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Youth Mentoring Week 2009
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What's NEW? |
New Fact Sheet Series for Coordinators
The AYMN has lauched a new Fact Sheet Series for  Coordinators! The first fact sheet in the series has just been released and looks at the 8 principles for supporting mentors to ensure a program can retain their mentors and develop a pool of high quality mentors to draw upon.
Click here to download the first fact sheet.
Latest Research
Position Vacant
 We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Marketing and Events Co-ordinator to market the work of the AYMN to its stakeholders and the wider community. Click here to learn more about this position or to download an application pack.
Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested in the position. The position is based in Sydney but provisions for an interstate placement may be made in execeptional circumstances. |
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In The Loop |
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Youth Development and Support Program Funding Round for 2009-2010
 The Youth Development and Support Program strengthens the capacity of eligible organisations to support initiatives that inspire and encourage young people aged between 12 and 25 years to develop skills and connections within their communities.
The Program will provide funding to eligible non-government, not-for-profit organisations to deliver a range of community-based, small scale projects that will involve productive participation and encourage social inclusion of young people.
A total of $500,000 is available to support eligible organisations to deliver projects for implementation in 2009-10. Eligible organisations are invited to apply for the level of assistance appropriate to the scale and scope of their proposed project, up to a maximum of $75,000.
Funding for projects will be determined through an open, competitive selection process. Eligible non-government organisations seeking support for a project must read the Program Guidelines and submit an Application Form.
Applications for the 2009-10 funding round must be received by the closing time of 5:00pm on Wednesday, 4 November 2009.
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 Latest Research |
 Jean Baldwin Grossman has just released a methodological brief 'Evaluating Mentoring Programs' aimed at providing both program operators and researchers with practical advice about how to assess a program's implementation and impact.
Most programs conduct evaluation as part of their funding requirements and focus only on outcomes for the young person but don't necessarily look at whether the process or structure of the program has a bearing on the results. This article discusses both process measures: the program's actions and outcome measures: the effects the program has had. This article is an adaptation of an earlier article which first appeared in The Handbook of Youth Mentoring (DuBois and Karcher, ed. 2005).
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Youth Mentoring Week |
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Youth Mentoring Week is Fast Approaching!
The Australian Youth Mentoring Network is supporting the inaugural Australian Youth Mentoring Week which will be held from 25 October to 31 October 2009.
It's not too late to help us celebrate youth mentoring throughout Australia. Suggestions of what you can do include:
- holding a BBQ for the mentees, mentors and the community
- Get everyone involved in baking a cake or making pizzas
- Submit an article about mentoring in your local paper
- Hold an afternoon tea
Visit our website for a Celebration Support Kit which provides templates and hints and tips for programs to host an event.
Events during Youth Mentoring Week
Sunday, 25 October 2009
- What Mentoring Means To Me - Launceston Tas
- Family Picnic Event - Rymill Park SA
Monday, 26 October 2009
- Engaging Gen Y Workshop - Hindmarsh SA
- Celebration of Youth Mentoring in Victoria - Melbourne Zoo Vic
- Jindi Woraback Youth Mentoring Celebration Dinner - Lilydale Vic
- Mentor/Mentee Lunch - Mortlake College Vic
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
- Conference - Engagement - West Lakes SA
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
- Celebration of Mentoring in the Hume Region - Benalla Vic
- Kokoda Youth Mentoring Program - Mildura Vic
Thursday, 29 October 2009
- Connect2Mentoring Celebration - QLD
- Trafalgar Youth Mentoring Celebration - Trafalgar Vic
- Mobile Phone Mentoring - Emerald Vic
- Working Together - Bassendean WA
- Mentor Training - Vic
Saturday, 31 October 2009
- Face the Music - Vic
You can also register your event online so it can be promoted on our site.
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Mentoring Stories! |
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Peter and Vince
Peter and Vince are from the Break Through Mentoring Program, which is a youth employment mentoring program linking disadvantaged young people with employment mentors who are currently employed in the local community.
Vince became a mentor with the desire to "pay forward" his experience of being mentored when he was younger. Peter, who received little encouragement from those around him to find employment, was open to the concept of mentoring, but admitted he was not sure of what to expect. His main concern was that he would be matched with a mentor that was 'mean' and judgemental.
Vince has helped Peter become more motivated, confident and driven.
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Mentoring Programs |
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New Mentoring Programs Listed on the Youth Mentoring National Database!
Our database continues to grow with four new fantastic youth mentoring programs listing on our website during September 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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 Youth Mentoring Week will be held from 25 October 2009 to 31 October 2009 and will be a celebration throughout Australia of youth mentoring and all its success, potential and opportunity. This week provides us all with a valuable opportunity to:
- celebrate the positive impact on young people
- recognise and celebrate the contribution of mentors
- raise the profile and promote the benefits of mentoring
- recruit more mentors
- seek support for mentoring through mentor recruitment and partnerships within communities and including business.
Click here for more information
Youth Mentoring Forum Series
Bunbury, WA Mentoring Forum
When: 6 November 2009
Time: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Koombana Bay Sailing Club
Cost: $95 or $25 for Mentors and the unwaged
October 30 - Regional Victoria
Missed a Forum?
Other Conferences and events
APSAD 2009 Conference
Organised by the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs and held in Darwin from 1 - 4 November 2009
2nd International Conference of the International Society of Child Indicators: Counting Children In: Research, theory, policy, practice
Organised by the International Society for Child Indicators and the University of Western Sydney's Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre and held in Sydney on 4 - 5 November 2009
Young People: Finding their way in a new era, NCVER Policy Forum
Organised by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research and the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Held in Melbourne on 10 November 2009
Australia's Welfare 2009: Whose needs? How well met?
Organised by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and held in Queanbeyan on 16 - 17 November 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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