National Youth Week (NYW) (new window) is an annual, week-long celebration of young people (aged 12–25) throughout Australia.
It's a joint initiative of the Australian, State, Territory and Local Governments. It gives you an opportunity to express your ideas and views, act on issues that affect your lives. It also lets you have a lot of fun.
Basically, it's a week long party right across Australia where you get to participate in heaps of competitions, events and activities.
Every National Youth Week has its own theme - the theme for NYW 2012 is "Imagine. Create. Inspire."
National Youth Week Events
National Youth Week is HERE! In 2012, National Youth Week will be held from 13 April to 22 April 2012.
There are some of great events happening all across Victoria throughout NYW 2012. To find out what's happening in your local area, you can download a list of events for each day in National Youth Week, or a calendar listing the entire week's events.
- NYW Events for Friday 13 April (.pdf, 46KB)
- NYW Events for Saturday 14 April (.pdf, 45KB)
- NYW Events for Sunday 15 April (.pdf, 43KB)
- NYW Events for Monday 16 April (.pdf, 46KB)
- NYW Events for Tuesday 17 April (.pdf, 46KB)
- NYW Events for Wednesday 18 April (.pdf, 52KB)
- NYW Events for Thursday 19 April (.pdf, 49KB)
- NYW Events for Friday 20 April (.pdf, 51KB)
- NYW Events for Saturday 21 April (.pdf, 42KB)
- NYW Events for Sunday 22 April (.pdf, 42KB)
- NYW 2012 Calendar - full listing 13 - 22 April (.pdf, 122KB)
Victorian Young Member
21-year-old Frankston student Stephanie Raike has been chosen as the 2012 Victorian National Youth Week Young Member.
Stephanie will represent Victoria on the National Youth Week National Planning Group, which shapes NYW across Australia.
Stephanie has previously worked as a volunteer with the Salvation Army's Youth Street Teams. She has also worked as an L2P coordinator, providing opportunities for disadvantaged young people to obtain their probationary driver licence.
She has been a member of organisations such as the Oaktree Foundation, the Youth Advisory Council of Victoria (YACVic) and Amnesty International.
"We all have a role to play whether it's being a netball coach, volunteering with the Salvation Army or being informed about issues impacting young people and then doing something to make a difference," says Stephanie.
Stay tuned to youthcentral for a series of blogs by Stephanie in the lead-up to National Youth Week 2012.
National Youth Week Grants
In partnership with the Australian Government and beyondblue, through Youthbeyondblue, the Victorian Government is providing NYW grants of up to $2,000 to fund events that celebrate and recognise the contribution of young Victorians in local communities.
Applications for grants closed on 9 December, 2011, and will reopen in late 2012 for funding for NYW 2013 events. Thanks to everyone who applied.
For further information on NYW 2012, please contact Kate Duncan at the Office for Youth on (03) 9935 3023 or email youthweek@dhs.vic.gov.au, and for more about National Youth week in 2012, check out www.youthweek.com (new window).
