Kyogle Youth Action is a small youth center that helps to keep off the streets on a friday night by providing them with a place to be safe, eat, watch dvd's, play computers.its a program that could be rolled out into every youth center in every town in australia an have the same massive impact on their community.
The dEadly mOb program that used to run at gap youth centre in Alice springs had great success engaging at risk youth. Ran between 2001-2007. Included the deadly mob Internet cafe, a youth website, a mentoring program and atouring youth multimedia team. Results were amazing. Couldn't keep up with demand. Funding was a constant issue.
Thanks for the info on the dEadly mOb program, can you post a link here for more info? Also send me a quick email with your contact details and we'll get in touch soon!
The C-RED program - creative and performing arts skills for conflict resolution. The primary focus was to work with young people to help them understand how to reduce tensions arrising from peer pressure, low self esteem, bullying discrimination and other issues, through a series of workshops and arts based activities. The progam improved interactions between young people and police. It engaged young people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, through not exclusively. The program was developed from the concepts, feedback and youth/ comunity involvement within Horizon Theatre's C-RED Pilot Projects (Fearless, Angerless, B.O.P and I am I.
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Kyogle Youth Action is a small youth center that helps to keep off the streets on a friday night by providing them with a place to be safe, eat, watch dvd's, play computers.its a program that could be rolled out into every youth center in every town in australia an have the same massive impact on their community.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for your feedback! It would be great to hear more about the program, can you please send me an email? joanna.allebone@aerf.com.au
The dEadly mOb program that used to run at gap youth centre in Alice springs had great success engaging at risk youth. Ran between 2001-2007. Included the deadly mob Internet cafe, a youth website, a mentoring program and atouring youth multimedia team. Results were amazing. Couldn't keep up with demand. Funding was a constant issue.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info on the dEadly mOb program, can you post a link here for more info? Also send me a quick email with your contact details and we'll get in touch soon!
ReplyDeleteThe C-RED program - creative and performing arts skills for conflict resolution.
ReplyDeleteThe primary focus was to work with young people to help them understand how to reduce tensions arrising from peer pressure, low self esteem, bullying discrimination and other issues, through a series of workshops and arts based activities.
The progam improved interactions between young people and police. It engaged young people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, through not exclusively.
The program was developed from the concepts, feedback and youth/ comunity involvement within Horizon Theatre's C-RED Pilot Projects (Fearless, Angerless, B.O.P and I am I.
Where are you based? The program sounds exciting!
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