Youth Services and Programs

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.