This year the Y NSW established a sponsorship component to Youth Parliament for youth experiencing marginalisation and disadvantage. The Y has secured funding from the Department of Regional NSW. This will support 35 participants who may have otherwise been unable to partake in the program by covering or assisting with their entry fees into the 2024 Youth Parliament.
As the school year kicks off, many families will soon experience a significant milestone – the first day of Kindy. According to NSW Education, over 63,000 students will embark on their Kindy journey in NSW public schools in 2024.
Make a difference for young people facing adversity. Youth Parliament is the Y NSW’s flagship youth leadership and engagement program.
“I believe everyone needs to experience this program because it opens a new world of possibilities and opportunities for self-expression that can not be easily found in the real world.” The next generation of youth leaders is invited to apply to participate in the Y NSW's Youth Parliament program in 2024 with submissions now open.
Louisa McKay, Executive Leader Purpose & Impact for The Y NSW explores current suspension practices, the current alternatives, and more.
"The program made him turn up, talk with youth workers and make him understand what he does is wrong. He even told me he really enjoyed it". - The Y NSW's new program shows great success but requires funding to continue and grow.
The Y NSW hosted Youth Mental Health Forum with Minister Rose Jackson and MP Donna Frances Reeman Davis today.
When John’s* son was suspended from his public high school last term, it wasn’t the 14-year-old’s first time.
From hundreds of applicants, Stephanie Ovington of Narooma and Lucy Allen of Cobargo have been selected to represent the Bega electorate at The Y NSW Youth Parliament Program later this year.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people are now able to apply for scholarships to represent their electorate in the Y NSW’s 2023 Youth Parliament program as part of the Y’s commitment to First Nations people.
"I loved my time on the Youth Parliament. It gave me the opportunity to represent young people in the Snowy Monaro and regional areas, and advocate on their behalf." Cooma's Lani Holfter is encouraging youth in NSW to experience the Y NSW's Youth Parliament.
CALLING all thought-leaders, change-makers, trailblazers and inspired young people – applications are now open for the Y NSW’s 2023 Youth Parliament. Young people in years ten, eleven and twelve (or equivalent age) in all 93 NSW state electorates are invited to apply.
The Y NSW is excited to announce the launch of an Australian first with the ground-breaking Alternative Suspension Program in Western Sydney and the Central Coast.
The Y NSW will showcase an incredible array of career and training opportunities for Central Coast young people at the Youth Careers Expo on Thursday, September 15.
As Morrison and Albanese campaign across the country for their shot as Prime Minister, more than 80 young people from across NSW and the ACT gathered on the long weekend to train up for a ‘takeover’ of the Legislative Council at NSW Parliament in July.
Quite simply it was a night we'll never forget! The Y NSW and YWCA Australia came together for their first ever Mardi Gras Parade. A team of 40 dancers represented both organisations – and love in all shapes and sizes – united to shine on the LGBTQIA+ community’s biggest stage of all.
The Y NSW has wrapped up an inspiring week of Youth Parliament 2021, with Member for Bega, Abbey Dawson, announced as Youth Governor 2022. Ms Dawson has been the Deputy Premier for the 2021 Youth Parliament program.
The Y NSW was due to commence its Youth Parliament program – including a residential camp at Sydney Olympic Park Lodge and the iconic experience at Parliament House – on Saturday 15 January 2022. The program was already delayed due to the Stay-at-Home Orders, which were in place at the time the program was initially scheduled for July 2021. With the Omicron variant so widespread throughout New South Wales, the Y has taken the difficult decision to make the Youth Parliament program virtual for January 2022. The Y has taken this decision in keeping with our values, because we are committed to acting with the interests of safety, responsibility, honesty, care and respect at all times – particularly in regard to young people.
The Y NSW Youth Parliament has voted in favour of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all Australians and visitors to Australia, in a mock debate chaired by Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Veterans, the Hon. James Griffin MP.
With Greater Sydney plunged into lockdown, the Y NSW is staying committed to connection, offering virtual opportunities to promote active wellness at home for the young and the young at heart.
During National Volunteer Week from May 17 to 23, the Y NSW is paying tribute to the committed group of locals behind Community Bingo on the Central Coast, raising funds for vital youth programs in the region.
The Y NSW, Central Coast Council and Vicinity’s Lake Haven Centre have joined forces to bring a careers fair to the North of Wyong like never seen before.
The Y NSW’s popular active wellness program ‘Uplift’ will launch at the Hawkesbury Oasis on Monday, May 3, helping to tackle the roll-on effects of COVID-19 on the lives of local young people.
The Y NSW is inviting young people to connect at the Y this Youth Week with a raft of free opportunities storming the state.
Uplift launches this month in Parramatta and Mount Annan to tackle the roll-on effects of COVID-19 on the lives of local young people
The Y NSW is proud to announce the Lake Haven Brekkie & B-ball Club will return next week, Monday March 1.
Volleyball is ‘spiking’ in popularity locally with the Y NSW launching a new program at Mount Annan Leisure Centre to meet the sport’s mass appeal.
Applications are now open for the YMCA NSW (Y NSW) Youth Parliament: the state’s premier youth political empowerment program
Young people in Parramatta now have a space to call their own thanks to an innovative new partnership between the YMCA NSW (Y NSW) and Westfield Parramatta.
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