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Youth Mentoring Network Forum Series
Did you miss our latest forums in Hobart and Bunbury, Western Australia? Are you interested in how to build support for local mentoring programs or mentoring young people with disabilities? If so, you can now view and download the information used in the presentations in Hobart and Bunbury.
You can also download presentation information from other previous forums on this site.
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Employment Opportunity |
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 The Youth Mentoring Network is looking for a new Events and Communications Officer!
Your main role is to manage the Youth Mentoring Network's events and communication strategy with members and key stakeholders.
You will work with the Executive Officer to:
- promote the Youth Mentoring Network amongst mentoring program providers
- building and maintaining relationships with network members
- monitoring and assessing the needs of network members
- developing practical services and resources for practitioners
- providing coordinated access to available resources
- organising events and activities
- building and sharing a strong knowledge base to improve mentoring practice.
The successful applicant must have experience in creating and managing community events (conferences, forums and workshops), practical understanding of youth development and/or mentoring issues, ability to plan and deliver quality output on time and a demonstrated understanding of online and other communication technologies.
This position is a contract position which will be reviewed prior to the 30th of September 2008, at which time either the contract will expire or be extended within future funding requirements.
Hurry, applications close 16 November 2007.
Click here for more information regarding this position.
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Funding Opportunities |
National Youth Week 2008
Do you have a great idea for a National Youth Week event (which will be held from 5 April to 13 April 2008)? The Victorian Government, in partnership with Beyond Blue, is offering 2008 National Youth Week grants to celebrate and recognise the value of young people in their communities. The grants are for diverse groups of young people to organise local projects, events and activities for other young people. Grants of up to $2,000 are available to young people supported by their not-for-profit community organisation during National Youth Week.
Applications close 16 November 2007.
Click here for more information
The Western Australian Government is also offering grants of up to $1,000 to youth organisations to stage events and activities during National Youth Week.
Applications close 30 November 2007
Click here for more information
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Events
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NRGize Perth
The NRGize workshop held in Perth from October 30th - 1st November 2007 in partnership with the YMCA Perth was a wonderful success. Everyone who attended brought plenty of energy and made it a fantastic event. A huge thank you to everyone who attended.
This will be the last NRGize for the year. More NRGize workshops will be held in 2008. In the meantime, further information regarding NRGize, and the NRGize training manual, can be found on our website.
Click here to find out more information.
Youth Mentoring Forum Series
Sydney Forum
The Sydney Forum will be held in Macarthur on November 23rd, 2007. The topic for the forum will be announced soon!
Other Conferences and events
Indigenous Youth Engagement Workshop
An opportunity for indigenous mentees in Sydney to voice their opinions and meet other indigenous youths. Organised by Reconciliation Australia and the National Indigenous Youth Movement Association
9 November 2007
Teenagers and Risky Behaviours Conference
Melbourne, hosted by Ausmed
10 - 11 December 2007
Young People, Crime and Community Safety: Engagement and Early Intervention
Melbourne, organised by the Australian Institute of Criminology and the Victorian Safe Communities Network
25 - 26 Feb 2008
Click here for more information about these conferences
Promoting an event or meeting?
Holding a mentoring event or community meeting? Want to promote it to others beyond your normal networks? If you have an event or meeting that would interest youth mentoring practitioners, funding groups or mentors themselves, then you can add these events to the E-newsletter and YMN website. Simply send an email to info@youthmentoring.org.au containing all the event details by the last Friday of the month and we will be happy to help with your promotion.
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