Holiday Activities - Term 2

Play Basketball with the Supercats this School Holidays
Want to brush up on your basketball skills with the Geelong Supercats stars? The City of Greater Geelong's Youth Development Unit is calling on 12-18 year olds to take part in a FREE basketball activities session.

WHEN: 11am - 3pm Friday 4 July.

WHERE: Lt Malop St Central (near the entrance to Market Square).

Supercats players Brad Bridgewater, Shawn Myers and Nick Owusu will host a throw comp from 12noon - 1pm.

There will be a barbecue lunch with $1 sausages and free sno-cones for all those registered for the basketball activities.

Registration is essential and places are limited so get in quick. For more information phone Sue or Danielle at the City of Greater Geelong's Youth Development Unit on 5227 0699.

Register here:
http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/eservices/forms/form_basketball.aspx

Cloverdale Community Centre
Two exciting and free youth events (for young people 12 and over) are happening at Cloverdale Community Centre over the holidays:

In the zone 2: sound and noise. Six days between 3 and 11 July. Make a CD and a short experimental video with artists and musicians James Hullick and Matt Bonner. If you are into music, electronics, industrial noise, sound or film making, in the zone is for you. FREE but places are limited.

Hanging Around: places and stories. 28 and 29 June. A weekend workshop on digital story telling with film makers Malcolm McKinnon and Bernard Lloyd. FREE but places strictly limited.

To register for both events call Sue at Cloverdale 5275 4415 or email cloverdale@datafast.net.au

In the Zone - No 2 Hanging Around Flyer

Lara and Leopold
If you live in Lara or Leopold and are between 13 and 18 years or at high school and want to participate in any of the activities below, contact Raigan at the Youth Development Unit, CoGG on 5227 0511. Note: places are limited. Small charge applies for some activities.:

Ten Pin Bowling
Console Gaming
Mini Golf
Imax

Holiday Skate Program

Monday 30th June
Eastern Beach, turning circle at the end of Ritchie Blvd.

Tuesday 1st July
Whittington (behind Primary School), Apollo Drive

Thursday 3rd July
Rosewall Community Center, Sharland Road.

Monday 7th July
Eastern Beach, turning circle at the end of Ritchie Blvd.
Tuesday 8th July
Whittington (behind Primary School), Apollo Drive

Wednesday 9th July
BVAC, car park

Thursday 10th July
Rosewall Community Center, Sharland Road.

Friday 11th July
Rosewall/Cloverdale Skate Bus

All skate sessions will run from 11.00am-3.00pm

3D Skate Park Concepts

Barwon Heads Skate Park Concept

Ocean Grove Skate Park Concept

Youthcentral Roving Reporter Program is recruiting again!

This time round youthcentral is looking for twenty Victorians, aged
16-24 to join our Roving Reporter team. They will produce articles and
reviews covering launches, career expos, festivals, events and news relevant to young people and their local communities.

Position descriptions can be downloaded from
www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/join or can be sent to you by emailing lauren.macken@dpcd.vic.gov.au

Applications close Friday 25 July 2008 at 5.00pm

Tricky Grants Program

Want to know more? TRICKY Grants Program

May.B Mmad Competition

Get together with some friends and brainstorm some ways that you can make a positive difference through music either in the lives of people less fortunate than yourself or to your community in general. For more information go to www.mmad.org.au

Youth Activities Area - Waterfront

Construction of the Youth Activities Area begins June 2008. See below for site plan:

Geelong Youth Activities Area - Concept Views

HUSH FOR HOMELESSNESS

HUSH for Homelessness symbolises the ''invisible'' and ''voiceless'' lives
that homeless Australians lead. Mission Australia challenges you to
experience what it''s like to be voiceless, by not speaking for an hour
(or more!) on Wednesday 2 July 2008; and to seek sponsorship for your silence.

There are three ways you can support HUSH for Homelessness:

Register now and create your own fundraising page. Registration is free and will only take a few minutes
Sponsor a friend who has taken up the challenge to HUSH for Homelessness
Nominate someone who you think should take part in the event. If you have ever wanted an hour of peace and quiet from your boss, partner, friend or children, now''s your chance!

Visit http://www.everydayhero.com.au/event/hush for more information.

Youth Poll 2008
The results of the 16th national Youth Poll of the attitudes and
opinions of 15- to 18-year-olds in Australia were released in early
May.

This year''s poll found that while the internet plays a critical
role in young people''s lives (64 per cent had a social networking
site such as MySpace and Facebook), 22 per cent had also experienced online bullying or harassment.

The Youth Poll 2008 also found that:

58 per cent of respondents supported same-sex marriage;
rates of youth binge drinking, smoking and other drug use had all declined compared to previous Youth Poll surveys;
body image was a major concern to 54 per cent of those surveyed;
46 per cent knew a young person who had attempted or committed suicide; and
72 per cent supported the Australian government''s signing of the Kyoto Protocol.

Leopold Youth Activities

The Youth Development Unit will be running some more activities for young people in Leopold, but need your help to decide which ones. Give us your feedback! Online Feedback Form

''Girls Go Extreme''
EAST TIMOR PROJECT
In the September holidays 2008, 4 young women from the Girls Go Extreme Program will be joining two CoGG Youth Workers on a trip of a lifetime to East Timor.

See DOit for more information.

East Timor - Market Sale
Market sale fundraiser for East Timor Project