Articles tagged: Youth
Youth rock at COPACC
Colac Otway young people have relished the opportunity to organise and perform in the 2025 Youth Music Showcase.
District youth learn media skills from experts
Budding media and marketing moguls have learnt what it takes to work in the industry from Colac and district experts.
Young people called to guide action plan
Surf Coast Shire Council is set to survey young people to help guide its Youth Action Plan.
Youth showcase artistic work
Seventy pieces of artwork including photographs, sculptures, paintings and more created by Colac Otway youths are now on display at the Colac Otway Performing Arts and Cultural Centre.
Young artists called to create
Colac Otway youths can unleash their inner artist at three exciting workshops these school holidays.
Callout to local youth voices
Organisers are calling out for young people aged 12 to 25 who want to guide youth advocacy in Colac Otway.
Colac youth photo exhibit
Colac Otway youth have expressed their creative young minds in photos currently exhibiting in COPACC.
Young snappers’ time to shine
It’s time to start snapping Colac Otway youth, with the council’s photography competition now open.
Youth leaders visit new centre
Three weeks out from the opening of Colac Salvation Army’s youth drop-in centre, Colac youth leaders have had their say on the facility.
Huge demand for workshops
Workshops providing young people with the opportunity to create their own artistic masterpiece at a workshop with local artist Gavan Serle have proved incredibly popular with all four workshops booked out.
People choose winners
A photo highlighting the motherly love between a cow and her calf has received more than 1600 votes from the community and won the people’s choice award in the council’s youth photography competition.
Council targets youth support
Surf Coast Shire Council has pledged to support and empower the shire’s young people, with aims to improve mental health support, community facilities and climate action.
Headspace site opens to help Colac youths
A Federal MP has encouraged young people to check out Colac’s new youth mental health and wellbeing service.
Youth strategy unveiled
Surf Coast Shire residents can comment on their council’s draft Youth Strategy.
Youths share artistic talents
Colac and district teens have had an artistic introduction to the shire’s new youth officer.
Shire youths can sign up for vibrant group
Young people aged 12 to 25 can sign up to make a difference in the Colac Otway community, through Colac Otway Shire Council’s Youth Advisory Group COLOSYL.
Keeping Colac youths on track
A new Colac youth initiative aims to support at-risk young people with mental health issues or intellectual disabilities to achieve their goals, and deter them from crime.
Opportunities important for Colac students
Having more opportunities outside sport is high on the priorities list for Colac Otway students during National Youth Week.
Youths wanted for regional reference group
Young south-west Victorians have until Monday to apply to join a reference group to help shape the future direction of education, employment, transport and other factors impacting their lives.
Shire’s youth leaders sought
The Colac Otway Shire Youth Leaders Group – or COLOSYL – is a new youth reference group for young people aged 12 to 25.
Fundraising walk to help Colac kids
Colac’s Mick McCrickard will tackle a 50-kilometre hike through the Otways this weekend on a mission to help vulnerable young people.
Youth services shake-up
Colac Otway Shire Council will apply for state cash so it can deliver youth engagement itself, rather than through Colac’s health service.
Volunteer’s extra miles earn a council gong
A young SES volunteer has received a Surf Coast Shire Youth Award for his dedication to the community and desire to help.
Mental health guidance for Colac students
Colac students are getting into the right head space with a national program visiting Colac to provide support for mental health.
