Living in Alice

Alice Springs Town Coun­cil’s Youth Action Group (YAG) is a group for young indi­vid­u­als, meet­ing once a month to dis­cuss youth issues in Alice Springs, and come up with ways to address those issues. The group organ­is­es a range of youth-focused events through­out the year.

YAG aims to empow­er young peo­ple by includ­ing them in Coun­cil deci­sion-mak­ing, help­ing them to devel­op new skills, and encour­age a pos­i­tive per­cep­tion of young peo­ple in Alice Springs.

Meet­ings are held month­ly. Young peo­ple under the age of 25 can get involved today by con­tact­ing the Youth Ser­vices Offi­cer on 8950 0500, or fol­low­ing the Youth Action Group on Face­book or Insta­gram.

Con­tact the Youth Ser­vices Offi­cer on 8950 0500 / email astc@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au about YAG Mem­ber­ship, or a mem­ber­ship pre­sen­ta­tion for your school.

Youth Skills Workshops

Every year, YAG presents a series of youth work­shops, each with a focus on devel­op­ing prac­ti­cal, life-skills, in a spe­cial­ty area – check out YAG’s social media pages reg­u­lar­ly for updates.

StandUp!

Stand Up! is a FREE lead­er­ship course for female and non-bina­ry iden­ti­fy­ing young peo­ple (aged between 15 and 26 years) in Alice Springs, keen to become insti­ga­tors for pos­i­tive change. 

• StandUp! for lead­er­ship week com­mences Mon­day 23 to Mon­day 30 March, at var­i­ous times
• Andy McNeill Room, Civic Cen­tre, 93 Todd Street, Alice Springs
• For ages 16 – 26 years, female / gender-diverse
• Facil­i­tat­ed by M J Warfield

Par­tic­i­pants will build skills in reflec­tive prac­tice, iden­ti­fy­ing action­able steps to achieve goals, expand­ing social and pro­fes­sion­al net­works, con­fi­dence and an under­stand­ing of how gen­der can impact on leadership.

The pro­gram runs for one week in March 2020, and aims to devel­op the next gen­er­a­tion of com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers by:

• sup­port­ing par­tic­i­pants to net­work with local com­mu­ni­ty leaders
• attend­ing and speak­ing at a Coun­cil meeting
• par­tic­i­pat­ing in round-table dis­cus­sions about gen­der and equal­i­ty issues
• learn­ing lead­er­ship skills, such advocacy
• meet­ing and col­lab­o­rat­ing with oth­er future leaders.

Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ple, peo­ple from cul­tur­al­ly and lin­guis­ti­cal­ly diverse back­grounds, and peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties, are encour­aged to apply.

For enquiries, con­tact the Com­mu­ni­ty Devel­op­ment Offi­cer 8950 0567 or kmilne@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au

Youth Recy­cled Art Prize

As part of NT Youth Week, the Youth Recy­cled Art Prize offers young peo­ple in Alice Springs the oppor­tu­ni­ty to devel­op their cre­ative tal­ents, have their work exhib­it­ed, and win great prizes – all while learn­ing about recy­cling. All exhib­it­ed art­works are made from recy­cled / reused mate­ri­als. Prizes are award­ed for win­ning entries, includ­ing a People’s Choice Award.

Con­tact the Youth Ser­vices Offi­cer on 8950 0500 / email astc@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au about this annu­al event.

Phoney Film Festival

Are you a cre­ative young film-mak­er, or know some­one who is?

YAG’s Phoney Film Fes­ti­val is a fes­ti­val of short films shot on smart­phones and tablets, by young peo­ple aged 12 to 25. Films must be less than five min­utes dura­tion, and can be across any cat­e­go­ry / genre includ­ing: action, dra­ma, hor­ror, com­e­dy, real life …get brainstorming!

Par­tic­i­pants in the Phoney Film Fes­ti­val go in the run­ning to win awe­some prizes in each cat­e­go­ry. Entries are screened by the Alice Springs Cin­e­ma at the fes­ti­val and awards pre­sen­ta­tion evening. This is a free event for the local com­mu­ni­ty and all are wel­come to attend. Come along, watch some awe­some short films made by cre­ative young peo­ple, and vote for your favourite in the People’s Choice Award.

Watch this space to find out more infor­ma­tion about how to enter the com­pe­ti­tion for 2020, or con­tact the Youth Ser­vices Offi­cer on 8950 0500 / email astc@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au

Youth Arts & Music Fes­ti­val (YAM­fest!)

Coun­cil’s Youth Action Group brings you the tasti­est of fes­ti­vals – YAM Fest! – incor­po­rat­ing an excit­ing range of arts, music and relat­ed work­shops & activ­i­ties. YAM­fest is the high­light of the lat­ter half of the year, for young peo­ple in Alice Springs. Watch this space to find out more infor­ma­tion about YAM­fest 2020 or stay tuned to the YAG Face­book page.

Con­tact the Youth Ser­vices Offi­cer on 8950 0500 / email astc@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au about this annu­al event.