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Community Profiles and Immigration Statistics
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Cross Cultural Education Resources
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Education and Training
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Families
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Government Departments
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Key Multicultural Organisations
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Key Youth Organisations
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Multicultural Health Issues
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Refugees and Asylum Seekers
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Refugee and CLD Young People
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Torture and Trauma Services
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Translating, Interpreting and Languages
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Websites for Young People
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Youth Leadership, Participation and Mentoring
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 Community Profiles and Immigration Statistics
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Community Information Summaries – DIAC
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http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/comm-summ/
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Community Profiles – DIAC
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http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/delivering-assistance/government-programs/settlement-planning/community-profiles.htm
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Settlement Database – DIAC – Customised statistical reports can be created via online database
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http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/delivering-assistance/settlement-reporting-facility/
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United Nations High Commission for Refugees – statistics on refugees worldwide
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http://www.unhcr.org/
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The CIA World Factbook – up-to-date country information and statistics
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www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
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Cross Cultural Education Resources
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Australian Human Rights Commission – a number of educational resources on multiculturalism, racism and diversity, including: Face the Facts and Voices of Australia. Resources are available for both students and teachers.
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www.hreoc.gov.au
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Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre (LMERC)
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http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/programs/lmerc/default.htm
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UNHCR Teaching Tools – offers a wealth of educational resources to help teachers, parents and students learn more about refugees.
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http://unhcr.org.au/
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Wiseworld Schools – curriculum material for teachers wanting to promote greater cross cultural understanding in their school.
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www.peacecorps.org/wws/educators
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Education and Training
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The Victorian Department of Education Early Childhood Development has resources on English as a Second Language (ESL), support for newly arrived students and refugees.
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http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/programs/esl/default.htm
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Information on Apprenticeships & Traineeships across Australia
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www.careerconnections.com.au
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Adult Multicultural Education Services – website includes information in various languages
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www.ames.net.au
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Families
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ABCD Parenting Young Adolescents – includes activity sheets in Arabic, Macedonian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese
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www.abcdparenting.org
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Families in cultural transition – program run by STARTTS in NSW
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http://www.startts.org.au/default.aspx?id=344
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Parenting Between Cultures: The Primary School Years – manual
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http://www.marymead.org.au/publications.html
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Parenting in a new culture… the preschool years – resource available in Arabic, Samoan and Chinese
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www.mrcne.org.au/pguide.htm
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Government Departments
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Federal
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Department of Immigration and Citizenship
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www.immi.gov.au
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Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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www.fahcsia.gov.au
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Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations
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www.deewr.gov.au
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Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations - Office for Youth
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www.deewr.gov.au/Youth/OfficeForYouth
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Centrelink
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www.centrelink.gov.au
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Victoria
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Department of Education & Early Childhood Development
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www.education.vic.gov.au
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Department of Human Services – Office of Housing
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www.housing.vic.gov.au
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Department of Planning and Community Development – Office for Youth
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www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/youth
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Victorian Multicultural Commission
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www.multicultural.vic.gov.au
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Victoria Police
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www.police.vic.gov.au
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Key Multicultural Organisations
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AfricanOz – website for and about the African-Australian community
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www.africanoz.com
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Australian Multicultural Foundation – promotes awareness of the diversity of cultures within Australia
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www.amf.net.au
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Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma
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www.fasstt.org.au/contact/members.html
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Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria
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www.eccv.org.au
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Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils – contact details for ECCs across Australia
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www.fecca.org.au/About/Members.html
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Migrant Resource Centres – contact details for MRCs across Australia
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www.immi.gov.au/grants/mrc_msa_b.htm
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Refugee Council of Australia
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www.refugeecouncil.org.au
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Victorian Multicultural Commission
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www.multicultural.vic.gov.au
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Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs
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www.voma.vic.gov.au
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Key Youth Organisations
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The Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies – provides information for those working in the youth field. ACYS publish Youth Studies Australia.
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www.acys.utas.edu.au
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Australian Youth Affairs Coalition – lists peak youth organisations for each state
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www.ayac.org.au/about.html
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Office for Youth - the Victorian government departmental branch focusing on youth affairs
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www.youth.vic.gov.au
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Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVIC) - the Victorian Peak Youth organisation
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www.yacvic.org.au
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Multicultural Health Issues
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Diversity Health Institute Clearinghouse - Information on multicultural health in Australia. Contains a number of useful databases.
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www.dhi.gov.au/clearinghouse
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Health Translations Directory – links to multilingual health information
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www.healthtranslations.vic.gov.au
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NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service – provides information and services to assist health professionals to communicate with non English speaking communities.
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www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/health-public-affairs/mhcs
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Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health – education, training and resources
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www.ceh.org.au
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Australian Drug Foundation, Multicultural DrugInfo – research and translated alcohol and other drug information
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www.druginfo.adf.org.au/multicultural
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Refugee Health Research Centre - applied research, professional development
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www.latrobe.edu.au/rhrc
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Multicultural Mental Health Australia - links to State organisations, resources, Synergy magazine
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www.mmha.org.au
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Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit
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www.vtpu.org.au
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Refugees and Asylum Seekers
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Asylum Seekers Project – Hotham Mission
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www.hothammission.org.au
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Bridging Refugee Youth and Children - US-based organisation with Clearinghouse of useful resources
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www.brycs.org/brycs_clearinghouse.htm
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Centre for Refugee Research – based at the University of New South Wales
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www.crr.unsw.edu.au
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Refugee Health Research Centre - applied research, professional development based at Latrobe University
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www.latrobe.edu.au/rhrc
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The Refugee Council of Australia – provides information on and advocacy for refugees and humanitarian entrants in Australia
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www.refugeecouncil.org.au
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Refugees International – a non-government organisation serving refugees, displaced persons, and other dispossessed people around the world
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www.refintl.org
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
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World Refugee – the latest international news on refugees around the world
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www.worldrefugee.com
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Refugee and CLD Young People
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Good Practice Principles: Guide for Working with Refugee Young People
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www.immi.gov.au/settle/publications/GPP_July2005.pdf
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Wealth of All Nations: Identification of strategies to assist refugee young people in transition to independence – report
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www.acys.utas.edu.au/ncys/nyars/n23.htm
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Long Journey, Young Lives – online documentary about refugee young people and their journey to Australia
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http://abc.net.au/longjourney
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Working with young refugees – resources from YAPA in NSW
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www.yapa.org.au/youthwork/refugee.php
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Refugee Young People: Examples of Effective Service Delivery in Queensland
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www.immi.gov.au/settle/publications/qld_youth_intro.htm
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Coping in a new world: The social and emotional wellbeing of young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
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www.health.qld.gov.au/pahospital/docs/qtmhc/qtmhc_nesd.pdf
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Bridging Refugee Youth and Children - US-based organisation with Clearinghouse of useful resources
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www.brycs.org/brycs_clearinghouse.htm
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Torture and Trauma Services
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Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma
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www.fasstt.org.au/contact/members.html
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Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture
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www.survivorsvic.org.au
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Factsheet: Working with young survivors of refugee trauma & torture - from YAPA in NSW
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www.yapa.org.au/youthwork/facts/torture.php
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Translating, Interpreting and Languages
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Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators – glossary of terms, consumer guide
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www.ausit.org/eng/showpage.php3?id=646
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We Speak Your Language: Guide to Cross Cultural Communication
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www.vits.com.au/publications/guide.pdf
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Translating & Interpreting Service (TIS) – Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
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www.immi.gov.au/tis/index.htm
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Ethnologue – online encyclopaedia of languages
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www.ethnologue.com
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Websites for Young People
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Reachout
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www.reachout.com.au
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Headroom
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www.headroom.net.au
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Youth Central
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www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au
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Somazone
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www.somazone.com.au
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Noor Events - Muslim youth website
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www.noorevents.com.au
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Bank of I.D.E.A.S - Initiatives for the Development of Enterprising Actions and Strategies
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www.bankofideas.com.au
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Youth Participation, Leadership and Mentoring
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Bank of I.D.E.A.S - Initiatives for the Development of Enterprising Actions and Strategies
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www.bankofideas.com.au
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Mentoring Australia
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www.mentoring-australia.org
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Noor Events - Muslim youth website. Includes details of participation opportunities
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www.noorevents.com.au
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Office for Youth - Participation
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www.youth.vic.gov.au/participation/participation.htm#Resources
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Western Young People's Independent Network (WYPIN)
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http://home.vicnet.net.au/~wypin/
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Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVic) - Participation in Practice
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www.yacvic.org.au/pages/policy/participation.htm
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