We're hiring a Perth Program Manager to work with us 3 days a week managing our metropolitan-based projects.
The Perth Program Manager will oversee several of our youth-led networks, generate new ideas, build sustainable funding arrangements, build organisational capacity and ensure a high level of service delivery to YACWA’s members.
It's with a heavy heart that we bid farewell to our Senior Policy & Advocacy Officer, Mason Rothwell last week.
Mason joined YACWA in 2017. It's hard to state the value he's had on our work for young people and the youth sector in since then, but it's clear the influence of his work on improving outcomes for young people in WA will be felt for years to come.
Some key examples of his work include leading the development of our COVID-19 Youth Recovery Framework last year, which has had a significant impact on State Government recovery efforts for young people. He's led much of our work in the youth justice space, supporting and championing cross-sector efforts to improve youth justice outcomes. He was a co-founder of the Youth Pride Network, and his foundational work is a significant factor in the YPN growing to become the state's first funded LGBTQIA+ peak body for young people.
More than anything, Mason's brought integrity, critical thinking and empathy into everything he's done in his time with us. His dedication to empowering and enhancing the voices of young people in our policy work is a testament to his passion and commitment to social justice. We're all better off, personally and professionally, having worked alongside him. We're sorry to see him go but so excited for what lays ahead. Thank you, Mason.
Farewell to eight members of the YACWA team
We're also sadly saying goodbye to several other members of the YACWA team whose contracts are coming to an end.
A huge thank you to Evelyn and Kai from the YEP Crew who are moving onto other opportunities. Evelyn has been vital to the YEP Team as a peer educator for the last year+, while Kai has been involved with YACWA for so many years as a part of YEP, a founder of the Youth Homelessness Advisory Council and so many other projects. Thank you both!
Thank you to Anne-Marie, who is finishing up as coordinator of the Youth Digital Inclusion Project for an amazing opportunity interstate.
And thank you to Rhiannon, Holly, Fin, Ash and Chey, who are all finishing up on the COVID-19 Youth Engagement Project that's produced the beautiful resources you've seen on our social media over the last six months.
WA Youth Awards Nominations Now Open
The WA Youth Awards are now open for nominations!
The pre-eminent event celebrating young Western Australians, youth workers and youth organisations has 10 categories open for nomination, covering activism, innovation, sustainability, leadership, the arts and much more.
Get your nominations in by Friday 5 March and join us for the WA Youth Awards gala dinner on Friday 9 April to kick off Youth Week WA.
Become a Peer Researcher for the Vic Park Youth Plan
We're developing a Youth Plan and are seeking up to eight individuals aged 16 - 25 who live, work, study, or volunteer in Vic Park to become peer researchers.
This is a paid role with training included and is a great opportunity to develop your skills and experience while helping the Town.
If you're interested in applying or would like some more information, head to the link below.
ECU Youth Work Professional Placement Open for EOIs
ECU is now accepting expressions of interests from agencies looking to host students as a part of their Social Science & Youth Work Professional Placements
Students are matched with an organisation based upon suitability and learning needs and are required to complete 200 hours of per placement
EOIs are open now for placements in Semesters 1 & 2 2021.
Our friends at the Youth Disability Advocacy Network (YDAN are launching the Disability Empowerment Project, which is all about empowering young people with disability through skills development via co-designed self-advocacy training.
To kickstart the design process, YDAN keen to gather experiences of young people via the survey below.
Support Kadjin, the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Youth Arts Network
Our friends at Propel Youth Arts are nearing their $25,000 matched fundraising goal to for Kadjin, the newly formed network for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander youth arts. If successful, every dollar raised will be matched by Creative Partnerships' matched funding pogram.
Donations will be used to support an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth arts conference, Elder and professional workshops, trips on Country and much more.
The newly released Research Report on Community Views on Homelessness Western Australia commissioned by The WA Alliance to End Homelessness in partnership with Shelter WA shows people have increasing levels of compassion for those experiencing homelessness and want more action to address the issue.
The Report has highlighted how strong the impact of COVID-19 has been in positively shifting community views on homelessness. 94% of respondents believed that becoming homelessness can occur outside of an individual’s control, and 89% of respondents agreed that homelessness can happen to anyone.
Nature Play WA is looking for someone age 18-25 to fill its newly created youth position on its Board.
The Youth Board Member will attend monthly meetings, contribute to the organisation's strategic direction and develop their understanding of high-level governance procedures.
Nature Play WA is a not-for-profit dedicated to enriching children’s lives through free play outdoors.
YACWA has worked tirelessly to support young people, youth workers and the youth sector navigate this strange and challenging time. Now we’re asking you to join us commit to championing the rights of young people in Western Australia by becoming a member.
Over 40 years ago, a small group of agitators, firebrands and troublemakers joined together to form a united front for youth workers in our state. That same activist spirit, fuelled by an undying commitment to the rights of young people, runs through everything we do at the Youth Affairs Council of WA.
As we move into this recovery phase, we’re faced with an extraordinary challenge. Young people are expected to be some of the hardest hit by this upheaval to employment, education and daily life.
By becoming a member, you’ll be supporting our small team of change-makers to fight for every young person in our state.
YACWA respectfully acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Custodians of this country. While our work is state-wide, YACWA's office is based on the land of Wadjuk people of the Noongar nation.
We wish to pay our respect to Elders past and present and extend this to all Aboriginal people seeing this message.
