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The Impact of Racism upon the Health and Wellbeing of Young Australians REPORT is at http://www.fya.org.au/media/publications/ 

A total of 823 students from eighteen Australian secondary schools were involved in this study.

Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Youth with attitude wanted - Are you an opinionated young person? Tell the world in unleash magazine! 

Not a top English student? Doesn’t matter. You can write in your own style (correct spelling optional) – anything from 500 words to just 5 words.  Or why not draw what you want to say.  Got a camera? Photograph your world and add some captions. Then just send it in.  

unleash magazine is where young people under 20 years get to say (write/draw/photograph) what they think. All published contributions get a $50 voucher and a free unleash subscription. 

Visit http://www.yapa.org.au/yapa/unleash/index.php.  or Email unleash@yapa.org.au  

Louise McMorland, Manly Library (from a YAPA newsletter)

New education and training requirements for 15 to 24 year olds  -  Early school leavers and young people without Year 12 or equivalent qualifications are particularly vulnerable to the labour market effects of an economic downturn.  On 30 April 2009 the Australian, State and Territory Governments, through the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), agreed to a Compact with Young Australians to increase young people’s engagement with education and training pathways. This joint action will ensure that as the economy recovers from the global recession, young Australians will have the skills required to realise their potential.

The Compact with Young Australians focuses on the importance of education and training for young people by supporting young people to gain skills and knowledge through stronger engagement in education, training and employment. Under the Compact:

- all young people will be required to complete Year 10 through a National Youth Participation Requirement and then to be in full time education, training or employment until the age of 17

- 15 to 24 years olds will have access to an education or training entitlement

- changed conditions to Youth Allowance (Other) and Family Tax Benefit (Part A) for young people aged under 21 without Year 12 or an equivalent qualification, making education and training a precondition for income support.

Further information is available on the fact sheets:-

• Fact sheet for young people aged 15 to 24
• Fact sheet for parents, youth and community organisations, and relevant government departments and agencies
• Q&As on the Compact with Young Australians

to find the fact sheets and for more information visit the  ‘Compact with Young Australians’ page on DEEWR 

Are you a young person who loves art? Want to have your creative design seen across NSW? Want to win $1,000? Enter the NSW Youth Week 2010 Design Competition! Youth Week is a celebration of young people. Part of that celebration is giving young people the opportunity to express themselves creatively, in a way that can help promote Youth Week across the state.  The winning entry will be used for the NSW Youth Week 2010 website, poster and other promotional materials.

 The winning entry may take the form of a poster, or a website, or just some images jotted down on paper. It may be a photo, or a drawing, or a totally electronic graphic design.  The design may work around the words ‘National Youth Week’; use this year’s theme, “Live it Now!”; or incorporate the safe driving messages of major sponsor Arrivealive.com.au It could be anything – as long as it’s funky, creative, and says something about what it means or feels like to be a young person in NSW.

Entrants must: – Be under the age of 25, – Live in New South Wales, – Have entries submitted by 5pm, Monday 16 November 2009, – Submit their own original design – you can’t copy (plagiarise) anyone else’s work, – Submit the design electronically as a .jpeg or .pdf file, or in hardcopy on paper no larger than A4

 The winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize, and have their work promote Youth Week in NSW through its posters and website. Entries close 5pm, Monday 16 November 2009.  For the full terms and conditions and more information, please visit the website at youthweek.nsw.gov.au

Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Is your local public library helping out HSC students with additional study space, or maybe they are opening earlier for extra study time? 

Manly Library has booked their meeting room for group study for HSC students.  Available most weekdays from 9am-4pm between 28th September and the 6th November.  (But not all the time due to some previous bookings). Call 9976 1747 to check on daily availability.

Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Youth Writes would like to invite you to contribute to Australia’s unique anthology of student writing. Youth Writes was established in 1966 as a truly national anthology of poetry and prose by secondary school students. In Issue No. 14, Youth Writes 2006-2008, young writers from all over Australia are represented, making it a unique publication. 

The Youth Writes editors invite individual contributors to send in their best poetry and prose for inclusion in Youth Writes No. 15 2009-2010.

The co-editors, with the assistance of an editorial committee of present students, teachers and librarians, with publishing experience, will then select the works. Youth Writes takes the format of a hardback book, professionally bound, with several illustrations.

 Submissions will be accepted until 30th October, 2009.

Click here for more details including instructions to contributors, submission addresses  etc

 or Cut and paste this link into your web browser:

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B1egTCye5JkSYzRkNTg4ZTMtMTg0NS00MzNlLTkwYjctYjNmYjIzNTU1MDk5&hl=en

Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

When looking for related texts for the theme of Belonging don’t forget to check out some new authors.  One book I recently read was “Raw Blue” by Kirsty Eagar.  In this book Carly is 19 and a uni drop out – she doesn’t feel that she belongs to a normal life as she was traumatised by an event that happened to her the year before at schoolies week.  She does though feel that she ‘belongs’ to the surfing scene.  Read more about “Raw Blue” at Kirsty’s web  site http://www.kirstyeagar.com/

Don’t forget to check out our great lists of Belonging related text ideas on this website.

Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Do you need some facts and figures about Social Inclusion in Australia and how Australia compares to other parts of the world?  In 2001 The European Union (EU) began measuring social exclusion.  The Australian Government now has a Social Inclusion website and published this year is a compendium of data that has been collected for Australia.  This compendium has pulled together information from a range of sources to help in understanding how Australia is faring in relation to social inclusion and who is missing out. Apart from assisting the Australian Social Inclusion Board in its deliberations, it is hoped that the Compendium will generate much interest and discussion about social inclusion and what it means to be excluded in a relatively prosperous country such as Australia.  The full report is at http://www.socialinclusion.gov.au/AusGov/Board/Documents/Compendium.pdf

Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Have you been studying “Educating Rita” and do you need some realted texts?  Some suggestion on the theme of “into the world” are:-

Novels – “Raw Blue” by Kirsty Eagar, “Addition” by Toni Jordan, “Tarzan” by Edgar Rice Burroughs,

Plays – “Pygmalion” by George Bernard Shaw

Movies – “Greystoke the legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes”, “Nell” (starring Jodie Foster), My Fair Lady (starring Audrey Hepburn), The Piano (starring Holly Hunter)

Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Do you like to keep up-to-date with the latest news for Biology, the Environment, Health, Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Technology? 

 NOVA is a “Science in the News” service run by the Australian Academy of Science. 

 You can also register for new topics by e-mail.

Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library