Ms WALKER - 2011-03-29
Can you please outline to the House how the Alice Springs Youth Action Plan is making a difference in the town?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Nhulunbuy for her question. One of the big issues in Alice Springs that we are talking about is crime and antisocial behaviour. One of the important sectors in addressing those issues is youth. The government’s Youth Action Plan is having a big impact, ensuring families and kids at risk are getting the support they really do need. A key plank of the Youth Action Plan is the youth hub at the old ANZAC Hill High School campus. It is going ahead in leaps and bounds. The hub is already a hive of activity with 14 staff working there through the Family Support Services. We have the Youth at Risk team there. We have the Street Outreach Services and a youth coordinator all based at the youth hub. Non-government organisations are making use of the youth hub and I am told the youth arts group, InCite, is also one of those non-government organisations that will be using that space for activities.
Yesterday, the youth hub hosted the promotional event for Youth Week, and it will be the focus for Youth Week events for Alice Springs this year. This year’s Youth Week theme is ‘Own It’. That is what I hope will happen with young people in Alice Springs at the youth hub - the place will be one that they can own and use whenever they need to.
This government has made a commitment under the Youth Action Plan to create a place that could be a one-stop shop for young people, a place where they can access services, drop in for a chat and become involved in the running of the hub. It is also a space where youth service providers can come together, run activities and services and base themselves.
I congratulate the Youth Services Coordinator, John Adams. His team is helping build the youth hub as a one-stop shop for youth services in Alice Springs, a space that a young person and their family can use as a friendly space to assist them in closing any gaps that they need to close in terms of their family.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Nhulunbuy for her question. One of the big issues in Alice Springs that we are talking about is crime and antisocial behaviour. One of the important sectors in addressing those issues is youth. The government’s Youth Action Plan is having a big impact, ensuring families and kids at risk are getting the support they really do need. A key plank of the Youth Action Plan is the youth hub at the old ANZAC Hill High School campus. It is going ahead in leaps and bounds. The hub is already a hive of activity with 14 staff working there through the Family Support Services. We have the Youth at Risk team there. We have the Street Outreach Services and a youth coordinator all based at the youth hub. Non-government organisations are making use of the youth hub and I am told the youth arts group, InCite, is also one of those non-government organisations that will be using that space for activities.
Yesterday, the youth hub hosted the promotional event for Youth Week, and it will be the focus for Youth Week events for Alice Springs this year. This year’s Youth Week theme is ‘Own It’. That is what I hope will happen with young people in Alice Springs at the youth hub - the place will be one that they can own and use whenever they need to.
This government has made a commitment under the Youth Action Plan to create a place that could be a one-stop shop for young people, a place where they can access services, drop in for a chat and become involved in the running of the hub. It is also a space where youth service providers can come together, run activities and services and base themselves.
I congratulate the Youth Services Coordinator, John Adams. His team is helping build the youth hub as a one-stop shop for youth services in Alice Springs, a space that a young person and their family can use as a friendly space to assist them in closing any gaps that they need to close in terms of their family.
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