Live it Now!

10-18 April 2010 

National Youth Week (NYW) is the largest celebration of young people on the Australian youth calendar. The ‘Live it Now’ slogan is a call to action for young people to get involved and make the most or their resources, skills and abilities during the week.

Find out more about National Youth Week 2009 on the national website for National Youth Week.

Activities and events

Each year a wide range of events and activities are held across Tasmania, including concerts, forums and festivals.  In NYW 2009 there were 89 events, which included over 270 activities for young people.

Grants

If you are a council or a non-profit non-government organisation you can apply for funding to hold an event or activity during NYW through the Community Capacity Building Grants Program.

Schools play a key role in the enabling young people to participate in NYW activities and events. The NYW Schools Program is designed to enable students to decide how they would like to celebrate NYW. Schools may apply for a grant of $300 from the $9,000 NYW Schools Program to help provide young people with an opportunity to organise a NYW activity. Applications must be received by Friday 5 March 2010.

• Download the National Youth Week Schools Program 2009-10 Application and Guidelines form  (MS Word, 1.69MB)

Official participants

If you are not eligible for grant funding your organisation can still become an official participant of NYW which will give you access to the State and national NYW advertising and marketing marketing materials.

Aims and objectives of NYW:

• give young people aged 12-25 an opportunity to express their ideas and views, raise issues of concern to them, act on issues that affect their lives and create and enjoy entertainment and events
  
• give the wider community the opportunity to listen to young people, and acknowledge and celebrate the positive contributions and achievements made by young people
  
• promote a community focus on issues of concern to young people.

Major sponsor

     beyondblue: the national depression initiative.

Previous years

Download the list of successful grant applicants for 2008 (PDF, 141KB)

Read the reports on previous National Youth Weeks

Further information: 

• Print-friendly view
• Print page
• Site A-Z

Resources

• Linkzone
• Youth Service Providers Database
• Children and Young People in Tasmania - Information
• Publications
• Useful links
• Grants