Living in Alice

Pro­grams that sup­port, empow­er and ele­vate the young peo­ple of Alice Springs. 

Alice Springs Town Coun­cil acknowl­edges the diverse skills, inter­ests and needs of young peo­ple who live, work or study in our munic­i­pal­i­ty. We know that young peo­ple enjoy oppor­tu­ni­ties to devel­op their skills, engage with and make pos­i­tive con­tri­bu­tions to their com­mu­ni­ty and express them­selves. Our Youth Pro­grams wish to hon­our this in the way we design, plan and imple­ment pro­grams for young peo­ple. We enjoy deliv­er­ing both reg­u­lar annu­al and var­ied taster pro­grams to sup­port young peo­ple’s mixed inter­ests which change, grow and devel­op as they do. Our pro­grams are focused towards young peo­ple aged 12 to 25.

Our reg­u­lar pro­grams include the Phoney Film Fes­ti­val, Youth Recy­cled Art Prize, and Youth Skate Work­shops. What’s on can be seen below and reg­is­ter for a work­shop here

Got an idea or want to get involved? We’d love to hear from you! Con­tact us to have a chat on 8950 0547, or email ydo@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au.

💪🏼 Lift & Yarn — Young Men’s Well­be­ing Pro­gram | Thurs­days 5 – 6pm @ Alice Springs Aquat­ic & Leisure Centre

Lift & Yarn with us to improve your health and well­be­ing! This free five-week well­be­ing pro­gram is for young men aged 12+ years. The pro­gram includes 30-mins of phys­i­cal exer­cise, and 30 mins of men­tal health edu­ca­tion, a light feed and entry into the pool until close. This pro­gram runs 2 Novem­ber — 30 Novem­ber. Sup­port­ed by the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Government. 

🖌️ Arts & Craft Work­shops — Paint, Print and Dye Cloth­ing and Fab­rics | Wednes­day 4 – 6pm @ Cen­tral Craft, Aralu­en Cul­tur­al Precinct 

Har­ness your cre­ative flare by attend­ing our cre­ative art mak­ing work­shop series. This free 6‑week Art & Craft pro­gram is held at Cen­tral Craft on Wednes­days from 4 – 6pm. A dif­fer­ent art/​craft theme each week suit­able for young peo­ple aged 12 — 25. This pro­gram runs 25 Octo­ber — 29 Novem­ber. Work­shops facil­i­tat­ed by Cen­tral Craft. 

🛹 Youth Skate Work­shops | Every Tues­day, 5 – 7pm

Are you a emerg­ing rid­er? Join us to prac­tice tricks and shred on skate­board, scoot­er or BMX! It’s all about learn­ing new tricks in a safe and enjoy­able envi­ron­ment. Snacks, water and music pro­vid­ed. Open to every­one, gen­der inclu­sive, with equip­ment to try provided.

This pro­gram is free and facil­i­tat­ed by local skaters & rid­ers @ Skatepark 14 Speed Street. The Gap, NT, 0870

School Hol­i­day Youth Programs

There’s some­thing for every­one this Sum­mer School Hol­i­days! Check out the full pro­gram to see what’s on!

Ter­tiary Bur­sary Schol­ar­ship 2023 – 2024

The Alice Springs Town Coun­cil is com­mit­ted to invest­ing in the edu­ca­tion of our young peo­ple to sup­port bet­ter eco­nom­ic and social out­comes for Alice Springs residents.

Coun­cil strives to reduce finan­cial bar­ri­ers for young peo­ple in order to enable edu­ca­tion access and participation.

Youth Edu­ca­tion Bur­sary aims to encour­age Alice Springs-based res­i­dents to con­tin­ue to study by pro­vid­ing finan­cial sup­port.
Each year Coun­cil offers up to four, indi­vid­ual schol­ar­ships for young peo­ple between 16 – 25 to under­take fur­ther study at school, uni­ver­si­ty or TAFE.

The Alice Springs Town Coun­cil will pro­mote the Youth Edu­ca­tion Bur­sary each year.

Coun­cil will allo­cate funds in the annu­al bud­get each year, the val­ue of which will be divid­ed equal­ly into up to four (4) indi­vid­ual bur­sary amounts to be award­ed per stu­dent.
Recip­i­ents will receive pay­ment of the bur­sary fol­low­ing accep­tance to a local school or Aus­tralian uni­ver­si­ty or TAFE.

Nom­i­nees must:

• be aged 16 – 25 years;
• be a res­i­dent of Alice Springs;
• be cur­rent­ly study­ing or plans to under­take fur­ther study at an Aus­tralian Uni­ver­si­ty, TAFE or at an Alice Springs-based sec­ondary school;
• meet the aca­d­e­m­ic per­for­mance and finan­cial need requirements.
• not be a recip­i­ent of anoth­er con­cur­rent school grant.

Appli­ca­tions:

• open Thurs­day 14 Sep­tem­ber 2023 at 9.00 am
• close Wednes­day 15 Novem­ber 2023 at 5.00 pm

Read full Youth Edu­ca­tion Bur­sary Policy

Sub­mit a nom­i­na­tion here.

Suc­cess­ful nom­i­nees will be noti­fied by end of Decem­ber 2023, with pay­ment made once a recip­i­ent has been accept­ed into uni­ver­si­ty or TAFE.