YACVic Rural

Healthy Equal Youth (HEY) Round 14: Advocacy and activism

• YACVic will deliver over $102,000 in Round 14 of the HEY Grants funding to thirteen projects.

• LGBTIQA+
• Rural and regional
• Media releases
• Youth sector

Submission to the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024

• Social Media
• Rural and regional
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Government and youth policy
• Issues

Youth Sector Survey

• Contribute to our longitudinal study that builds evidence about our profession and powers advocacy.

• Youth sector
• Rural and regional

Healthy Equal Youth funding to support LGBTQIA+ young people

• Round 13 of the HEY Grants will see twelve projects share more than $101,000 of HEY Grants funding.

• LGBTIQA+
• Rural and regional
• Media releases
• Youth sector

Victorian workers to take rural youth and community services from Potholes to Possibilities

• YACVic is bringing together youth and community service workers across the state to address key opportunities at our conference in Bendigo, 22-24 November.

• Media releases
• Youth sector
• Rural and regional

YACVic and VU establish National Centre of Excellence in Young People and Disasters

• A National Centre of Excellence in Young People and Disasters will empower young Australians to be active agents of change in emergency management.

• Media releases
• Environment + Climate Change
• Rural and regional
• Youth sector

Victoria’s Rental Crisis and Young People

• Young people are finding it increasingly difficult to access safe and secure housing. YACVic calls on the Victorian government to take immediate action to support young people experiencing housing stress.

• Housing and homelessness
• Rural and regional
• Government and youth policy
• Infrastructure

Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the 2022 Flood Event in Victoria

• Rural and regional
• Environment + Climate Change
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Education, training and employment
• Youth sector