Youth Engagement Grants enable young people aged 12 to 25 to raise and address issues relevant to them at local, regional and state-wide levels and to actively participate in making decisions and developing services in their communities.
Participants at Youth Engagement Grant forums:
- discuss issues at local and regional levels
- engage in decision-making processes within their communities
- develop and implement projects to address identified issues
- address identified areas of need in their communities.
What do the grants fund and who can apply?
Youth Engagement Grants provide local governments and community organisations in Queensland with an opportunity to fund projects and forums for young people (aged 12 to 25). Grants are awarded to projects and forums that provide opportunities for young people to raise issues of relevance with government and their community, and implement projects to address those issues.
How much money is available?
A total of $200 000 per year is provided by the department under the Youth Engagement Grants funding initiative to 8 organisation across Queensland to help deliver the initiative between 2010/11 to 2012/13.
Examples of previous projects
The following is a selection of successful project applications that gained funding in the current funding round.
Queensland Program of Assistance for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT) were funded to implement the Youth Voice program for young people in the Brisbane Region by engaging with them about issues of relevance to culturally and linguistically diverse young people living in Brisbane. Their Youth Voice engagement strategy connects likeminded individuals and creates an opportunity for discussion regarding important social justice issues which impact on young people.
Tablelands Regional Council were funded to implement the iTalk Youth Engagement program for young people in the Far North Region. Young people aged 12-25 will have an opportunity to raise and address issues of relevance to them through a range of opportunities including a schools based engagement strategy and also an outreach model utilising mobile youth workers. ITalk Youth Engagement will hold one school based and one agency based consultation per year.
The full list of current Youth Engagement Grants recipients for 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13 are:
- Queensland Program of Assistance for Survivors of Torture and Trauma Association Inc to coordinate Youth Voice
- Rockhampton Regional Council to coordinate Rockhampton Regional Council-Youth In Charge
- Tablelands Regional Council to coordinate iTalk Youth Engagement
- Deception Bay Community Youth Programs Association Inc to coordinate Be Vocal, Be Heard
- Sunshine Coast Youth Partnership Inc to coordinate Youth Action Committees
- The Youth Network NQ Inc to coordinate Regional Youth Engagement
- Logan City Council to coordinate Enabling Leadership
- Southern Downs Regional Council to coordinate SWYEF - South West Youth Engagement Forum
How and when to apply
Applications for Youth Engagement Grants are now closed.
This funding is part of the government's commitment to promoting socially inclusive and active communities through investing in targeted participation programs. These programs include opportunities to participate in government and community decision making. Active participation by young people will help build stronger communities by making young people feel connected, valued and involved.
Contact the Office for Youth or your local regional office for more information.
More information about other funding offered by the department is available on the Department of Communities' funding and grant management pages.
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