Funding boost to youth-led projects across NSW | Australian Markets

The Minns Labor Government is continuous to invest sooner or later of younger people, with an further $735,000 in grants to fund youth-led projects because the state celebrates NSW Youth Week 2025 from 9-17 April.

Sixteen organisations will obtain up to $50,000 every to design and ship projects below the Youth Opportunities program.

This is on prime of the $1.5 million already delivered to 35 organisations within the 2024/25 funding spherical, which has supported a vary of actions together with cultural connection packages, inventive arts workshops, self-defence lessons, management camps, sporting actions and neighborhood engagement projects.

The grassroots projects are geared toward empowering and interesting younger people aged 12-24 of their native communities.

The latest projects funded below the grants span the state and embrace sport, health and wellbeing, nutrition, artwork, music, podcasting, video manufacturing, life abilities, financial literacy and job readiness.

Young people are carefully concerned within the projects each step of the best way, from figuring out what their friends need, to workshopping the proposals and delivering the projects.

This revolutionary strategy drives younger people’s connection to their communities and offers an alternative to forge management, communication and management abilities, serving to them obtain their full potential.

Since it was first launched in 2012, the Youth Opportunities program has supplied $19.8 million in funding and delivered 434 youth empowering projects across NSW.

The projects introduced at the moment will start this yr.

A full listing of new recipients might be discovered right here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/youth-opportunities-program/previous-recipients/youth-opportunities-program-2024/25-round-13

Minister for Youth Rose Jackson mentioned:

“The Youth Opportunities program delivers projects by young people for young people.

“I am thrilled to announce we’ve expanded this year’s program, with 16 additional grant recipients receiving grants to drive projects in their areas.

“From sport to mural making, these new projects will empower and engage young people, helping them connect with their communities and learn vital new skills to set them on a positive path for the future.”

Steve Hancox from Multicultural Communities Council Of Illawarra mentioned:

“The Youth Opportunities funding enabled us to engage with young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds in our community.

“As a result of our project, more young people built strong community networks and developed essential skills to navigate life’s challenges.

“It was fantastic to see the participants in our project thrive with an increased sense of self-confidence and belonging.”

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