❓ Mr. Alban asked about grant application processes for Youth Week activities. The Minister responded by providing details on grant availability, application procedures, and broader youth initiatives, including the WA Young Person of the Year awards and YACWA's new office.
AnsweredQoN 753Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
YOUTH WEEK
753. Mr F.A. ALBAN to the Minister for
Youth:
Will the Minister for Youth advise
the house how community groups and local governments throughout the state can
apply for grants to host Youth Week activities?
753. Mr F.A. ALBAN to the Minister for
Youth:
Will the Minister for Youth advise
the house how community groups and local governments throughout the state can
apply for grants to host Youth Week activities?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Swan Hills
for his interest in youth and his question, which gives me an opportunity to
update the house on Youth Week. Grants are now available for activities to be
held during Youth Week in 2015. This year's grants were allocated to 88
local government and youth organisations to help them hold activities during
Youth Week. I spoke in this house earlier this year about a number of events
that were run around the state, including Shark Bay's version of The Amazing Race and a circus held in
Manjimup, and how Youth Week helps us to engage with youth. The grants are part
of a process of sponsoring Youth Week next year. Applications for grants are
open until 24 October this year and can be made through the Department of Local
Government and Communities. While I am on my feet, I would like to speak about
the many things that are happening in the area of youth at the moment.
Stephanie Jackson and Trent Caldwell, two great youth in our community, have
been nominated to be WA coordinators for National Youth Week. It is great to
have representation from Western Australia at the national awards.
Another important point is that
nominations for WA Young Person of the Year are open. This year a different
approach has been taken. Normally the awards are held at the end of Youth Week
in April, but this year that has changed, mainly because nominations would be
called for in January and February but we struggled to get many nominations for
the awards. The Youth Affairs Council of WA has taken the initiative to push
the awards back to 20 November this year and nominations are now open until 3
October—next Friday—for anyone who is doing great youth work in
our community. There are nine categories for which youth can be nominated. It
will be great to see who will become the youth ambassador on 20 November.
An important change is to get away
from the title ''youth of the year'' to ''youth ambassador''.
Youth in WA need to be recognised and given a role as youth ambassador. An
important part of the role of youth ambassador is the recognition of youth in
our community, and this year the youth ambassador will be given $10 000 so that
they can travel anywhere in the state to talk to schools and attend functions
as the ambassador for youth in WA to acknowledge youth in our community.
Finally, this morning I went to Foyer Oxford, where YACWA has
just opened its new office. It was supposed to be an opening this morning, but
it was a bit of a soft opening because, unfortunately, it has not been finished
in time. Craig and his crew at YACWA have done a fantastic job and YACWA
finally has a permanent home after 35 years at Foyer Oxford. It is a great
location and a great building built by this government this year to house over
200 youth in the community. It was great to go there this morning to officially
open the YACWA office and to recognise the great work that it does.
for his interest in youth and his question, which gives me an opportunity to
update the house on Youth Week. Grants are now available for activities to be
held during Youth Week in 2015. This year's grants were allocated to 88
local government and youth organisations to help them hold activities during
Youth Week. I spoke in this house earlier this year about a number of events
that were run around the state, including Shark Bay's version of The Amazing Race and a circus held in
Manjimup, and how Youth Week helps us to engage with youth. The grants are part
of a process of sponsoring Youth Week next year. Applications for grants are
open until 24 October this year and can be made through the Department of Local
Government and Communities. While I am on my feet, I would like to speak about
the many things that are happening in the area of youth at the moment.
Stephanie Jackson and Trent Caldwell, two great youth in our community, have
been nominated to be WA coordinators for National Youth Week. It is great to
have representation from Western Australia at the national awards.
Another important point is that
nominations for WA Young Person of the Year are open. This year a different
approach has been taken. Normally the awards are held at the end of Youth Week
in April, but this year that has changed, mainly because nominations would be
called for in January and February but we struggled to get many nominations for
the awards. The Youth Affairs Council of WA has taken the initiative to push
the awards back to 20 November this year and nominations are now open until 3
October—next Friday—for anyone who is doing great youth work in
our community. There are nine categories for which youth can be nominated. It
will be great to see who will become the youth ambassador on 20 November.
An important change is to get away
from the title ''youth of the year'' to ''youth ambassador''.
Youth in WA need to be recognised and given a role as youth ambassador. An
important part of the role of youth ambassador is the recognition of youth in
our community, and this year the youth ambassador will be given $10 000 so that
they can travel anywhere in the state to talk to schools and attend functions
as the ambassador for youth in WA to acknowledge youth in our community.
Finally, this morning I went to Foyer Oxford, where YACWA has
just opened its new office. It was supposed to be an opening this morning, but
it was a bit of a soft opening because, unfortunately, it has not been finished
in time. Craig and his crew at YACWA have done a fantastic job and YACWA
finally has a permanent home after 35 years at Foyer Oxford. It is a great
location and a great building built by this government this year to house over
200 youth in the community. It was great to go there this morning to officially
open the YACWA office and to recognise the great work that it does.
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