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Empowering, Connecting, Creating Positive Change
Our friends at The Big Issue are in party mode for the organisation's 20 year anniversary. So we thought it was time we shared the story of our relationship with The Big Issue Classroom, and the ways we work together with young people in the community. What do we have...
What’s NAIDOC Week all about?
Our office just returned from the flag raising ceremony that marks the beginning of NAIDOC week. My news feed is flooded with “Happy NAIDOC,” and cute photos about events. Maybe yours is too or you’ve noticed a few flags flying and you’re not sure what the deal is so...
Fix Stuff. Make Stuff. Create Stuff. This Is Science.
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Well, there's no denying it Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths (STEM) is a hot topic for millennials, the world of education and career pathways in 2016. But, according to The Grattan...
Journey Program: A shared experience
This week is Refugee Week and we have been celebrating the young people from a refugee background who we support through our programs. We recently ran a Journey Program with a fantastic group of newly arrived / migrant young people from the Western English Language...
Goldrush Camp Experience
As part of our Malmsbury camp experience, a group of campers recently participated in a "Goldrush" experience in the Victorian Goldfields in order to learn more about the history of the local area. First of all they caught an old fashioned steam train from Castlemaine...
My name is Taylah, and this is my story
When I was asked to write this post, I debated about what I would write for days, I struggled to string together a single sentence without deleting it. I slowly realised that I am trying to write about myself in a way that would be appropriate and well received but I...
Five reasons we should all give volunteering a crack
Hey, hello, what’s up? My name is Nayuka and I have a confession, I am a volunteering addict. I have loved volunteering for as long as I can remember. I got my first taste when I was 9. My Mum volunteered at our local nursing home and I would go along and play bingo,...
Doxa Cadet represents refugees for Australia
Doxa Cadet and RMIT student Arif Hazara has been selected as a part of the Australian delegation at the UNHCR negotiations with NGOs in Geneva this June. He will represent Australia in a forum that discusses rights and issues around refugees in the global landscape...
NYW 2016: Shelley Fenech’s advice for juggling university life
Advice and guidance for juggling university life from Shelley Fenech The third in our National Youth Week 2016 blog series, where young people in our programs provide an insight into some of their amazing experiences. Before you decide whether to read on – I must tell...
NYW 2016: Olivia Walker’s Top 10 Tips For Exchange
Olivia Walker gives her top tips for an overseas exchange The second in our National Youth Week 2016 blog series, where young people in our programs provide an insight into some of their amazing experiences. The prospect of heading to a foreign country to undertake...
