As the peak youth body in Queensland, YANQ is interested in knowing about the experience of young people in your region. This information will be used by YANQ to inform its policy processes. YANQ’s policies are developed in consultation with its members and approved by its Management Committee.

The YANQ Team

For more info on YANQ, please see their website.

The MDA is seeking volunteers for a few upcoming events they’re hosting. From MDA:

This is on the day assistance with shifts of 3 hours+. Volunteers only need to attend event training (held a few days prior) and don’t have to attend our full volunteer training. Roles range from meet and greet, crowd marshalling, backstage assistance, setup, technical assistance, information and direction, assistance with sports (sign on, direction), and much more!

The MDA needs help for the following events:

Please contact Gianna Parmesan via giannap@mdabne.org.au or (07) 3337 5428 if you can help out.

For more info on MDA and their activities, please visit their website

Radio Active is a one day forum to engage young people in community broadcasting. It’s a chance to meet other youth broadcasters from around the state, find out how you can get involved in radio and hear about media career pathways.

Forum Details:

When:
Saturday April 14th
9:30am – 5:30pm

Where:
Radio 4EB
140 Main Street, Kangaroo Point Brisbane

At this forum you will hear from industry professionals, learn about current opportunities in community media, explore what it means to be a media maker and get the chance to meet young people who currently broadcast.

Radio Active is a space for young people to take part in a number of workshops and presentations relating to media and communities. You don’t need any experience in the media. Just come and see how you can get involved. Radioactive will get you connected and get your voice heard!

In addition to media presentations, we will look at how we can use radio and media to connect to our communities and represent our culture, heritage, language and identity.

We will look at the importance of youth participation and representation in the media as a way to build community strength, encourage dialogue and work towards understanding each other.

Don’t miss this opportunity. Fill out the attached registration form to confirm your place at the forum. Places are limited so get in quick!

This event is only $10 for registration

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Dear YWB,

Please join us for Youth to Community, the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) Forum 2012.

Part of National Youth Week, The AYAD Forum is an annual event which provides a platform for discussion around a topical development issue. The Forum is held to recognise the continued need to foster linkages between Australia and the countries of Asia, the Pacific and Africa to make a positive contribution to development. The 2012 theme Youth to Community will highlight the importance of skilled young Australian volunteers working with communities to contribute to sustainable development and poverty alleviation.

Date: Tuesday 17th April
Location: State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Time: 6.00pm for a 6:30pm start

Our inspirational speakers include Aaron Tait (Executive Director, Spark* International), Kate Ferguson (Director, Co-Design Studio), Nelson Katovai, Program Coordinator at Save the Children Solomon Islands, and returned AYAD Steve Meyer who will provide their perspectives on the topic Youth to Community. The event will be hosted by Pierre Johannessen Law firm partner, founder of Big Bang Ballers and retuned AYAD.

This is a fantastic opportunity to expand your networks by meeting other Australian Partner Organisations (APOs), some of which will be exhibiting on the night, and returned volunteers.

This is a free event but places are limited so click here to register.

We look forward to seeing you on the night.

Marijke and Stephanie

Austraining International Partnerships Team

www.ayad.com.au

08 8364 8500

In an ever more populous, urbanised and media-saturated world, it can feel as if the rate and scale of disasters is straight out of a doomsday movie. It’s easy to lapse into compassion fatigue and short-term ‘fixes.’ Yet behind the headlines there are complex stories of renewal and new thinking on how to rebuild our lives and communities.

Join contributors to Griffith REVIEW 35: Surviving, including author and journalist Matthew Condon, Green Cross CEO Mara Bun, and disaster management expert Sidney Dekker for a discussion on Brisbane’s floods, sustainable recovery and the inspiration of the stories, myths and beliefs that sustain hope in the wake of crisis, moderated by Kate Evans.

Wed 28 March, 6pm
slq Auditorium 1, level 2, State Library of Queensland, South Bank
Free event, bookings required – Eventbrite or 3840 7896

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Dear YANQ members,

As you know, the re-engagement of young people that have rejected or been rejected from mainstream schools in alternative educational experiences is a key issue for the YANQ network, youth workers, and policymakers across Queensland.

As many of you also know, to ensure thoughtful action around the re-engagement issues YANQ is a partner in an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant of $90,000 over the next three years to explore the effectiveness of alternative/flexible educational options available in Queensland. Please see attached brochure for more information.

To make this work possible YANQ must contribute to the project $60,300 (cash and in-kind). For this reason, we are looking for individuals, organisations, and groups that are interested in this work to make financial contributions to the project to ensure its success.

Contributions of ANY size can be designated as:
– General support for the project, including YANQ’s liaison role between researchers, policymakers, and the youth worker field.
- YANQ’s efforts to map the number, type, and location of services currently available to young people in Queensland. This work will leverage regional and national re-engagement mapping efforts.
- Communications efforts for the project. This will include printing costs and distributions for reports, hosting release events, and other efforts to share what we learn with policymakers and the youth worker field.
- Other specific activities that align with your work to support re-engagement of young people state-wide.

Contributers will be considered ‘partners’ in this work and will:
- Receive updates on project progress
- Be named in the brochure, website, and reports

If you, your organisation, or a group you work with is interested in becoming a partner in this work please contact Katrina Brink at education@yanq.edu.au.

Looks like something that could probably be of interest to many of you (considering we’re Youth Without Borders Jason you might want to opt out ;D)

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Subject: Your invitation to ‘What is Youth Work’ Consultations

Good morning,

As a practitioner working with young people, the Youth Affairs Network of Qld would like to invite you to our sector consultation in a fortnight on building a value-based youth work sector.

Please see invitations for the two sessions attached, and RSVP details below.

Brisbane ‘What is Youth Work?’ Consultation
Date: Monday, 12th March
9.00am-12.30pm (Murri Youth Workers)
1.30pm-5.00pm (Broader Sector)
Venue:
Indigenous Youth Health Service
55 Annerley Road
Woolloongabba, Qld, 4102
Cost: Free
Food and refreshments provided.
RSVP: admin@yanq.org.au or 07 3844 7713
There is no limit of RSVPs from any organisation.

Please feel free to pass on the invitation to your networks and anyone that might be interested.

Bloody plagiarism if you ask me

Looks good! See below for a copy of their latest email.

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subject: [Youthgas} Calling all adventurers…

Calling all change makers…

Calling all trailblazers…

What if you could travel to amazing places like India, China and Vietnam?

What if you could experience life in another culture as a local, not a tourist?

What if you could do these things while having a positive impact on people’s lives?

And what if we sponsored you to do it?

Welcome to Young People Without Borders, the new rite of passage for young Australians!

Young People Without Borders is a journey of discovery, culminating in a gap year overseas. You will become a volunteer, experience life beyond your borders, learn new skills, grow in confidence, and make new friends from around the world. You will become part of a network of young people just like you – young people who have a sense of freedom and adventure, who have the courage, imagination and will to make a difference.

If you want to take a gap year before university or TAFE, take some time considering your career or experience life in another country, Young People Without Borders is your chance to do it! And to ensure this awesome experience is available to everyone, FYA is offering the Trailblazer Award, for sponsored overseas placements in 2012.

For the Trailblazer Award we are seeking applications from 18 to 19 year-olds keen to spend between four and seven months in China, India or Vietnam, working in the areas of teaching, community development or sports coaching.

So get amongst it!!! Applications are due by Friday 27 April 2012. For more info about this awesome opportunity and to download the simple application form, go to www.ypwb.org.au. Make sure you also jump on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/YoungPeopleWithoutBorders) to see what the current crew are up to and get inspired!

Young People Without Borders has been brought to life by the Foundation for Young Australians, and is pleased to have Lattitude as a partner for the first wave of Trailblazers this year.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us:

Phone: (03) 9826 6007
Email: info@ypwb.org.au

Please find attached an invitation to attend the International Women’s Day Celebrations at Milpera State High School on the 9th March (ie, on Friday).

In particular, note pages 5 till 10 that give info on potential long-term volunteer assignments. Looking for something to do if you’ve got a gap year coming along? Have a look!

Also note that they’re running a networking event on Tuesday (13 March) from 6.30-8.30 at the Alchemy Restaurant and Bar, 175 Eagle St, Brisbane. Follow this link to RSVP (the link on the page does not work).

Partners-March-12

K