Resources


Youth Peak Bodies, Advocacy and Support Organisations

This information forms part of the Youth Music Database

Australian Youth Affairs Coalition

Location: National

Web: http://www.ayac.org.au/

Youth Coalition of the ACT

Location: ACT

Website: http://www.youthcoalition.net

Youth Action and Policy Association

Location: NSW

Web: http://www.yapa.org.au/

Youth Affairs Network of Queensland

Location: QLD

Web: http://www.yanq.org.au

Youth Affairs Council of South Australia

Location: SA

Web: http://www.yacsa.com.au

Minister’s Youth Council

Location: SA

Web: http://www.officeforyouth.sa.gov.au/Policy/MinistersYouthCouncil/tabid/357/Default.aspx

Youth Affairs Council of Victoria

Location: VIC

Web: http://www.yacvic.org.au

Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia

Location: WA

Web: http://www.yacwa.org.au

Youth Minister’s Round Table of Young Territorians (NT)

Location: NT

Web: http://www.nt.gov.au/health/youth_affairs/decision/round_table.shtml

United Nations Youth Association Australia (UNYA)

Location: National

Web: www.unya.org.au

Visit them on Myspace and Facebook

Foundation For Young Australians

Location: National

Web: www.fya.org.au

Visit FYA on Facebook

Inspire Foundation

Location: National

Web: www.inspire.org.au

ACT NOW is one of their programs that looks particularly interesting

Left-Right Think Tank

Left Right is Australia’s first independent and non-partisan think-tank of young minds. Its mission is to involve young people in public policy. Its vision is for a society that seeks and embraces the ideas of young people.

Location: National, with State-based programs

Web: www.leftright.org.au

National Indigenous Youth Movement (NIYMA)

NIYMA is a not-for-profit organisation founded and run by Indigenous young people that envisages healthy, strong and free Indigenous communities.

NIYMA believes that to achieve this vision the practical reality is that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people must be at the forefront of this movement. Read more about NIYMA

Location: National

Web: www.niyma.org

Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC)

The Australian Youth Climate Coalition is a coalition of Australia’s largest youth organisations and over 50,000 young people from across Australia. Its mission to is build a generation wide movement to solve climate change before it’s too late, through bringing about short term political impact and long term cultural change.

Location: National

Web: www.aycc.org.au

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