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State of Play of Mentoring in Australia
 A huge thank you to everyone who attended our State of Play discussion groups over the past few weeks as well as everyone who completed our 2009 Mentoring in Australia Survey.
The discussion groups were highly successful and it was great meeting all participants. The feedback and comments from the discussion groups and the survey were fantastic and extremely helpful in assisting us develop future resources and to help lobby governments for funding for the youth mentoring sector.
If you missed the State of Play discussion groups, you can still have your say by clicking here.
Keep an eye on our website for the results of the survey.
Youth Mentoring Week!
The Australian Youth Mentoring Network is supporting the inaugural Australian Youth Mentoring Week which will be held from 25 October to 31 October 2009.
Visit the our new webpage detailing the events and activities around Australia for mentors, mentees and programs during Youth Mentoring Week! This webpage includes a Celebration Support Kit which provides templates, tips and hints for programs to host an event. You can also register your event online so it can be promoted on our site.
Hurry, NRGize Places Filling Fast!
Registrations for the 2009 NRGize workshop in Adelaide are filling fast. We have also extended our early bird offer. This workshop is invaluable for those who are running or starting a youth mentoring program. Learn from the experiences of successful Australian Mentoring programs by attending the NRGize Workshop! The 2009 NRGize Workshop is being held in Adelaide from Tuesday, 22nd September to Thursday, 24th September 2009.
Click here for more information and to book a place today! |
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In The Loop |
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Youth Career and Transition Program Changes
 Our June newsletter noted that the Federal Government announced changes to the Youth Transitions Programs. The changes are to take effect from 1 January 2010 and will see many existing Australian Government youth, transitions and career programs being restructured into two new programs under the National Partnership on Youth Attainment and Transitions. These programs are the School Business Community Partnership Brokers Program and the Youth Connections Program.
It is anticipated that the Government will be releasing Request for Tender (RFT) documentation for the two new Programs on 21 August 2009. These documents will be available on the AusTender website.
(you will need to type the name of the Program in the website's search facility)
Although we endeavour to provide you with accurate information, the Government may change the release date of the RFT. You can also keep an eye on the Youth Career and Transition Program website for more up to date information.
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 Mentoring in Australia Survey Competition Winners |
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Thank You to Everyone Who Completed the Survey
 A huge thanks to everyone who 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.
Keep an eye on our website for the results of the survey.
We have drawn the winners of the competition and would like to congratulate them:
1st Prize - Lyn Parker
Lyn is from the Volunteer Support Mentoring Program (VSMP). The VSMP aims to establish and maintain positive, trusting, long term mentoring friendships between adult volunteers and children and young people in the foster care system. The program was established to address the often unmet needs of children and young people in the foster care system and enables the mentees to have a consistent, caring adult to stay with them throughout their journey through the care system, as well as increased access to recreational activities and to have individual attention.
2nd Prize - Vicki Condon
Vicki is from the Bump Mentoring Program which is conducted by The Young Love Foundation which is a not-for-profit organisation contributing to the health and wellbeing of young mums in our community. Bump provides community based weekly mentoring and monthly personal development workshops for young pregnant or parenting girls up to the age of 23 years old. The Bump program provides a great network of young mums, as well as providing an experienced mum as a mentor.
3rd Prize - Kathleen Bleakley
Kathleen is from the Kids Friends - Mentoring & Tutoring Program which is run by Barnardos in Queanbeyan. The Program works with vulnerable children and young people in the area and provides mentoring to children and young people who need a special adult friend to spend one-to-one time as well as individual tutoring to children and young people who are struggling with their schoolwork.
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Mentoring Stories |
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Amy and Mel & Di
 Amy and Mel & Di are part of the Kids Friends Program which is run by Barnardos.
Amy and Mel & Di meet once a week and they thoroughly enjoy their time together. They have been friends for five years and like to cook, work in the garden, read books, go on picnics and lots more!
Click here to read more about Amy and Mel & Di as well as a wonderful story by Amy |
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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 five new wonderful youth mentoring programs listing on our website during July 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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NRGize 2009 is filling fast. 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 have extended the early bird special - book now for the special price of $565.
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 Westwell, 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 7 - 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.
Other Conferences and events
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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