What Is The Youth Leadership Committee?
FUNPARK's Youth Leadership Committee (YLC) is a group that was born from the conversations of the Mount Druitt Press Conference aiming to engage with the young people from the Mount Druitt who care about their community and want to unpack social issues through creative action.
Membership to FUNPARK’s YLC is open to young people between the ages of 16 – 25 who live in the suburbs of 2770*. The group will meet once a fortnight (for 2 hours) to plan and implement ways in which we can engage the local community in positive change using arts and culture as a vehicle.
The YLC play an important role in advising community leaders on issues that are relevant to young people and will learn creative producing, community organising and advocacy skills by leading the direction of FUNPARK over the next few years.
Our FUNPARK team with the Youth Leadership Committee after watching the NRL Grand Finals
What will you get out of it?
- Gain experience and training in event production and management
- Paid and volunteer opportunities to be involved in our programs/events
- Meet new people and chat with like-minded individuals
- Work with community Elders and cultural mentors
- Share truths and offer solutions to change-makers in our community
- Gain skills in public speaking, advocacy and leadership
Welcome
We acknowledge the Darug people as the Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways of which FUNPARK works and lives on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.