L2P Learn to Drive
Get paired with a trained driving mentor.
For more info call/text Edmond 0488 214 660 or email at ebabatunde@whittleseacc.org.au
Legal Advice
Onsite Youth Lawyer to help you and answer any questions you may have
For more info call/text Laura on 0461 576 309 or email at lbrookes@whittleseacc.org.au
Youth Advocacy Group
Join Advocacy and Advisory group meetings with THE LOT (Leaders of Tomorrow)
For more info email Hayley hthomas@whittleseacc.org.au
Empower
One-on-one support with our Empower worker in education and employment
For more info call/text Nadia on 0437 609 616 or email at nteran@whittleseacc.org.au
Tutoring for Secondary Schools
1:1 tutoring for secondary school work
For more info call/text Jad on 0408 839 678 or email at jsaaed@whittleseacc.org.au
EMPOWER
Since 2019 Empower has utilised multiple strategies to engage vulnerable young people and enable participants to self-identify goals that improve health and wellbeing and pathways to social, civic and economic participation opportunities. This includes assertive outreach to build trust, group work to develop social and peer support, information sessions that facilitate connections to services and youth led social events that build on young people’s strengths and celebrate achievements. Empower outreaches at Melbourne Polytechnic Epping and Innovation Youth Centre Bundoora also. This program is funded by the Department of Families Fairness and Housing.
The Empower program can help you with:
- Re-engaging in education or work.
- Creating short/long-term goals.
- Navigating services and information.
ENGAGE!
Since 2018 Engage has connected young people from 12-25 in through activities, programs and events. Engage has centred around youth voices, youth consultation and youth direction. The first youth advisory group was formed and continues to this day as an advocacy group, from this young people identify needs and gaps that they can work towards helping to contribute to their communities. Engage has always run free training for all young people depending on the need to enhance and learn new skills with a view to pathways to employment through mentoring and volunteering. Engage takes a community development approach to youth work. In Engage we also take time to celebrate the youth achievements. Engage has been a part of the 16DOA campaign the last 3 years. A large part of Engage from 2018-2021 was youth volunteering, this started by removing the stigma around volunteering and promoting the positives roles like this could do for young people. Volunteering became a great tool for young people when it came to getting new experiences, helping community and their own self-worth. The Engage program remains strong engaging young people in youth voices in media, co-design programs, volunteering, employment information sessions and celebrations-recognising their contribution to community. This program is funded by the Department of Families Fairness and Housing.
