Positive change starts with YOU!
Our Youth Leadership programs offer a range of opportunities for young people to get involved, connect with others, learn and develop skills, have your voices heard, and create positive change in your lives and communities.
We believe:
- Anyone who takes any action to create positive change is practicing leadership
- There are many ways of practicing leadership – from every day actions to large-scale movements
- Leadership can be formal and informal – you don’t have to hold a formal position of leadership to have positive influence.
From FREE training workshops, to youth-led projects, to sports programs – check out the range of opportunities below to find one for you.
Youth-Led Unit (now recruiting Youth Panel Members)
Adopting a co-design process, and over a 6-month period, CMY will support a team of young people to conceptualise and design a youth-led unit that is integrated within CMY.
We’re now looking for Expressions of Interest from critical thinkers with a passion for change-making, to join our Youth Panel. EOI closes 15 November. Find out more.
Alumni Network
CMY’s Alumni Network was created to bring people together to explore further collaboration, build on and share social capital, provide mentorship, professional development and networking opportunities.
Join the Alumni Network on Facebook.
Aspire to Lead
The Aspire to Lead team is working with schools to facilitate the 10-week workshop program online during the COVID-19 lockdown. Please contact the Project Officer for info.
A strengths-based leadership program available to schools in the City of Casey and Cardinia Shire. The program is designed for students who may experience challenges engaging with the school and the education environment. The program consists of workshops, group peer-mentoring sessions and events hosted by participants.
The program is run weekly for 10 weeks (during one term), and designed to be repeated with the support of previous participants as peer mentors.
CMY will collaborate with each school to either connect this program to existing and on-going programs within the school, or to implement it as a stand-alone program.
This program is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.
For more information, contact:
Engela van der Klashorst | Project Officer
E | evanderklashorst@cmy.net.au
M | 0436 620 187
ENVISION (now recruiting youth volunteers)
A program supporting newly-arrived young people to learn more about life in Australia, make new friends, connect to local support services and build leadership skills. Find out more.
Explore
EXPLORE provides an opportunity for young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds to have direct input into the research that impacts their lives. The project supports a partnership between young people and researchers in order to enhance the relevance and responsiveness of research (and post-research interventions) to young people. Find out more.
Mental Health Literacy Project (now recruiting Community Leadership Group members)
CMY are running a Mental Health Literacy project in partnership with Orygen Youth Mental Health. The aim of the project is to design and develop, in partnership with young people and broader community, a range of resources to improve mental health literacy of young people and their families from Arabic, Vietnamese, Karen, South Sudanese and Pasifika backgrounds in the North West Melbourne area. Find out more.
Lead Yourself, Lead Others
A project by multicultural young women, for multicultural young women, which explores the intersection of racism, discrimination and gender in the creation of barriers to leadership. Find out more.
Positive Change Makers
Youth leadership training for all experience levels, including 10 modules that use experiential learning to explore leadership with young people. Find out more.
REVERB
A co-design program with young people from multicultural backgrounds, which aims to address the stigma surrounding mental health and promote help-seeking behaviours. REVERB will amplify young people’s voices, share lived experiences to add depth and fresh perspectives to conversations about mental health. Find out more.
Shout Out
An innovative public speakers agency supporting young people to share their stories and perspectives with a wide range of audiences and help shift public discourse.
Our speakers have been trained and supported to deliver fresh, engaging and thought provoking perspectives as keynote speakers, panel members or emcees for a range of settings across Victoria. Find out more.
Welcome Football
Using the world game soccer to support newly-arrived families in the City of Hume, to build connections with their local community and develop leadership skills. Find out more.
Women’s Sports Hubs
The Women’s Sports Hubs provides opportunities for young women in Melbourne’s South East region to participate in various sports and build connections. Find out more.
Western Young People’s Independent Network (WYPIN)
WYPIN is a youth-led group based in Melbourne’s west, working to develop programs that will benefit multicultural young people.
The network engages young people each year in a variety of programs that focus on capacity building, empowerment, engagement, advocacy and challenging racism in the community. Find out more.
Youth Advisory Group (YAG)
An opportunity for young people to have input into CMY’s work, programs and issues we focus on to influence the decision-making processes of the leadership team and Board of CMY. Find out more.
Young Initiators Program
A program exploring leadership, values, culture, community and active citizenship through a range of experiential activities. Find out more.
Youth Transitions Support
Youth Transitions Support uses sport to engage newly-arrived young people in the City of Hume, and provide support in education, employment and training within the sporting industry. Find out more.