HOLDING ON TO HOPE: RECOGNISE THE REAL IMPACT OF YOUTH WORK
YACWA in collaboration with Barking Wolf film company produced a short documentary exploring the youth work sector in WA. This documentary highlights the need for decision makers to Reform measurement of at-risk youth outcomes by valuing qualitative data. Thank you to LotteryWest for funding this project.
Continue Reading→Meet the 2018 WA Young Person of the Year!
Congratulations to Kamsani Bin Salleh, the 2018 Young Person of the Year. Kam 25-year-old artist using his art as a platform to educate the public about his Aboriginal heritage in a way that bears relevance to modern times.
Continue Reading→Exciting paid opportunity for young carers to lead a co-design project in WA!
The Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia (YACWA) is collaborating with Red Cross WA on a co-design project that explores the needs of young carers living in Western Australia to develop ideas and solutions to the challenges they face. We are looking for five creative young people with lived experience of being a young carer to join our core team as youth consultants.
Continue Reading→LGBTIQA+ All Ages Event!
The Youth Pride Network is hosting it's first event; an LGBTIQA+ all-ages gig night featuring local LGBTIQA+ musicians! If you are an LGBTIQA+ musician or performance artist under 25 we need you! All experience levels are encouraged to get in touch!
Continue Reading→Matt’s Drive for Change
He's the winner of the WA Young Person of the Year (2017) award, and he hasn't slowed down since! Matt Bill (WA Young Person of the Year 2017) has just returned from an epic one-month drive around Western Australia (visiting over 20 towns!) and collecting the stories of young people, giving them a voice and capturing footage to create a deadly documentary raising awareness and highlighting the wins, as well as the collective issues young people experience in regional WA.
Continue Reading→Exciting opportunity to become MYAN WA Youth Consultants!
We are looking to employ a MYAN WA Training Coordinator to develop and deliver cultural competency and cultural intelligence training, and also up to six passionate youth consultants to co-design and co-deliver the two training packages!
Continue Reading→Media Release – Student Teacher Violence in South West
The Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia (YACWA) shares the concerns of many others in today's news reports of incidents of student-on-teacher violence in the South West.
Continue Reading→Trauma-Informed Practice Symposium
There is an urgent need for the sector to respond to the physical, psychological and emotional needs of children and youth who have experienced trauma. Research indicates that adopting a trauma-informed approach to service delivery supports healing and empowers our young people.
Continue Reading→Media Release with Youth Work WA – Appropriate Anti-Bullying Program Absent in Federal Budget
YACWA and Youth Work WA call on the Federal Government to implement a secular national anti-bullying program.
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