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Help Us Understand Youth Mentoring in Australia and Win!
The YMN is conducting the Mentoring in Australia Survey again. We conduct this survey every two years and use the results to learn more about the current state of play of mentoring in Australia.
The results also allow the YMN to adapt its services in order to better support mentoring programs throughout Australia. By completing the survey, you will be eligible to go into a draw to win fantastic prizes including an Apple iPod Shuffle, movie tickets and gift vouchers!
We're Holding More Events than Ever!
There are lots of great events coming up in the next few months. We will be holding mentoring forums, the WA Mentor Summit, a NRGize Workshop and four state of play meetings. These events will provide professional development for coordinators, help expand the knowledge of mentors and provide opportunities for everyone involved in mentoring to network.
We will also be supporting the inaugural Australian Youth Mentoring Week. Youth Mentoring Week will be held from 25 October to 31 October 2009.
Celebrate Youth Mentoring Week with the Australian Youth Mentoring Network. There will be plenty of events and activities around Australia for mentors, mentees and programs! Keep an eye on our website for more details soon!
YMN Factsheets and Youth Mentoring Benchmarks
The YMN Mentor Factsheets are available for download for free from our website. The factsheets help mentors deal with issues which may come up when speaking with their mentees. Topics include Adolescent Issues, Trouble-shooting the Relationship, Dealing with Bullying, and Anger Management.
You can also download a copy of the Australian National Youth Mentoring Benchmarks for free from our website. These benchmarks are a set of minimum standards that all mentoring programs are encouraged to follow.
Click here to download the Benchmarks
You can now also get bulk hard copies of the Factsheets and Benchmarks from our web shop. Click on the links below to visit the web shop.
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In The Loop |
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The Big Picture
 Many of you may have by now completed the Australian Youth Mentoring Network's online survey designed to asses the state of play of mentoring in Australia. The results of this survey will be important not only in helping the network understand the future support role it must play to the sector, but in also providing valuable statistics which program can use to support funding submissions and proposals to Government. To compliment this survey we would like to provide practitioners with an opportunity to discuss some of this information in more detail. In particular we would like to discuss the challenges you are facing in your programs and see how we can tackle some of these issues head on.
We are holding four state of play meetings around Australia. Ideally we would love to hold one in every state and regional area but at this point in time it is not feasible. So if you work in a rural or remote or a state that we are not visiting, we will be in contact with you soon to outline how you can still have your say on these very important issues.
In the meantime, I would strongly encourage you to complete the survey if you haven't already done so to ensure your voice is heard for this first call for information. The more information we can gather, the richer the data we will have as a sector to draw on. Click here to start (or finish the survey) and don't forget you can win some great prizes like an iPod shuffle, movie tickets and shopping vouchers. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to give me a call. Thank you and I hope to see you at one of these meetings! |
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Mentoring Stories |
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Congratulations to Our Winners!
 We would like to thank everyone who entered the "Your Story" Competition. Mentors and Mentees from all over Australia are invited to send in their mentoring story and photos. We were delighted by the great stories by the mentors and mentees. It was fantastic to read how mentoring changes the lives of both mentors and mentees and the wonderful support and encouragement mentors provide their mentees.
We would like to congratulate the winners of the Competition:
Click on the above program names for more information about these programs.
Keep an eye on our website for Amy, Mel and Di's story and Megan and Simone's story. |
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Funding Issues! |
 Are you running out of funding? Do you need to boost to the funds you currently have? Listed below are current funding opportunities which exist that may assist youth mentoring programs or mentees. Click on the links for more information about each grant.
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Mentoring Programs |
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New Programs Listed on the Youth Mentoring National Database!
Our database continues to grow with nine new wonderful youth mentoring programs listing on our website during June 2009!
We would like to welcome the following programs to the National Database:
Click on their names above to learn more about these programs.
If you know of a program in this field that is not listed above please feel free to pass on this newsletter to them and encourage them to register their program.
Remember, there is no cost involved in the program registration. By registering your program details on our online database, you will also be adding your voice to the growing number of youth mentoring programs demanding that funding bodies take a more serious look at mentoring. If we all work together, we can achieve a more knowledgeable mentoring environment and provide better support for your program, which will lead to more support and guidance for the youth of Australia.
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Events
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NGRize will be held at in Adelaide from Tuesday 22nd September to Thursday, 24th September 2009. The NRGize Workshop is a comprehensive training program that has been developed and trialled by practitioners over a number of years both within Australia and internationally. The program focuses on the development of mentoring programs for youth. Included in your registration fee is a 450 page resource folder full of notes and activities.
We currently have an early bird special - book now for the special price of $565. Early bird ends on the 2nd of August 2009 normal price will then be $620.
Youth Mentoring Forum Series
Adelaide Form - 25 August 2009
The Australian Youth Mentoring Network, in partnership with Quality Lincs, will be holding the Adelaide Mentoring Forum on Tuesday, 25th August 2009. The topic for this forum will be "Engaging Mentoring Relationships". The Special Guest Speaker will be Professor Martin Westwall, Director of the Flinders Centre of Science Education in the 21st Century.
Keep an eye on our website for further details of the following upcoming forums:
October 13 - Melbourne
October 30 - Regional Victoria
December - Bunbury WA If you missed one of our forums or would like to access information used in the presentations, click here to visit our Past Forums page to download PowerPoint presentations or forum notes.
Forum Series 2009 - Co-hosts Needed
The Australian Youth Mentoring Network is still looking for co-hosts for our NSW Metro forum. If you are interested in being a partner organisation for a forum, download a MOU to see what is involved in the process or email info@youthmentoring.org.au.
WA Mentor Summit - 30 July 2009
The Australian Youth Mentoring Network, in partnership with The Smith Family, will be holding the WA Mentor Summit in Perth on Thursday, 30th July 2009. The WA Mentoring Summit is a great opportunity for you to expand your knowledge and understanding of mentoring and your role as a mentor, whilst providing you with an invaluable opportunity to network with like minded professionals.
Other Conferences and events
Thinking Drinking 3: Changing Australia's Drinking Culture
Organised by the Australian Drug Foundation and held in Brisbane on 5 - 7 August 2009
International Unity in Diversity Conference
The conference is part of the Townsville Cultural Fest 2009 and held in Townsville on 12 - 14 August 2009
Indigenous Youth People, Crime and Justice Conference
Organised by the Australian Institute of Criminology and held in Sydney on 31 August - 1 September 2009
ARACY 2009 Conference: Transforming Australia for Our Children's Future: Making Prevention Work
Organised by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth and held in Melbourne on 2 - 4 September 2009
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 and we will be happy to help with your promotion. | |
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Sincerely,
Kathleen Vella
Youth Mentoring Network Australia
Visit the website at http://www.youthmentoring.org.au | |
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