.

$10,000

Australian Red Cross
Our Futures Our Way

Our Futures Our Way (OFOW) is a youth-led project that will support vulnerable young people by providing opportunities for them to thrive through improved physical and mental health, well-being and connection to Aboriginal cultural identity. Young people will be empowered to drive local change and create opportunities for themselves.

$32,000

Ballina Shire Council
Ignite Youth Animator

Five creative squads will collaborate on four Stop Motion short-film animations guided by professional artist and filmmaker mentors. Participants will discover the creative potential of Stop Motion Animation as an art form to tell stories and explore adventurous ideas and organise their own red carpet screening event.

$26,900

Camden Council
Camden's Creatives Take The Lead

A Project Leadership Team will have the opportunity to develop employability skills through the management of four youth led events within the Camden LGA. Young people will be supported by professional mentors from within Council and the community. Feedback from the events will inform future strategies for Camden’s young people.

$50,000

Campbell Page
Indigenous Youth Network Unite

Indigenous Youth Network Unite! provides an opportunity and a platform for young Aboriginal people in Eden and Wallaga Lake to have a say in their own community.  It establishes a mechanism to set up and drive a youth-led agenda to increase access and inclusion in community development.

$42,850

CareSouth
Adulting 101

Young homeless people will learn 'adulting' skills while in crisis and transitional housing with CareSouth's Shoalhaven Youth Support service. These skills will include: Financial literacy, how to vote, access to stable housing, employment pathways and job interview success. They will also plan and host a lunch or dinner for the speakers to exercise their planning, budgeting and cooking skills.

$12,500

Christian Community Aid
BEATL: Bravely Empowering Adolescents to Lead – Drumming Skills and Leadership

BEATL (Bravely Empowering Adolescents to Lead) will teach 20 Ryde LGA youth to play drums and then train their peers in drumming, culminating in one or more BEATL events. Participants will build community connections, life and leadership skills along with creative skills in music, promotion, team and event management.

$50,000

Creating Chances
The Youth of Sydney take on the World Traditional Games

Creating Chances will partner with young people across Sydney to deliver a series of popular World Traditional Games - by young people, for young people. The World Traditional Games celebrates culture and sport, enabling youth to learn about and compete in traditional sports from around the globe.

$48,050

Dunn Lewis Youth Development Foundation
Local Journeys Ulladulla

An exploration of local community by young people in two phases. Phase 1: development of guided audio walks (podcasts) of significant local places and culture. Phase two: development of a local cultural festival featuring local entertainment, food, skill-sharing workshops and storytelling through collaboration with local community groups.

$21,085

Fairfield City Council
The Healthspo Project

Healthspo will inspire, motivate and equip young people with the tools for healthy living. Participants will develop skills, knowledge and experience in a range of health topics while taking part in engaging,  informative and fun activities. The project will inspire everyday  habits that maintain positive health into the future.

$50,000

Forbes Shire Council
Learn It in Forbes

Forbes Youth Action Team will develop a life skills program to support young people transitioning to adulthood. The workshops will be targeted to young people aged 16 - 25 years. At the conclusion they will be presented with First Aid and Barista Certificates to support their employment opportunities.

$14,835

Ghurrumbil Dreaming Indigenous Corporation
Ghurrimbil Dreaming Yung Art Festival

The Ghurrimbil Dreaming Yung Art Festival re-invents the Goonellabah Skate Park, a central gathering place for local young people. A program of fortnightly workshops, led by local Lismore artists in street-art, music, dance and design will culminate in the Yung Festival led by young people, unifying them with the skate park.

$50,000

Glebe Youth Service
Aboriginal Youth Leaders Program

The Aboriginal Youth Leaders program will provide the opportunity for Aboriginal young people to work as mentors and educators for other Aboriginal young people in the inner city area. It will support and upskill young leaders while increasing opportunities for young people to participate in culturally safe youth-driven community activities.

$40,168

Gymea Community Aid & Information Service
Changing the Narrative

Changing the Narrative aims to broadcast  the voices of Young Australians and to highlight through short films and a film festival,  their concerns,  interests and world view and project that a positive future is not only possible but can be created by young people.

$49,950

Hear For You
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Youth Today, Hearing Health Leaders of Tomorrow

Deaf teenagers and young adults are taking action to raise awareness of hearing health and deafness among their peers and in their local communities. They will bring together ideas to create content, design materials, practice public speaking skills and deliver presentations to their peers, educational institutions and community groups.

$48,000

Hilltops Council
Youth Opportunities for the Hilltops

The Youth Opportunities for the Hilltops project will engage over 2,000 young people in 12 monthly activities and events held throughout 2020, chosen and designed by our young people for our young people. The monthly events will include a variety of opportunities for social interaction, skill building, creativity and community participation.

$48,000

Information + Cultural Exchange
Groom Room

‘Groom Room’ will be a youth-run social enterprise: a 'unisex' barbershop delivering fades and braids by and for discerning young people. ‘Groom Room’ will be an immersive employment, business and creative development program led by style, inspiration, empowerment and delivers the chance for customers to check in; fix up; look sharp.

$42,684

LeaderLife Limited
Soil2Soul

For young people with complex histories, it’s paramount to provide innovative training and alternate employment situations to build on their skills in a meaningful way, in a safe place and ultimately improving their quality of life. Soil2Soul is a social enterprise model that aims to fill the employability gap.

$50,000

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Table Of Plenty

TABLE OF PLENTY is a multilingual, multi-arts project nurturing a new generation of young CALD women leaders in Fairfield and Liverpool. It will develop participants’ creative arts skills; cultivate their abilities as creative thinkers and collaborators; and generate curious, creative, constructive, generous, culturally competent youth leaders within and between communities.

$50,000

Lyttleton Gardens
Farm It Forward

Farm It Forward is a social enterprise connecting Blue Mountains landowners and local young people who are passionate about growing food. It creates skills, training and job opportunities for young people while tackling social isolation, an issue for both young and old, in the Blue Mountains, improving health and wellbeing.

$50,000

Marian St Theatre for Young People
Testament - A Cross Generational Music Theatre Project

This youth driven project will create, record and perform a series of 12 songs and stories – a new music/theatre cycle looking at the mental health issues in our community. Our project provides an environment for expression, challenges notions of young, old and our place, through a series of intergenerational conversations.

$47,500

Murray Conservatorium
Multiple choirs to reach young disadvantaged groups

We plan to initiate several choral groups to reach disadvantaged young people. We will provide opportunities for students to grow in confidence and teamwork. We will implement a plan to train and employ young people as music teachers, and they will be mentored and supported by experienced music teachers.

$47,116

Northcott
I-Art: Inclusive Art for youth with disability in Western Sydney

Young people with disability across Western Sydney will develop their artistic talents through community based workshops and organise a public exhibition to bring their creativity to life. I-Art will empower young people to present their work and challenge the social misconceptions, encouraging people to look at ability over disability.

$49,620

OzGREEN
Youth Leading And Succeeding

OzGREEN will support Bellingen and Nambucca Shire young people to deliver six youth-inspired, youth-planned and youth-driven projects. Projects include an Indigenous native plants community nursery, a youth-run nature club, a sustainability festival, an electrical appliance repair workshop, a youth space at the community garden and a sustainable lifestyle video production.

$28,662

Phoenix House Youth Services
Shield - Harm Minimisation Mobile Application & Information

Shield will develop drug and alcohol health, sexual health and harm minimisation information relevant and accessible for young people. Utilising social media, phone applications, visual and experiential workshops; young people (together with service users and experts) seek to provide other young people the information they need to make informed decisions.

$50,000

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
Visual Arts for Queanbeyan Youth

The Visual Arts for Queanbeyan Youth project will provide mentoring for young artists to lead 16 weekly visual arts classes for 20 local young people. The project will culminate in a youth-curated art exhibition with an official opening, showcasing artworks produced through the project.

$20,430

Regional Youth Support Services
BUSking - On Tour Opportunities for Young People

A Youth Leadership Crew will develop and deliver a series of Acoustic Rap ‘Open Mic’ sessions at events across the Central Coast.  Artist's live performances will be celebrated online via social media platforms. Four young people will be offered further professional development opportunities in a fully-equipped recording studio, to inspire a wider audience of aspiring and emerging musicians.

$49,860

Samaritans Foundation
Suburban Stories: Newcastle youth connecting to community through creative initiatives

The Suburban Stories project will capture human stories from across Newcastle. Skilled and passionate young people will: develop their creative skills; conduct interviews; and capture local stories that allow diverse voices to be heard. These stories will be published across various platforms such as blogs, podcasts and printed resources.

$28,267

Shellharbour City Council
Evolve: Creative Events Production and Management for Young People

Evolve is a mentorship and short-course opportunity for young people interested in producing creative events. The project will build participants skills and capability, whilst providing practical experience and networking opportunities to better equip participants to contribute to Shellharbour’s creative economy and provide inclusive events for young people.

$39,400

South West Arts
South West Youth Community Radio

The SouthWest Youth Community Radio project is a youth-run, youth-led social enterprise aimed at providing young people with practical skills and knowledge that will:
- Enable community connection and partnerships
- Provide a voice for young people within the community
- Support creative skills development
- Provide pathways for career development and further education.

$45,800

The Big Fix Inc.
Youth Permaculture and Social Enterprise Design Program

The Youth Permaculture Social Enterprise Design Program is a project aimed at providing skills, qualifications and connections to young people so that they can collaboratively establish a social enterprise that would meet needs in the Lithgow Community and create their own meaningful employment opportunities and support networks.

$30,000

The Burdekin Association
The Avalon Youth Hub Podcast

The Avalon Youth Hub Podcast is an initiative developed by the Hub's Youth Advisory Group who will receive training in interview and radio presentation skills, in order to conduct interviews with different youth-related agencies in their monthly podcast.

$35,940

The Salvation Army Youthlink
Weekend Warriors Leadership Program

Young people will have the opportunity to learn leadership skills that will benefit them throughout life and to participate in community development activities and ultimately increase their connection to their community. The project will allow them to learn and teach in an outdoor environment.

$40,242

Waminda
Bulwal Balaang Enterprises

This project is supporting young Indigenous women to explore and test a number of social enterprise initiatives. Bulwal Balaang Enterprise is an empowerment program that brings young Indigenous women together to develop their ideas and concepts for local enterprises, establish partnerships with local organisations and grow their initiatives.

$49,995

Wingecarribee Shire Council
Create & Celebrate

Partnering with young people to develop a series of creative music events. Young people will be involved in designing a series of skill building workshops and engaging youth performances that will heighten into a "Battle of the Sounds". The project will conclude with a music festival to celebrate young people in our community.

$50,000

Wollondilly Shire Council
Adulting 101

The project aims to provide practical support for young people to gain employment after school through developing their skills and competencies and giving them the confidence to take that next step into the world after school.

$19,560

YMCA NSW
“Forward Thinking”- Social Impact Project

YMCA NSW in partnership with local Council’s will increase youth participation and leadership in the Parramatta, Penrith and Cooma communities. Each area’s youth committee will establish themselves as active change agents, implementing an inclusive community event in their respective areas while engaging in training relevant to event management.

$49,907

Adventist Development and Relief Agency Australia Ltd    
Youth reACT (Activating Change Together)    

Youth reACT is a platform for young people, especially from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds, to address social issues important to them. Young people will creatively voice and take action on issues not usually discussed or addressed. Youth reACT’s project addresses mental health and wellbeing within CALD communities.    

$50,000

Assyrian Australian Association
Youth of South West Sydney

The project focuses on young people from Iraqi and Syrian backgrounds living in South Western Sydney. It will build leadership skills through workshops as well as support the transition of young people into life in Australia. Local events will be developed and implemented by young people, and a Youth Advisory Committee for the Assyrian Resource Centre will be established. 

$50,000

Bega Valley Shire Council
The Create & Make Crew (CMC)

The Bermagui Create & Make Crew will see young people aged 16 to 25 start their own creative businesses and take a lead role in a new Creative Makers space at Bermagui Library. The Crew will be supported by mentoring, short workshops and accredited training in new technologies, creative skills and business development.    

$47,900

Byron Youth Service Inc
Beach Sleepers – Youth inclusion and creativity project addressing homelessness

The Beach Sleepers project fosters artistic expression, digital arts, mentorship, youth leadership and conversations with young people, exploring issues surrounding youth homelessness through media arts production. This process will amplify voices of young people and include them in decision making.

$43,000

Camden Council
Camden Youth Empowerment Project 

The project focuses on leadership development and youth-led community events. Camden Youth Council and YMCA NSW Young Leaders Group will work collaboratively to deliver a series of youth-led events / skills development workshops within the Camden LGA, aiming to increase wider youth participation and engagement. The project aims to increase opportunities for young people to develop leadership skills and knowledge to support them to become active change-makers in the local area.

$50,000

Carers NSW Limited
Who Cares, Wins

Who Cares Wins will provide opportunities for up to 20 young carers to share the differences in their lives with their peers. Using a Q&A type panel, young carers will present at school assemblies across NSW.

$36,000

Dunghutti Elders Council (Aboriginal Corporation)
Dunghutti Youth and Cultural Connections

The Young people of Kempsey are calling out for cultural re-vitalisation and Elders are vital to building confidence and identity among young people. The Dunghutti Elders Council will host cultural workshops and activities that aim to strengthen cultural connections and identity while fostering youth participation, engagement in learning and leadership.

$29,860

Future Dreamers Girls Club Incorporated
Rhymes from the East

Young women from the Byron Shire will attend a creative retreat to create a dynamic hip-hop song and music video with an empowering message. Participants will lead and manage production including song construction, developing content, writing lyrics, performance, pre and post-production with experienced artist mentors.

$15,130

Glebe Youth Service Inc
Inner Sydney Aboriginal Youth Advisory Council

Inner Sydney Aboriginal Youth Advisory Council will give Aboriginal young people the opportunity to establish and run their own organisation, design and drive local initiatives important to them, learn leadership skills and have their voices heard by local services including police, health and government.

$23,010

Gymea Community Aid & Information Service Incorporated
CommUNITY- by young people for young people

CommUNITY is a project by young people for young people. Developing Youth Leaders in the community who in turn will bring young people together through interactive activities. The project aims to reduce social exclusion, bullying, harassment and racism.

$49,100

Health and Arts Research Centre Incorporated
Science Art Explorers

Science Art Explorers is a project lead by young people who live with complex health care needs. Participants will acquire new skills to explore and share their experience through science and arts initiatives.

$50,000

Information & Cultural Exchange Inc
New Age Noise

The New Age Noise project will provide opportunities for female, transgender, non-binary young people to produce, distribute and broadcast new music. New Age Noise will support 60 disadvantaged CALD young people from Western Sydney to create their own music label and develop creative skills in production, performance and media opportunities.

$49,524

Inverell Shire Council
Youth Opportunities for Inverell Shire

The Youth Opportunities for Inverell Shire project will engage over 2,500 youth in 20 activities designed by local youth for local youth. The project will include skill building workshops and free events to connect youth with cultural and recreational opportunities as well as showcase youth achievements.

$41,172

Madi Ethnic Community Welfare Association Incorporated
Youth for Change

The Youth for Change project will provide young people with opportunities for leadership training to run leadership camps and different events throughout the year. Participants will also complete Mental Health First Aid training.

$10,000

Moree Plains Shire Council
2019 Moree Plains Shire Careers Expo

The Moree Plains Shire Youth Council in collaboration with a number of local agencies and groups will be hosting the 2019 Moree Plains Shire Careers Expo. The Careers Expo will inform, empower and educate young people about the opportunities available for career development.

$15,572

National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy (Aboriginal Corporation)
Cultural Leaders Program

The Cultural Leaders Program will support Aboriginal young people to connect with their culture. The project will take at risk young people on ‘Country’ to heal and to strengthen Aboriginal pride and identity. The project aims to reduce drug and alcohol misuse and to provide mental health education and support.

$49,000

National Rugby League Limited
NRL Youth Advocate Program (YAP)

The NRL YAP will unite 40 Youth Advocates between 16 to 18 years who have previously participated in our social impact programs. These young people have showcased positive leadership skills and have expressed ideas on how to create positive change in their communities. We will inspire and equip participants to deliver these ideas.

$50,000

Phoenix House Youth Services Incorporated
BON APPETIT

The BON APPETIT project will reduce food waste and urban loneliness through cooking and sharing meals around a table in a welcoming and inclusive environment. Supplied with food donated from OZHarvest, young people will transform ordinary ingredients into extraordinary meals to renew, revive and connect with the rest of the community.

$40,000

Police Citizens Youth Clubs NSW – Blacktown
Reaching Your Dreams through Music

The project aims to engage young people from Western Sydney through the development of music. The project will provide mentoring by experienced producers/vocal coaches through rehearsals with the aim of enhancing skills, talent and developing leadership opportunities. PCYC Blacktown has an operating music studio.

$50,000

Port Stephens Council
Pathways and Possibilities

The Pathways and Possibilities (Research and Advocacy Project) will be developed by the Port Stephens Council Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) to define key priorities for the youth of Port Stephens aligned to Council’s current advocacy priorities. The project will encourage and promote the leadership and community development skills of young people.

$19,000

Project Youth Incorporated
Beats in the ‘Burbs

Beats in the ‘Burbs project will produce youth driven, locally run, live music events.
Young people will work with youth workers, professional events planning and audio engineers and artists to gain the skills required to work in performance and events management.

$50,000

Regional Youth Support Services Inc
YOP POP Ups – Peer to Peer Education Online and Offsite

YOP POP Ups Young Leaders will establish an online youth Hall of Fame identifying Central Coast talent in 4 specialist fields:

• young professionals
• artists
• Aboriginal culture
• gaming and social media

Targeted POP Up workshops will then be delivered throughout the region. They will be filmed for podcast to engage a broader youth audience to highlight alternative employment pathways, activities and skills.

$49,710

Richmond Valley Council
Beats and Eats Festival – Growing Our Local Youth

The Beats and Eats Festival is a youth-driven community event where young people’s love for food is mixed with arts, culture and music. Casino’s Crawford Square will come alive with market stalls, local produce, cooking demonstrations and live music, showcasing what young people in the Richmond Valley have to offer.

$17,500

Shopfront Arts Co.op. Ltd
ART PARK – Shopfront’s open space drop-in for Young People

ART PARK is a youth-led drop-in at Shopfront Arts Co-Op providing a context for young people to forge strong social connections and professional arts networks. Weekly, young people over 15 years have access to art resources, a supportive space, professional development training, mentorship and connection to a diverse network of peers.

$45,781

Singleton Council
Singleton Youth Festival

The Singleton Youth Festival project will be coordinated by Singleton’s youth team, Youth Voice, and Singleton Council. It will feature fun and creative activities, workshops and talks relating to topics and issues identified by Singleton’s young people. Youth Voice will also host an art competition with the theme ‘The 2019 Teen.’

$50,000

Somali Welfare And Cultural Centre Incorporated
African Youth Create Better Future

African Youth Create Better Future project will support the cultural creativity of talented African young people through a range of cultural activities such as art, dance performance, music, video production, health and nutrition.

$38,000

Sutherland Shire Family Services Inc
EDYS TV and App

EDYS TV and the EDYS App will create an online platform for young people to engage and connect with their community and easily access local resources and support services.

$50,000

Sydney Story Factory Inc
Shalvey Bre(a)d

Driven by the young people of Shalvey ‘What’s in a name? ‘ is a home grown mini-series, showing the real Shalvey – the people, their pride, and the peace. The mini-series will challenge the negative stereotypes and perceptions about the community.

$45,550

Tamworth Regional Council
iGen Connect – Youth Activation

The iGen Connect – Youth Activation project is a Tamworth Regional Youth Council initiative. Youth Council members will plan and coordinate monthly events in Tamworth which will be accessible to all young people. The events will raise awareness on issues that impact our local young people.

$48,000

Waverley Council
Innovating Youth Work Experience (participants will re-invent title)

The project will pilot a volunteering strategy for young people to build skills and knowledge to lead the planning, development and implementation of creative arts and recreational events. This project-based learning aims to improve employability by building work skills, experience and connection with employer organisations to improve work experience opportunities.

$45,850

Women’s Activities & Self Help House Inc
Fierce and Fearless- Young Women’s Circles of Empowerment and Leadership

Fierce and Fearless is a young women’s leadership and empowerment project. The project will engage local young women to develop their self-worth, inner-strength, leadership and agency to help create a more gender equitable and safe world.   

$49,500

Women’s Justice Network Inc
Healing from Within

The Healing from Within project will support female young people between 15 to 25 years who have been or are at risk of entering the criminal justice system to reconnect with their culture through connecting with community elders and gaining self-confidence to join local community events and organisations.

$50,000

Young Change Agents Limited
Youth-led social enterprises supporting youth mental health

This project will support Young Change Agents Alumni from across NSW to launch a product-based social enterprise. These social enterprises have a common social purpose – youth mental health. The project will help them develop their enterprise skills and include a series of intensive workshops on product design and manufacturing, marketing and crowd funding.

$50,000

Young Men’s Christian Association Of Sydney
Manning Youth Action (MYA) StreetgYm    

The project will make free, youth-led recreation activities, workshops and events accessible to all young people in Taree and the Mid-North Coast. On a weekly basis streetgYm sessions involving popular youth recreation activities will offer important relationship building opportunities. Quarterly youth-led events will showcase local music and sporting talents in safe, youth-friendly locations.

$29,510

Bay & Basin Community Resources    
Youthmoves – Inspire. Create. Lead.    

Youthmoves will provide its participants with the required training to successfully organise and host a series of local community events.    

$48,330

Beyond Empathy    
stART Moree    

stART Moree is a youth-driven, locally inspired music and performance event. Participants will be mentored by professional artists and gain skills in public performance and event management.    

$50,000

Blacktown City Council

The Dawson 5 Experience

The Dawson 5 Experience is a youth-driven initiative designed to explore memorable employment opportunities. Participants will run pop up social enterprises in a community space to build social capacity and employability. 

$50,000

Big Yellow Umbrella
(previously known as: Camden Community Connections)

Can’t Touch This

Can’t Touch This is a domestic, family violence and sexual assault prevention project targeted at school students between the ages of 15 and 17 years. The project will educate and empower young people to speak up about domestic violence in their school and their community.

$24,700

City of Lithgow Council

Future Finders

Future Finders is a leadership skills development project. Participants will develop employment interests, capabilities and skills through business and leadership workshops, employment and education taster sessions and a Youth Leadership Forum.

$48,000

Clarence Valley Council

Clarence Valley Youth Connected

Clarence Youth Action is a group of regional young people who will organise regular workshops, events and activities to engage with the broader community.

$42,700

Coomealla Health Aboriginal Corporation

The LifeReady Project

The LifeReady project will see Aboriginal young people better equipped with tools and skills to be ready for life as an adult.

$48,000

Fairfield City Council

Choose Life (Skills)

The Choose Life (Skills) project will empower young people to possess the valuable life skills required after high school. This project will work in partnership with key services across the Fairfield LGA to provide fun, interactive activities that develop essential living skills, increase employability and build confidence.

$50,000

Federation Council

Federation Youth Council

This project aims to establish the Federation Youth Council, which will act as a consultative body to the Federation Council. It will provide a voice for young people, focus on addressing youth issues and deliver youth-led and driven initiatives.

$25,480

Gudjagang Ngara li-dhi Aboriginal Corporation

The Barudir Project (Butterfly Project)

The Barudir Project is akin to initiation, a passageway, a transformation – it will invite young people to participate in developing projects that have a youth leadership focus and address contemporary issues for Aboriginal young people.

$50,000

House With No Steps

House Force

The House Force project will develop a skilled volunteer workforce. Young people with disabilities will gain the required skills and experience to secure paid employment.

$43,369

Illawarra Local Aboriginal Land Council

Illawarra Aboriginal Youth Advisory Council

The development of the Illawarra Aboriginal Youth Advisory Council will provide Aboriginal youth a platform to be heard and opportunities to practice leadership in the area covered by the Illawarra Local Aboriginal Land Council.

$50,000

Inverell Shire Council

It Starts with Me – Building Youth Opportunities in Inverell

The It Starts with Me project will engage young people in activities designed by local youth for local youth. The project will include a careers expo, workshops to build skills, inclusive community events and the creation of a directory of youth opportunities in Inverell.

$50,000

Kempsey Shire Council

Macleay Youth Live!

Macleay Youth Live! is a youth-led project which will run events and creative workshops to enhance education, employment and social opportunities for young people in the Macleay. The program will mentor a core youth crew to deliver events and arts activities for young people.

$26,000

Mid Mountains Neighbourhood Centre

Blue Mountains Youth Fest

The Blue Mountains Youth Fest is a community festival to be planned and implemented by young people. The event will showcase local youth activities and talent.

$19,950

Mosman Municipal Council

Food, Recreation, Education, Society & Health (F.R.E.S.H.)

F.R.E.S.H (Food, Recreation, Education, Society and Health) is a youth-led initiative designed to support young people to develop practical skills in cooking alongside developing knowledge around healthy eating and nutrition.

$8,273

Mt Druitt Ethnic Communities Agency

AusTalent

AusTalent is a performance showcase designed and coordinated by young people with migrant and refugee backgrounds. Young people engaged in this project will develop leadership and management skills. Participants will also work with peak industry bodies for the purpose of artistic development.

$50,000

Musicians Making a Difference

The Street Poets

The Street Poets project is a youth-driven spoken word poetry initiative investing in the professional and creative development of young people. Participants will be mentored to produce a spoken word album and tour a live show with the message of hope and positivity.

$49,960

Northern Beaches Council

Storybook Doors

Storybook Doors is a street art project developed and delivered by young people in partnership with the Northern Beaches Library, professional artists, local businesses and the community.

$48,200

Prosper (Project Australia)

Feel Good Food

The Feel Good Food project is a social enterprise providing disadvantaged youth (particularly targeting young parents) with training, employment, networks, and skill development opportunities via the delivery of food stalls at community events. The Feel Good Food profits will employ young people to run stalls, deliver youth employment services, and workshops to young parents.

$31,910

Queanbeyan Multilingual Centre

Growing Up In Rural NSW – Hints from Multicultural Youth

The Growing Up In Rural NSW project has arisen from consultations with multicultural youth who have identified a keenness to help others overcome the challenges they found in settling in and growing up in rural NSW.

$24,800

Rap 4 Change

Rap 4 Change Youth Album and Launch Event

The Rap 4 Change project will see young people create their own music tracks to put onto their own album. Participants will organise and coordinate a launch event for their album in their local community.

$50,000

Ryde Regional Radio Co-operative

Youth Radio Training Course

The Youth Radio project provides training for young people wishing to get a start in radio and the arts. It will provide an avenue for comprehensive training in radio presentation. Participants will also have the opportunity to participate in the Radio Station’s Youth Jukebox program.

$3,740

Scarf Incorporated

Let’s Lead – Leadership through Engagement & Appreciation of Diversity

Let’s Lead is a leadership project for culturally diverse young people, particularly refugee young people. The project will offer opportunities for personal development, cross-cultural learning and community engagement in an environment that values diversity and acknowledges their lived experience.

$35,700

Snowy Monaro Regional Council

Snowy Monaro Youth Leadership Project

The Snowy Monaro Youth Leadership project will support and empower young people to reach their full potential, positioning them as agents for change in our local community through the establishment of a Regional Youth Council.

$28,000

Sydney Writers’ Festival

Young Adults Program at Riverside Theatre

The Young Adults Program will engage youth curators from across Western Sydney and mix them with notable international guests and interstate young authors. The project will also see the establishment of a Youth Advisory Group.

$42,000

Twenty10

We Heart Art

We Heart Art is a series of creative workshops and gallery visits for LGBTIQA young people, led by leading industry artists and professionals that will culminate in an art exhibition. The workshops will take place at Twenty10, Chippendale and the exhibition at a local artist run initiative called 107 Projects in Redfern.

$30,000

Weave Youth & Community Services

Weave Youth Leadership Program

The Weave Youth Leadership program engages young people in active community participation as a pathway to education and career development.

$50,000

Western Plains Regional Development

Staging the Drama – Behind the Scenes

Staging the Drama will provide young people with the skills required to create an artistic production. Professional mentors and trainers will be engaged to conduct this training. These skills will include the technical and administrative roles needed to take productions from workshop to the stage.

$16,400