YFV3081 Summer Awards 2009

Olympic Village Primary Shows Great Kindness

This morning the Olympic Village Primary grade 5/6 class made its two presentations to the organisations it chose to help through its YFV3081 grants. The class presented Austin Repatriation Hospital with the money for a wheelchair which will bear the name of the school so whoever uses it can know of the kindness of the young people at OVP.

The group whose idea is was to support the Austin feel passionate about health and looking after people when they are sick and in need of extra help and care. Not only did the school receive the $1000 from YFV3081 for their idea but they also raised the extra $250 needed to buy the new wheelchair. Amazing!

If you would like to be a philanthropist and support Austin Repat you can see what they need at their website at: Austin Hospital Support Us Section

The second presentation was to Blue Cross Animal Shelter that houses stray animals from the 3081 area. Blue Cross Animal Shelter in Wonga Park, never kills its stray animals, but keeps them until they die of old age if no-one claims them or adopts them. Most animals do get adopted. The group who supported them in their YFV3081 application feel passionate about respecting animal's rights in our community. The gift of $1000 from the class will inoculate 10 cats and 14 dogs upon arrival at the shelter.

If you would like to assist stray animals from our area contact
Blue Cross Animals Society
Phone: (03) 9722 1265
Address: 26 Homestead Road Wonga Park VIC 3115

Just imagine what else young people can do to bring out the best in 3081? Thanks for inspiring us OVP.

You can hear more about these and other inspiring stories at our Summer Awards on Wednesday December 9th 1.30-2.30pm at Olympic Leisure Centre. Bring a group along and hear some 3081 Good News!

Helpful Links for Young People

Need some help?

There are people whose job it is to help you. Link-U has put together this list of contacts. You can call LINK-U on 1800 254 658 for help with getting help!

REFERRAL SERVICES
Looking for support? Not sure where to start? Try these numbers:

Integrated Youth Support System (IYSS): 9450 2000
Banyule Support and Information Centre: 9459 5959
Community Information Diamond Valley: 9435 8282
Link-U: 1800 254 658

FEELING DESPERATE & NEED ADVICE QUICK? TRY THESE:
Kids Help Line (for under 16 years) 1800 551 800
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Care Ring: 136 169
Suicide Helpline: 1300 651 251

DRUG & ALCOHOL SERVICES
Youth Substance Abuse Service: 1800 014 446 or 9415 8881
NEODAS: 9245 2000
Directline: 1800 888 236

EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION & TRAINING
Jobs for Youth: 9450 5700
JPET: 9038 2404
Banyule Nillumbik LLEN: 9439 6524
Centrelink Youth & Student: 13 24 90

GENERAL HEALTH
Banyule Community Health Centre -West Heidelberg: 9450 2000
Greensborough: 9433 5111

HOUSING
Crisis accommodation information line:1800 627 727
(Free call) 10 am - 12 midnight 7 days
Melbourne Youth Support Service (MYSS): 9614 3688or 1800 800 531(Free from Landline)
Nillumbik CHS: Information and referral service: 9431 1333
North East Housing Service -Heidelberg: 9479 0700
Greensbrough: 9470 4800

MENTAL HEALTH
CAMHS: 9496 5000
NEAMI: 9459 5455

SAME SEX ATTRACTED
Gay and Lesbian Switchboard: 9827 8544
EGG: 9430 9153

SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT
Northern Centre Against Sexual Assault-(CASA): 9496 2240

SEXUAL HEALTH
Action Centre: 1800 013 952
Family Planning: 1800 815 794

TRANSPORT
Metlink:13 16 38
Northern Taxis 13 11 19

Try Singing

Wanna sing????

Come and give it a go. With Sally Dastey from Tiddas.

Thursdays November 19, 26 and December 3.

4.30pm-5.30pm

Olympic Leisure Centre

$3

Try Hip Hop2 Is ON!!!!

Try Hip Hop2 on tonight. 4pm-5pm at Olympic Leisure Centre. $2 Jus rock up and get your mind onto something different! Goes for 8 weeks until December 2.

YFV3081 Awards Spring 2009

Were you there? Are you in the photos? Leave a comment and start talking up about YFV3081 and YOU!

Try Hip Hop Classes for Fourth Term

Want to try out Hip Hop dance in a really relaxed vibe? Taught by Northland Secondary Cert IV students, this is the real deal.

Next term's classes are brought to you by one of YFv3081's latest grant recipients, Hip Hop 3081's Get Down project.

This grant project comes from a group of young people attending the YFV3081 Try Hip Hop classes at Olympic Leisure Centre on Wednesday afternoons. The group are passionate about the positive affects of dancing on self-expression, confidence and fitness and want to continue the low price, pumping classes, so they made a YFV3081 project out of them! How cool is that?

Next term's classes start Wednesday October 14th at Olympic Leisure Centre West Heidelberg. You can just turn up. No bookings, no nothing but fun! It's $2. For 12-25 year olds.

For more information contact Olympic Leisure Centre on 9459 1193 or email us

YFV3081 Summer Season Key Dates

Next season opens
Wednesday October 14

InCommunity Training Sessions
Invite us to your work place or school to run four sessions to help you get your project clear and down on paper in time for the next grant round. Start Wednesday October 14.
Contact us to book in asap.

Try HipHop2 Classes/Weekly Dropin
Wednesdays 4.00-5.00pm
October 14 - November 2
Olympic Leisure Centre
cnr Alamein and Southern Rds West Heidelberg 3081
Drop in to have a casual chat and check out how you might get involved or bust a moov!

Grant info session and grant writing workshop
There's plenty of help to get your great ideas down on paper. Let us help you at our grant writing workshops!

Thursday October 28 10.30am-11.30am
Olympic Leisure Centre
15 Alamein Street West Heidelberg 3081

Try Singing
Wann to try singing in a choir?
You can sing in a group with world famous local 3081-er Sally Dastey from Tiddas leading on:
Thursdays November 19, 26 and December 3
4.30pm - 5.30pm
$2

Grant applications due
Wednesday November 18 at 5pm

In person
To reception
Olympic Leisure Centre
15 Alamein Street West Heidelberg 3081
or
By post
YFV3081
PO Box 51 Ivanhoe VIC 3079

Grants assessed by Youth Participation Action Committee
Wednesday November 25
Want to be on the group that assesses the grant? You can be. Contact us.

YFV3081 Summer Season Awards
Wednesday December 9, 1.30-2.30pm
Olympic Leisure Centre
cnr Alamein and Southern Roads West Heidelberg 3081

YFV3081 Spring Season Awards Next Week

The next awards are Thursday September 10th 1.30pm-2.30pm at Olympic Leisure Centre cnr Southern and Alamein Roads West Heidelberg.

It's free, it's fun and being there helps our community understand how we can all benefit from the YFV3081 grants and projects.


The awards will feature the latest young imagineers in 3081 plus a dance by the Try Hip Hop crew who have been meeting every Wednesday.

Special guest is great 3081 world famous musician Sally Dastey who has toured the world with her musical talent as a member of TIDDAS.

Bring your whole crew. It's FREE. You'll be inspired.

Thursday September 10th
1.30pm-2.30pm
Olympic Leisure Centre
cnr Southern and Alamein Roads
West Heidelberg 3081

For more information phone our facilitator Andrea on 0428 369 612 or email her

YFV3081 Spring Season Grants Announced

There are four groups of young people who have been granted funds for their great projects this term.
St Pius X Primary School's Going Green project comes from a desire to teach younger kids to plant and eat healthy food. Going Green project is for the grade 5/6s to develop a procedure for planting vegetables, to film their procedure, to create a DVD and then teach junior primary and childcare centres their approach either face to face or through the DVD. They want to encourage young children in 3081 to create healthy futures.

Olympic Village Primary School's OVP Rolls project comes from a deep desire to be philanthropic in the area of health. The grade 5/6s are donating a wheel chair to Austin Hospital casualty for use by young people. They will raise the shortfall of $250 through fundraising at school. Their principal, Libby Young, says that this year's leadership group are deadly fundraisers! So there should be no worries about the extra cash to buy the chair.

Olympic Village Primary School's Wonga Well Being project comes from a deep devotion to animal wellbeing. The group from OVP will partner with Blue Cross Animal Shelter in Wonga Park (that's why the 'Wonga' in the project name!)to inoculate and care for 10 stray cats and 14 stray dogs. Yes! They got out the calculator and worked out the budget! They are really dedicated to animal rights and care.

Hip Hop 3081's Get Down project comes from a group of young people attending the YFV3081 Try Hip Hop classes at Olympic Leisure Centre on Wednesday afternoons.

The group are passionate about the positive affects of dancing on self-expression, confidence and fitness. Their grant continues to make the Try Hip Hop classes available for all 12-25 year olds next term starting Wednesday October 14th for eight weeks. You can just turn up. For more information contact Olympic Leisure Centre on 9459 1193 or email us

Grant Assessment ON!

The Youth Participation Action Committee - YPAC has been at the table and made their decisions on what is to be granted the funds this season.

It takes hours and lots of great vigorous conversation and debate. And food, of course! Our YPAC is Pippa, Brooke, Luis and Jess and Laura (who assessed remotely).

They had two training sessions and then discussed, scored and voted for the grants to be passed. Why was there so much laughter coming from the room? They won't say. It sounded like too much fun actually. Do you want to be on our YPAC? Contact us

InCommunity Sessions Take Off!

Our YPAC team of Pippa, Brooke and Jess and facilitator Andrea went into two local schools for our InCommunity philanthropy sessions. The groups have us for four sessions and they get to learn about philanthropy, get their idea together then come up with a grant application. Our YPAC helps them every step of the way!

You can invite our YPAC to your special interest group, sports team, or school if you live, work, play or study are in 3081.

Try HipHop Dance started!

Hey! A big gang turned up for the Hip Hop class on Wednesday. You be there next time! Wednesday 4-5pm Olympic Leisure Centre 3081. $2 - too easy. Gotta be 12 to 25 years old. It's a big family thing so bring your sis and bro and cuz.

Important dates for Spring Grants 2009

Season opens
Wednesday July 22

Weekly drop in sessions
Wednesdays 4.30-5.15pm Olympic Leisure Centre
15 Alamein Street West Heidelberg 3081
Drop in to have a casual chat and check out how you might get involved!

Grant info session and grant writing workshop
There's plenty of help to get your great ideas down on paper. Let us help you at our grant writing workshops!

Thursday July 30 10.30am-11.30am
Olympic Leisure Centre
15 Alamein Street West Heidelberg 3081

Grant applications due
Wednesday August 12 at 5pm

In person
To reception
Olympic Leisure Centre
15 Alamein Street West Heidelberg 3081

or
By post
YFV3081
PO Box 51 Ivanhoe VIC 3079

Grants assessed by Youth Participation Action Committee
Wednesday August 19
Want to be on the group that assesses the grant? You can be. Contact us.

Spring Awards
Thursday September 10 1.30-2.30pm
Olympic Leisure Centre
15 Alamein Street West Heidelberg 3081

YFV3081 Grant Awards Winter 2009

YFV3081 Awards Winter 2009 from YFV3081 on Vimeo.

Make sure you leave a comment after you watch the vid. This is YOUR place to have your say. Are you proud? Were you there? Are you inspired? Say it in the 'COMMENTS'.

Winter Awards Concert Tuesday June 23@11am

Take a soul/mental health day and come to our Winter Awards Concert on Tuesday June 23, 11am - 12.30.

Featuring The Pavilion's PRIDE 3081 T-shirt Launch (a proud YFV3081 project), past great YFV3081 winners and the announcement of the YFV3081 Winter Award winners! Catch the rhythms of dance crews Detours and Northland Secondary. Be inspired by young people of 3081.


Bring your school, work mates, neighbours. This is going to be the heart warmer gig of Winter 2009.
Contact us for more info

Winter Awards Concert
Tuesday June 23, 11am - 12.30
(with free Halaal BBQ)
Olympic Leisure Centre
15 Alamein Rd (cnr Southern and Alamein)
Heidelberg West VIC 3081

Winter Grant Assessment

We received three great ideas and had to judge them. Back at Banksia Latrobe Secondary to thrash it out and make sure the applications are right and the ideas are strong enough to make a difference in 3081.

Only the young people have a vote. The grownups are from YFV3081, and the two host organisations - Banyule Community Health Centre and Banyule City Council and they/we just support and laugh at all the good jokes!

Off to school

Well, we started our YFV3081 In Community sessions. (Looking for a funky name for these sessions. Let us know if you have one.) One session a week for four weeks to understand philanthropy, community and then get to an idea. THEN we sit down together and make the application using kids' words. We laughed our heads off. Take a look at the brainstorm of what 'Philanthropy' could mean from the perspective of grade 5/6s. Jess' favourite is 'Philanthropy could be therapy for Dr Phil.'

If you would like to book the YFV3081 In Community sessions for your school/workplace/group, contact us

Winter Grant Info Session

We had a great turn up for the first info sessions at Olympic Leisure Centre. People got to share and ask and imagine.

Winter Season Important Dates

Season opens
April 29

Weekly drop in sessions
Wednesdays 4.30-5.15pm Olympic Leisure Centre
15 Alamein Street West Heidelberg 3081
Drop in to have a casual chat and check out how you might get involved!

Grant info session and grant writing workshop
There's plenty of help to get your great ideas down on paper. Let us help you at our grant writing workshops!

Thursday May 7 7.30pm-9pm
Friday May 8 10am-11.30am
Olympic Leisure Centre
15 Alamein Street West Heidelberg 3081

Grant applications due
Wednesday May 27 at 5pm

In person
To reception
Olympic Leisure Centre
15 Alamein Street West Heidelberg 3081

or
By post
YFV3081
PO Box 51 Ivanhoe VIC 3079

Grants assessed by Youth Participation Action Committee
Wednesday June 3
Want to be on the group that assesses the grant? You can be. Contact us.

Awards Presentation
Tuesday June 23 11am
Olympic Leisure Centre
15 Alamein Street West Heidelberg 3081
Featuring past award winners with their exciting projects and special guest performances! Get a group together. It'll pump!

Our Autumn Winners Are...

Two 3081 groups have been awarded $1000 for their great ideas to help improve 3081 for young people.

The first group is Boys Kicking Back Somali soccer team for their idea to get off the streets and indoors to a safe place to play soccer at Banksia Latrobe School stadium.

The second group is ExerMums young Mums from CPS playgroup for their great idea for exercise classes for Mums and Bubs at Olympic Leisure Centre.

Each group can pay for their groups' access to the venues and programs with their YFV3081 money. Congratulations! You're inspiring us all!

YOU GOT A GREAT IDEA FOR 3081? The next ideas are due on May 27th.












JOIN OUR MAILING LIST TO FIND OUT MORE

Money and support for your great ideas!

YFV3081 (Youth Foundations Victoria-West Heidelberg) is open. Do you want to get involved?

WHAT CAN YOU DO?
You can come up with ideas to bring out the best in West Heidelberg and apply for a grant of $1000 to help you do it.

ARE YOU ELIGIBLE TO BE INVOLVED?
You must be between 12 and 25 years old. And you must live or work or play or study in 3081 West Heidelberg.

CAN YOU USE THE MONEY FOR YOURSELF?
No. This money is not for emergencies or personal use or for scholarships for study etc. It is not a prize. The money is to help pay for your project that will help West Heidelberg be a great place for young people.

HOW CAN YOU USE THE MONEY?
Your project might need materials to build something, or money to pay a trainer a fee, or you might need to pay for webspace to promote your community activity. There are other ways the money can be used. As long as you can show the YFV3081 Giving Pod that it will benefit the community.

CAN YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A YFV GRANT BE PART OF A SCHOOL OR SPORT PROJECT?
Yes. If the idea clearly benefits the West Heidelberg community and young people's engagement with their community. We can't fund anything that a school or government service should be paying for. But we can fund something that is 'extra value' to what you are already doing if you're involved with one of those organisations.

DO YOUNG PEOPLE GET THE MONEY IN THEIR HAND?
No. We help you find someone to manage the money for you. This will be a local organisation that is not-for-profit or a registered charity. That way you can do the project well and not have too much pressure with money and bills and heavy stuff like that.

WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?
The money for YFV3081 comes from East Ivanhoe Bendigo Bank and the Victorian State Government.

WHEN IS YOUR IDEA DUE?
There are four seasons in the YFV3081 year. So if you miss the date to get your application in it's not long before the next one!

Applications are due March 11, May 27, August 19, November 11.

DOES EVERY APPLICATION GET SOME MONEY?
No. We have an amount of money to invest in great projects. That's why it's important that you contact us to get all the help you can to make your idea and your application STAND OUT FROM THE REST!

CAN YOU GET HELP WITH YOUR APPLICATION?
Yes! Yes! Yes! We'll help you all the way - get your idea clear, fill out the forms with you and get right behind your great idea application to make West Heidelberg a great place for young people.

We even have information nights that have a practical workshop session to answer all your questions and go through each question on the application so you can fill it in. Too easy!

HOW CAN YOU FIND OUT MORE?
Contact facilitator Andrea Rieniets on 0428 369 612 or email her for more information. And you can become a friend on FACEBOOK - YFV3081.

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