NEWS & UPDATES
Updated Innovation Youth Centre Website and Link.
Great job from our Youth Board Member Maria Matthews for updating Innovation Youth Centre's Website and new link/URL www.iyc.org.au and launching it and making it live on the 11/11/2019.
Building Up Program Presentation Melbourne University
Great Job to one of our Youth Board Members and Masters of Social Policy Student Maria Matthews for creating and presenting the Building Up Program at the University of Melbourne for Innovation Youth Centre.
Building Up Program is a Mentoring Program for IYC Youth Reference Group being mentored by the IYC Board to learn skills to have a greater opportunity for employment and life matters. Thank you to Richard IYC Chair for attending to support Maria too.
Building Up Program is a Mentoring Program for IYC Youth Reference Group being mentored by the IYC Board to learn skills to have a greater opportunity for employment and life matters. Thank you to Richard IYC Chair for attending to support Maria too.
Innovation Youth Centre Director and Chair Parliament House meeting in Canberra with Federal Minister the Hon Anne Ruston Minister for Families and Social Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate Office.
Innovation Youth Centre Director - Paul Papadatos and Innovation Youth Centre Chair - Richard Foster we’re invited to Parliament House in Canberra to meet with Office of Senator the Hon Anne Ruston Minister for Families and Social Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate Adviser - Mike Websdane to discuss Innovation Youth Centres work and potential funding opportunities. Thank you for your time Mike and IYC youth reference group to encourage Richard and Paul to go.
Radio Interview Plenty Valley Community Radio 86.6 FM
Innovation Youth Centre Director Paul had a great radio interview discussing his different roles as a youth worker at Plenty Valley Community Radio 86.6 FM today and ways the community can help young people with challenges they face with out stereotypes. Young people a the best experts in their life with the right guidance. Thank you Plenty Valley Community Radio 86.6 FM
Annual Service Planning Meeting
Innovation Youth Centre future planning, meeting and having dinner - Youth Reference Group, Staff, Volunteers and Board. The event included team building and launching Innovation Youth Centre Info Graphic of service achievements. Followed by the Birthdays of Volunteer and Youth Reference Group Member.
Innovation Youth Centre Service Info Graphic
Innovation Youth Centre achievements scents the creation of the service all done on a volunteer basis.
Innovation Youth Centre End of Year Celebrations/Meeting Catch Up's
Innovation Youth Centre has been busy having a great end of year Youth Reference Group, Staff and Board Meeting in the last few weeks. Celebrating the holidays coming up and waiting on the big grant result. A big thank you to Whittlesea Youth Service and Mill Park Library for letting us use there space.
Innovation Youth Centre Board of Management Next Steps Meeting
The Board of Management at Innovation Youth Centre meet to allocate roles and discuss the next steps and sharing great insights from a innovative and youth participation lens.
Presentation at Emerging Innovation Summit
It was a honour to be invited as a guest speaker at the Emerging Innovation Summit organised by International Innovative Research Network hosted by the Global Business Innovation Enabling Capability Platform at RMIT University, to present my role at Innovation Youth Centre as Director and at Youth Projects as Senior Youth AOD Outreach Worker, on how innovative service user participation approaches and methods can be used to benefit the community services sector to create positive measurable social change on a bigger scale
Victoria University Bachelor of Youth Studies - Student Placement at Innovation Youth Centre
Innovation Youth Centre (IYC) would to say and give a big thank you to Maria for all her great and hard work to support IYC through her student work placement she completed at a very high standard. Maria is a final year Bachelor of Youth Studies student at Victoria University. IYC is pleased to still have her as volunteer after her schooling well done Maria.
Pick My Project Victorian State Government Grant - Vote for Innovation Youth Centre
Innovation Youth Centre (IYC) has made it to the final stage to get a $200,000 grant form the Victoria State Government, all you have to do is for vote for (IYC) and share it with your family and friends link below. The most votes will get the grant.
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Thank you from Cyrstal Namakorn - Young Social Entrepreneur and Author to Innovation Youth Centre
"Thank you so much Innovation-Youth Centre for nominating me for Citizen of the Year at the City of Darebin. I appreciate all that you have done for me please know that it means the world to me. Last night was the awards ceremony, and although I did not win, I don’t care because it was such an honour to be nominated to begin with. A lady named Norma an 89 year old legend standing near me with the white hair won the award; I am actually glad she won, displaying such amazing work even at her age is truly an inspiration. I hope to be half the woman you are when I’m your age! Thanks to my family and friends for showing your support with me on this special occasion".
Innovation Youth Centre Team Meeting - New Space and Supporting Young People with a Disability
The Innovation Youth Centre Team - Staff, Volunteers, Youth Reference Group and Students from Victoria University and Monash had a very progressive meeting looking at new spaces for IYC and planning more approaches to support young people with a disability to help there community. Well done team!
Monash University and Innovation Youth Centre Partnership
Innovation Youth Centre has the honour to work and partner with Monash University Bachelor of Business to support there students to be part of the journey for IYC to gain funding to become fully operational. Had a great meeting today to achieve the next steps. Thanks Monash University from IYC.
Innovation Youth Centre Promotional Video
Check out our latest IYC promotional video to create more support and awareness of the project to support young people and the community through innovation and youth participation.
The A - Team at Innovation Youth Centre Community Grants Meeting the big one.
The team at Innovation-Youth Centre had a great funding submission/grant meeting last night well done A - Team progressing the project forward.
Innovation Youth Centre meeting with Roger Holdsworth the God Father of Youth Participation
Meeting up with Roger Holdsworth, a specialist in youth participation from the University of Melbourne, talking about making progress with Innovation Youth Centre and helping young people to help their communities.
Innovation Youth Centre Team Planning & Presentation Event
The Team at Innovation Youth Centre had a great Planning and Presentation event on the 3rd of April 2018. Youth Reference Group Members, Volunteers, Student Placements and Staff were presented with a certificate of service to Innovation Youth Centre. The team also did planning for the next steps for Innovation Youth Centre and promotional video stay turned. Well done all.
Innovation Youth Centre Youth Reference Group members supporting the City of Whittlesea International Womens Day Event.
Awesome to have IYC youth reference group members supporting the City of Whittlesea International Women’s Day Event well done Maria, Simone and Jaynana. Looks like you had fun.
Meeting with IYC supporter Federal MP Andrew Gilies about grants for IYC.
Innovation Youth Centre (IYC) had a great meeting with Federal MP Andrew Giles about funding grants for IYC to be fully operational. With 3rd year youth work student Maria Matthews doing placement at IYC doing a great job.
BBQ Innovation Youth Centre Reference Group Meeting
Innovation Youth Centre Young Peoples Reference Group had a great BQQ meeting to plan our promotional project for Innovation Youth Centre for young people to help young people and there community. Check out some of the great photos below.
Innovation Youth Centre Young People's Reference Group Meeting with guest speaker young author and social entrepreneur Christina Namakorn
Innovation Youth Centre Youth Reference Group, Staff, and Volunteers had the honer of young author and social entrepreneur being a guest speaker and presenting her new book "TROY" The Revelation Of You to the IYC team to be inspired to make IYC fully operational. Great meeting with lots of progress.
YACVIC State Conference 2017
Great day at the state Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVIC) conference from the team at Innovation-Youth Centre (IYC) great networking and learnings from the event to support and advocate for young people. IYC is proud to be a YACVIC member to support the youth sector.
Meeting with the man Kon Karapanagiotidis from ASRC
Innovation Youth Centre had the honour to meet with Kon Karapanagiotidis the CEO and Founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) in Footscray to discuss and share ideas on how he and his team set up the ASRC and how it’s thriving to support Asylum Seekers and create positive social change. Thank you so much Kon for your feedback, advice and support to help Innovation-Youth Centre to support and create positive social change on a bigger scale for young people and community through innovation and youth participation.
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Innovation Youth Centre Reference Group Meeting on at Melbourne Polytechnic
Innovation Youth Centre (IYC) - Youth Reference Group, Staff and Volunteers had an awesome meeting to discuss the next steps for IYC, great ideas and a great meal at La Porchetta in Reservoir, check out the reference group member profiles on the "Meet Our Team" page. Stay tuned for more updates on the on the website
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YACVIC & IYC meeting about youth participation.
Leo Fieldgrass CEO Youth Affairs Council of Victoria & Paul Papadatos Director Innovation Youth Centre - had a great meeting to discuss each other service and ways to work with one another to support young people to be heard through youth participation to make their local communities better.
Melbourne Polytechnic Youth Justice Student Placements completed at Innovation Youth Centre.
Melbourne Polytechnic Youth Justice Student Placements completed and created with the IYC team a social research report about young people being at the risk of crime and being involved in crime with a community focus group. Report attached below click on link.
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Young Workers Centre - Forum hosted by Hon MP Andrew Gilies and Team, with Innovation Youth Centre Support.
The Team at Innovation-Youth Centre staff, student placements and young peoples reference group had a great day being part of the Young Workers Forum to support & inform young people about their rights at work run by the Young Workers Centre that was hosted by Hon MP Andrew Giles , Eleanor Scott and team. It was great to hear & see all that got involved and feeling empowered.
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Melbourne Polytechnic Youth Justice students undertaking work placement at Innovation Youth Centre
IYC is so happy to have Amanda, Simba, Abby and Jessica on board to do there placements from Melbourne Polytechnic Cert IV Youth Justice to help out the IYC youth reference group. And the young workers rights Forum that Olivia and MP Andrew Giles a running Saturday the 8th of July 2017
Meeting with Federal MP Hon Andrew Giles for IYC to support Young People Workers Forum.
Innovation Youth Centre had a great meeting with Federal MP the Hon Andrew Giles to support the Youth Forum for young people's rights at work on the 8.1.2017 with the IYC youth reference group supporting the event.
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Support letter for IYC from Work Education Program at Melbourne Polytechnic
Innovation Youth Centre would like to thank the Work Education Program at Melbourne Polytechnic for supporting Innovation Youth Centre and we a looking forward to working with one another.
Meeting with Cr Kim Le Cerf & CEO Philip Shanahan from the City of Darebin
Innovation Youth Centre team members Paul Papadatos and Georgia Trapalis had a great meeting today, with Mayor Cr Kim Le Cerf and CEO Philip Shanahan from the City of Darebin, to support young people and hear their voice to better the community through IYC. Thank you Cr Kim and Philip for supporting IYC.
MP Support Letters for Innovation Youth Centre
Innovation Youth Centre (IYC) would like to the thank Federal MP Andrew Giles and State MP Lily D'Ambrosio for meeting with Paul Papadatos and supporting IYC to help young people and community on a bigger scale to believe and create.
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Meeting with Youth Police Resource Officer Tim Forster
Innovation Youth Centre had a great meeting with Tim Forster the Youth Police Resource Officer for Whittlesea to discuss how Innovation Youth Centre can work with Tim to help young people and the community. Thank you so much for your support Tim to Believe & Create.
Innovation Youth Centre -Youth and Community Consultation Report
Innovation Youth Centre - Youth and Community Consultation Report is now ready, for everyone to read, thank you to all involved. The Consult Report addressed and presented evidence for the need of IYC's service model to support young people and community to create positive measurable social change. "Believe and Create"
Innovation Youth Centre - Youth and Community Consultation Report is now ready, for everyone to read, thank you to all involved. The Consult Report addressed and presented evidence for the need of IYC's service model to support young people and community to create positive measurable social change. "Believe and Create"
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Meeting with Cr Kris Pavlidis
IYC had another great meeting, with Cr Kris Pavlidis from the City of Whittlesea, to support young people and hear their voice to better the community through IYC. Thank you Cr Kris Pavlidis for supporting IYC.
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Innovation Youth Centre Youth and Community Consult
Innovation Youth Centre (IYC) had it's first youth and community consult on 21.1.2017. What a great day, the passion and feedback from the young people and community was great. With this awesome feedback, it's going to help IYC go that step further to help young people and community, using youth participation and innovation working hand in hand. Thank you for your support and passion, you rock, here's some awesome photos from the day. Love the IYC team.
Innovation Youth Centre (IYC) had it's first youth and community consult on 21.1.2017. What a great day, the passion and feedback from the young people and community was great. With this awesome feedback, it's going to help IYC go that step further to help young people and community, using youth participation and innovation working hand in hand. Thank you for your support and passion, you rock, here's some awesome photos from the day. Love the IYC team.
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