Join a YouthBiz Committee in 2010!
Meet new people!
Learn new skills!
Make a difference!
Have fun!
There are vacancies on all youth committees in 2010 for young people aged 12 to 25
FReeZA: organises drug and alcohol free music and cultural events for young people
10MMM: publishes the Purple Couch magazine, records radios ads, and run website www.10mmm.com
7 Jeans: organises girls-only events and activities
Move It: organises fun physical activities for young people
PlantATree: a new environmental project where young people discover the environmental issues around them and make a positive change in the community
To apply to join a committee or get more information please contact:
YouthBiz- 222 Gray Street, Hamilton
Ph: (03)5571 2233
Email: youthbiz@wdhs.net
Sexual Health, Webcams, and Doctors?
Through an online questionnaire, a team of researchers at the University of Melbourne is trying to help find the best way to enable people to talk to their doctors about sexual health matters.
We would like to know, should there be access to sexual health care services on the telephone or over a webcam on the computer, or just in person? Which would you prefer?
The questionnaire is for all people living in Australia aged 16 to 24 (under 25), regardless of sexual experience.
The questionnaire can be accessed at http://shout.mshc.com.au/ and should take 10-15 minutes to complete.
We would be most appreciative if you would be willing to complete the questionnaire and pass it on to friends in the target age group (16 to 24).
Bayside Film Festival - Call for Entries
JUMP CUT is on again! Young people aged 13 - 25 across Australia are invited to submit short films for screening throughout the Bayside Film Festival. Jump Cut gives young filmmakers an opportunity to screen their works alongside professional filmmakers.
Young filmmakers can submit short films in any genre up to 10 minutes in length. All works submitted will be subject to a competitive selection process, with the strongest films showcased throughout the four-day event. In addition to this, members of the Australian Film Critics Association will determine which films will be awarded an industry prize. Films will be judged in two separate age group categories 13 -18 (secondary students) and 19 - 25 (tertiary students). Films must have been completed within the last two years (2008 onwards).
Selected films will screen at Bayside Film Festival 14 - 17 July 2010 at Palace Cinema, Brighton Bay, Melbourne.
Please refer to the website address for conditions of entry, entry form and other relevant information. www.bayside.vic.gov.au/jumpcut
Closing date for films: Friday April 30 2010
FISHING TRIP
YouthBiz will be taking a fishing trip to Portland for young people 12 to 25
Wednesday January 13th 2010
Leaving Youthbiz at 4pm to return at 9pm.
Cost is free
Bring your own rod, or you can borrow one
Book in at YouthBiz so you don’t miss out! Numbers are limited
YouthBiz - 222 Gray Street Hamilton
Ph: 55712233
Email: youthbiz@wdhs.net
DECEMBERFEST!
Final FReeZA event of 2009!
Friday 11th December 2009
Attic Nightclub, Thompson Street - Hamilton
6pm to 10pm
Bands performing are:
Noble Park
Indian Skies
Interstellar 7
The Lost Royals
For young people aged 12 -17
Entry - $10
Fully supervised. Drug, Alcohol and Smoke Free. No Passouts
For more information please contact YouthBiz - WDHS on 5571 2233, email youthbiz@wdhs.net, or just drop in at 222 Gray Street- Hamilton.
Rock on at Hardwire 2009!
Warrnambool’s annual Hardwired FReeZA event is here again! YouthBiz - Western District Health Service will be organising a bus to night on Friday 18th December. A bus for young people aged 12 - 25 years will leave for Hardwired from Coles car park at 5.00pm and returning around 1.00am.
Tickets are only $30 including entry and return bus trip.
The night will be fully supervised; Hardwired FReeZA event is drug, alcohol and smoke free with no pass outs with random breath testing taking place at the event.
Hardwired 2008 gives young people an incredible opportunity to attend a fantastic event featuring bands such as Little birdy, Urthboy, Trial Kennedy and Jackson Mclaren. These bands will be supported by local bands such as Eastern Front, 2 Days Previous, Another Tragic Hero and I Dream of Genre. Hardwired is run and organised by the Warrnambool, Moyne and Glenelg FReeZA committees with great success every year.
Positions will fill quickly and bookings are essential so please contact YouthBiz for further information or to reserve your position. 222 Gray Street, Hamilton.
Ph: 03 5571 2233
Young people join the Mini Olympics
Forget waiting for the Olympics Games to hit London in 2012, they are headed to Hamilton on Thursday 3rd December!
The Hamilton Botanic Gardens will host the Mini Olympics for young people aged 12 to 25, where they will compete for glory in events such as Tunnel Ball, Egg and Spoon race, Potato Sack race, and the difficult Thong Chuck.
From 4.00pm, the Olympics will take over the Botanic Gardens, for young people to come together, meet some new people and have fun.
The Mini Olympics is an activity of the Move It program, from YouthBiz- Western District Health Service which provides young people in the Southern Grampians with free and fun activities aimed at increasing physical activity in a non-competitive environment.
Entry is free for all participants and spectators of the Mini Olympics with prizes to be won, and an afternoon tea provided.
So come along by yourself or bring some friends, to have a fun and active day in the gardens.
For more information please contact YouthBiz on 5571 2233 or drop in to 222 Gray Street, Hamilton.
WORKSHOP INVITATION
The office for youth (OFY) is pleased to offer you the chance to gain experience in assessing applications for the 2010 National youth week (NYW) grants program.
NYW is an annual week long celebration of young people (aged 12-25) throughout Australia. The Victorian NYW grants support events, projects and activities organized by young people for young people during NYW, which will be held from the 10-18 April 2010
The workshop will provide you with information about how funding decisions are made by government and training to assess applications for funding.
The workshop will be running at YouthBiz Tuesday the 17th November 2009 , starting at 10.00am and finishing at 3.00 pm with lunch provided from 12.30 to 1.00pm
T-Shirt Art @ Dunkeld Mosiac Festival
The FReeZA committee will be hosting a marquee for young people at the Dunkeld Mosaic Festival.
Saturday 31 October, 10am to 4pm
Young people at the Festival can come to the marquee to design and create their own T-Shirt, the T-Shirts will form a gallery for the day with prizes given to the most creative!
You even get to take your creation home at the end of the day.
T-Shirt Art is FREE, so come along and visit us at the Dunkeld Mosaic Festival
MOVE IT
The Move it committee along with Western District Health Service will be running their first activity. The activity will be lawn bowls, and this will be a great chance to come down and learn the skills of lawn bowls and get active at the same time.
Anyone between the ages 12-25 are welcome to attend free of charge at the Hamilton Bowling Club on the Wednesday 14 October at 5pm.
The session will involve a lesson on how to bowl and then a game.
Join the new committee today
Please contact YouthBiz for all bookings and further information on Ph: 5571 2233, or drop in at 222 Gray Street, Hamilton. All activities are fully supervised and for those aged 12 - 25.
