WANT TO GENERATE REAL CHANGE? March 5, 2009

Update from YACVic
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WANT TO GENERATE REAL CHANGE?
Generate is for young people aged 17 to 25 who believe our generation can end extreme poverty and have six hours a week to help make it happen.

Created to fit around work and study, Generate is an eight month volunteering program where we provide you with the training to make real change.

Generators will be campaigning to end extreme poverty by fundraising for Oaktree’s overseas projects, running events, lobbying the government and raising awareness in the community.

Want to Generate real change? www.theoaktree.org

Source: Oaktree Foundation

PLATFORM YOUTH THEATRE – FAITH, DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCE February 25, 2009

YACVic Update
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PLATFORM YOUTH THEATRE – FAITH, DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCE
Workshops will begin late March.
Our major production for 2009 unpacks these words `Faith, diversity and difference’ from the point of view of young people of specific faith groups living in a secular society. Stage one research, consultation and script development culminates with a first draft reading end June.

Writer Adam J. A. Cass is working to create the performance text and will be informed by several story telling and performance making workshops. Stage two involves presentation of a final work which will be directed by Caitlin Dullard and presentation is scheduled for early December 2009. If you’re interested in being involved in a workshop, happening late March, email rose@pyt.org.au.

Source: Platform Youth Theatre

YDAS ADVOCACY TRAINING February 25, 2009

YACVic Update
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YDAS ADVOCACY TRAINING
When: 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday March 21 and
10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Sunday March 22

Where: Youth Affairs Council of Victoria, Level 2, 172 Flinders St
Melbourne

This weekend workshop hosted by the Youth Disability Advocacy Service
is designed to increase the capacity of young people to advocate for
themselves.

Here are some things that you will get out of the course:

1. Improved understanding of advocacy
2. Increased awareness of advocacy strategies
3. Increased understanding of disability rights, how to make
complaints and the law
4. Improved problem-solving, communication and assertiveness skills
5. Ability to apply knowledge of advocacy to a specific advocacy issue
that is important to you
6. Free lunch
7. The opportunity to meet other young people

Young people with a disability living in Victoria who are aged between
12 and 25 can take this course for FREE and have their transport
reimbursed up to the value of $100

Young people from rural and regional Victoria will be supported to
attend with overnight accommodation in Melbourne

Attendant support and AUSLAN interpreting will be provided during the
training sessions upon request. Support that is needed outside of the
training sessions will need to be arranged and funded by the participant.

For more information or an application form, contact info@yacvic.org.au
or call Liz on 03 9267 3799, Toll-Free 1300 727 176, or SMS 0412 814 851

Applications close Friday February 27

Source: YDAS