29 November 2004
Youth Grants Announced by NT Government
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Marion Scrymgour MLA
Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Young Territorians
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Young Territorians will have access to an exciting range of drug and alcohol free entertainment through the awarding of almost $24 000 worth of Youth Grants, announced today by the NT Government.
The Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Young Territorians, Marion Scrymgour, today announced the successful Youth Grant recipients from across the Territory.
“The Northern Territory Government is committed to ensuring that young people living in the Territory have access to recreational activities and youth development opportunities,” Ms Scrymgour said.
“Through the Youth Grants Program, young people aged 12 to 25 from across the Territory can access a variety of community based activities, including entertainment and developmental opportunities.
“The quality of the applications received for this grant round was excellent. It is very pleasing to see young people and youth organisations proposing such a variety of activities, including entertainment and developmental opportunities.”
Ms Scrymgour said applications were received from Alice Springs , Darwin , Rural Darwin, Katherine, Nhulunbuy and remote Indigenous communities.
“The Youth Grants Program is an important way of providing young people and organisations with the means of putting their ideas into action,” she said.
“The Panel assessing the applications endeavoured to ensure that there was an equitable regional spread across the Territory, as well as identifying the need to provide a variety of activities to different groups.”
A list of the successful grant recipients for the December /January 2005 funding is attached.
- Northern Territory Blue Light Disco Council: “Bush Tour 2004”: Blue Light Discos will be held for young people in the Indigenous communities of Katherine, Binjari, Timber Creek, Yarralin, Mataranka, Beswick, Pine Creek and Jabiru. These will give young people the opportunity to participate in a drug, alcohol and smoke free environment that is fully supervised.
- Milingimbi Community Incorporated : Blue Light Disco: members of the Northern Territory Blue Light Disco Council will fly to Milingimbi from Darwin to hold a Blue Light Disco for the youth of the community. This will be a drug and alcohol free event for all youth of the community to participate in.
- Alice Springs Youth Centre : The Alice Springs Gamer Convention: A convention for young people of all ages to participate in intellectually based games. The convention will encourage youth to use their mental rather than physical capacity in competing.
- Alice Springs Youth Centre: The Small Day In II: An Alice Springs sized version of the Big Day Out featuring bands from Alice Springs and surrounding communities. A day to give local youth bands the opportunity to play to their peers.
- Ms Tammy Aberdeen: Lions Australia Youth Exchange to Japan : A six week trip to Japan for year 11/12 students where Ms Aberdeen will be given the chance to interact with Japanese people on a broad range of topics like social, historical and cultural issues, using and developing what she has learnt here in the Northern Territory. Ms Aberdeen is the only Northern Territory representative in the group of 16 young people to participate in this activity.
- Australian Red Cross (The SHAK): X-Mas Holidays Out-a-the-heat Holiday Program: A five week holiday program for disadvantaged youth aged 11-21. There will be activities such as face painting, internet parties, bead making, eight ball and hand ball competitions. There will also be excursions to Zone 3, Skateworld, mini golf, fishing and more, finishing off with a drug and alcohol free mega dance party for under 18’s.
- Darwin Gamers Association: Evolution 5: An event where youth of the community bring along their computers and compete in fun, social competitions. This event is aimed to promote teamwork and comradeship between attendees.
- Rotary Club of Nightcliff: National Youth Science Forum: A forum in Canberra for which 250 year 11 students from all over Australia are selected based on academic excellence, community involvement, extra curricular activities and leadership potential. A total of three Northern Territory students have been selected by 10 Rotary Clubs across the Northern Territory .
- Mr Josh McCann: The XXXVII Annual Hague International Model United Nations (THIMUN) : A five day simulation of the United Nations in the Netherlands for secondary students between the ages of 16 to 25 years to discuss a variety of global issues and produce action plans.
- Melaleuca Refugee Centre, Torture & Trauma Survivors Service of NT Inc : Refugee Youth: Swimming Program for Girls: A skills development program for refugee girls between 12-18 to learn/develop swimming skills. This activity will also help address issues of boredom during the holidays.
- Melaleuca Refugee Centre, Torture & Trauma Survivors Service of NT Inc: Refugee Youth: Swimming Program for Boys: A skills development program for refugee boys between 12-18 to learn/develop swimming skills. This activity will also help address issues of boredom during the holidays.
- The Gathering: Doing It Hard Christmas Party : An annual community event that enables rural youth to get together and celebrate Christmas. There will be performances from the winners of the Mega Talent Competition, an activity previously funded from the Youth Grants Program. There will also be face painting, professional make up artists and games.
- Katherine Public Library: Crazy Cartoons: Local youth will be participating in cartooning workshops with cartoonist Lewis Farmmartino. This will offer a drug free self esteem promoting alternative to congregating in parks and streets during the holidays.
- Nhulunbuy Corporation Ltd: Youth Affairs Xmas Fun Night: Skateboard, bike and scooter competitions to be held at the Cantrell Skate Park with a disco dance competition open to all. The focus is to continue friendships built from previous activities between youth from local Indigenous communities and youth from the town.
- Palmerston City Council: Culture Connect workshops: for young people in Palmerston: A chance for all youth of Palmerston to work with local band, Culture Connect. Workshops will be held throughout the week to “jam” with the group and for youth to learn and develop their skills to produce their own music.
Further information can be obtained from the Office of Youth Affairs, Community Engagement Division, Department of the Chief Minister on telephone 8999 3720.