Join our Youth Advocacy Group

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What is the Youth Advocacy Group?

The Youth Advocacy Group are a group of young volunteers who work together to promote mental health literacy and awareness through developing resources, events and presentations for the community. Do you have ideas and skills that you want to share in our fight to reduce stigma and discrimination associated with mental, social and other general health issues affecting young people? Do you want your voice to be heard? headspace Sunshine is here for it!

 Past projects we've been involved in include:

• Co-designing and co-facilitation of school workshops and presentations, including a "Re-defining Success" presentation for year 12s, to explore the many meanings of success (beyond the ATAR score), share their own journeys of 'success' and workshop study tips. Other workshops include topics like building resilience, self-care, reducing screen time and grade 6-7 transition!
• Consulting on the look, feel, and refurbishment of the headspace Sunshine centre 
• The writing of the Let's Talk Resource - which explores how to talk to family about mental health when there is a language and inter-generational gap
• Leading a peer-scoping project on the intersection of LGBTIQA+ and CALD identities, interviewing community members about their experiences accessing mental health services and writing a report on recommendations and findings. Read more about the Rainbow Bridges Project here!
• Community campaigns for Harmony day, Youth Week, RUOK day, IDAHOBIT day, Wear it Purple day, International Mother Language day, Mental health week and much more

If you're interested in contributing to our projects or have something you're passionate about that you'd like to see in the community, apply to join the Youth Advocacy Group! You'll be working alongside other like-minded young people to inspire others in the community. 

You can find more information about the Youth Advocacy Group volunteer role in the Position Description. 

Have questions? Worried about the application process? Just want to have a chat about the YAG? You can reach us at headspaceSunshineCommunity@orygen.org.au - we are happy to answer any questions and keep you in the loop!

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