Applications for Schools First close at 5pm today!
Remember to submit your Schools First Award application before applications close at 5.00pm (AEST) this Friday, 30 July 2010.
Click here to continue your existing application or to start a new one.
If you have a question around your application, you can get help and advice from members of the Schools First team in three ways:
- Phone 1800 649 141 between 9.00am and 5.00pm (AEST)
- Join our Online Discussion Forums between 12.00pm and 3.00pm (AEST), weekdays
- Email us at info@schoolsfirst.edu.au
Don’t miss out on your chance to share in $5.2 million for your school-community partnership.
Good luck with your application!
What Works
FYA has launched What Works, an online resource that celebrates the work of youth-led organisations across the country and highlights best practice in running them successfully. Check it out here
Schools the major site for youth racism, new report finds
A major report released in November by The Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) reveals that schools are the primary setting for the experience of racism among young people. The national study, titled The Impact of Racism upon the Health and Wellbeing of Young Australians, also finds that 70% of secondary school students experienced at least one form of racism, with those from migrant backgrounds experiencing the highest levels.
Step Up
Step Up offers students who have engaged in and excelled at the Cityscape program to take their personal development learning to a higher level. All Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) students who have participated in the Cityscape program are eligible to apply for this five-day, fully funded, residential learning journey. 32 students from a broad range of schools and communities will be selected to experience a unique program that links them into a dynamic community of peers, facilitator and mentors supported by our vast networks and CBD resources.
How Young People Are Faring Report to be released on 8 October
How Young People Are Faring Report to be released on 8 October
How Young People are Faring (HYPAF) is the pre-eminent research report into the education, employment and overall wellbeing of young Australians. The upcoming 2009 report is the 11th in the series and focuses on the global economic downturn and the subsequent impact on young people’s aspirations, employment opportunities and education pathways. Read more
WYPIN Photography Exhibition
Our Footscray, Our Visions: 12 Young People, 8 Weeks, 1 Place.
The Western Young People’s Independent Network (WYPIN) has run a series of photography workshops with young people to capture what they feel, hope, and think about Footscray. The exhibition will be opened on Thursday 24 September and will feature stories from the participants and food to share. Read more
Discussion on the philanthropic grantmaking
On Tuesday 25 August a discussion will be held in Melbourne around the important implications for philanthropic grantmaking arising from the release of A New Federaliam and Boardroom to Classroom reports recently produced by FYA.
