The Youth Coalition is the peak youth affairs body in the Australian Capital Territory and is responsible for representing the interests of people aged between 12 and 25 years of age, and those who work with them.
The Youth Coalition is represented on many ACT Government Advisory structures and provides advice to the ACT Government on youth issues as well as providing information to youth services about policy and program matters.
We actively promote the well being and aspirations of young people in the ACT with particular respect to their social, political, cultural, spiritual, economic and educational development.
The Youth Coalition's Training and Professional Development Calendar outlines training and professional development activities that are relevant to the youth and community sector.
Click here to download the December 2011 - January 2012 Calendar.
Click here to download the February - March 2012 Calendar.
The eBulletin is the Youth Coalition's weekly newsletter, covering all the new policy, sector development, training, employment and youth events, papers and stories released each week.
The Big Red Book is the first directory of the youth sector in the ACT and a handbook on how to better work with young people. Version 6 (April 2010) is now available for download.
A comprehensive document outlining the policy platforms of the Youth Coalition.
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We acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as the traditional owners and continuing custodians of the lands of the ACT and we pay our respects to the Elders, their families and ancestors.
We acknowledge that the effects of the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families as well as past racist policies and actions continues today.
We acknowledge that Indigenous people hold distinctive rights as the original peoples of modern day Australia, including the right to a distinct status and culture, self-determination and land.
We celebrate Ngunnawal culture and the invaluable contribution to the community.