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 in June, Youth Recy­cled Art Prize in April, and Youth Skate Work­shops all year long. What’s on can be seen below!

Got an idea or want to get involved? We’d love to hear from you! Con­tact us to have a chat on 8950 0504, or email ydo@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au.

ASTC x NT Sport & Recre­ation Term 1 After-School Youth Pro­grams 2025

Got time to kill after school?

ASTC has you cov­ered! Bas­ket­ball, BMX­ing, swim­ming, com­put­er gam­ing, DJ work­shops, rock climb­ing — we’ve got heaps on!

Check out the huge range of incred­i­ble pro­grams on offer for Term 1!

All ses­sions are free and don’t require book­ings. Feel free to email ydo@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au with any questions.

Call­ing all young peo­ple to reg­is­ter for the 2025 Youth Recy­cled Arts Prize! 

The Youth Recy­cled Arts Prize is a free art com­pe­ti­tion that encour­ages peo­ple aged 12 to 25 with the abil­i­ty to get cre­ative with sec­ond hand or recy­cled mate­ri­als and con­vert them into a piece of art! To assist, par­tic­i­pants will have lim­it­ed free access to a range of recy­cled mate­ri­als from the ASTC Redis­cov­ery Cen­tre to help build the cre­ative juices and offer mate­ri­als to sup­port their artis­tic works.

The Youth Recy­cled Arts Prize offers prizes for the best cre­ative art works and gives young peo­ple an oppor­tu­ni­ty for their work to be exhib­it­ed and judged in a series of categories!

This year’s cat­e­gories are:

• 12 – 14yrs
• 15 – 18 yrs
• 18 and over plus
• People’s Choice Award
• Open Cat­e­go­ry All Abilities
• Paper Cre­ations — High­light­ing Sec­ond Hand Books

The People’s Choice Award is deter­mined on the most pop­u­lar vot­ed art piece across all age groups. 

Free work­shops will be run to encour­age artis­tic flow and to pro­vide hints, tips, and sug­ges­tions on emerg­ing works as they progress toward the final product. 

So this is a call out to all our bud­ding young artists and cre­ative sparks alike, to get involved and reg­is­ter for the excit­ing 2025 Youth Recy­cled Arts Prize for their chance to work with a lead­ing artist through access to work­shops, and to have their work exhib­it­ed, judged and award­ed a prize. 

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