– CONFERENCE –
YOUNG PEOPLE
DOING IT TOUGH
When: 17th – 19th June 2025 | Where: Armidale Bowling Club
Understanding the complex and interlocking issues of homelessness, OOHC, justice, culture, safety and mental health.
Email: co********@ws*.au | Phone: 02 6772 5911
Join us as we share, learn and discuss:
- Lessons learnt on developing, sustaining & evaluating Youth Hubs
- Increasing social cohesion and youth participation in programming
- Improving our practise for working with First Nations communities and their organisations
- Overview of the key issues facing young people in juvenile justice and detention
- Client-centred & strengths-based approached to youth work
- Key issues for young people in Out of Home Care
- Implementing the findings of the Key Tenets report
- Key issues facing young people in Education
- Delivering a Rights Based approach to service delivery
- How the arts can play an important role in increasing our understanding for issues faced by young people doing it tough
Key Speakers
Gill Calvet
Inaugural NSW Children’s Commissioner from 1999-2009
Lukas Carey
UNE Lecturer, ‘From Prison to Principal’ Tedx Talk 2023
Selim Ucar
CEO of Humanity Matters
Andrew McCallum
fromer President of ACOSS and CEO of ACWA
Andrew Johnson
Inaugural NSW Advocate for Children and Young People, UN representative (New York) for Save the Children
Penny Lamaro
CEO Women’s Shelter Armidale, Chair of Youth Action NSW
Candice Neilson
Acting Executive Director, Youth Justice NSW
Anthony Shannon
Department of Communities & Justice
Hayden Tonazzi
CEO of the Australian Theatre for Young People
Morgana Butler
Regional Youth Support Services
Cost
**Early Bird Discount**
Register by 01/06/2025 and get 15% off
Conference, workshops & Reception Dinner!
$270.00 Per Person
Option One: Conference, all sessions:
$250.00 Per Person
Option Two: Conference, Workshops & Dinner
$330.00 Per Person
For more information please contact co********@ws*.au
