{"id":4146,"date":"2019-11-07T03:53:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T03:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4146"},"modified":"2019-11-07T03:53:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T03:53:51","slug":"cash-injection-for-youth-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/07\/cash-injection-for-youth-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"CASH INJECTION FOR YOUTH PROJECTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Projects promoting life skills, positive mental health initiatives and employment outcomes are among successful recipients of the NSW Government\u2019s $1.5 million Youth Opportunities program.<br \/>\nMinister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Gareth Ward said 36 innovative projects driven by young people would receive up to $50,000 each.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re committed to engaging young people by providing positive opportunities that help them improve their wellbeing and thrive into adulthood,\u201d Mr Ward said.<br \/>\n\u201cThese grants are the perfect platform to promote valuable and innovative ideas and I\u2019m pleased to see so many outstanding projects receive Youth Opportunities funding.\u201d<br \/>\nThe 36 organisations funded under the program cover all corners of NSW, with projects encompassing areas of education, arts, culture and health.<br \/>\nAmong them is a short film festival to highlight the voices of young people in Gymea and a statewide campaign to raise awareness about hearing health and deafness.<br \/>\nMinister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women Bronnie Taylor said more than half of the successful projects stem from regional and rural NSW.<br \/>\n\u201cYouth are the lifeblood of regional communities across our state and we want to give them every opportunity to showcase what they\u2019ve got to offer,\u201d Ms Taylor said.<br \/>\n\u201cThese grants will see some exciting initiatives come to fruition and provide vital funds for others that have proven successful.\u201d<br \/>\nSince the NSW Government established the Youth Opportunities program in 2012, almost $12 million has been invested in more than 280 projects.<br \/>\nFor information about successful projects, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youth.nsw.au\/youth-opportunities\">www.youth.nsw.au\/youth-opportunities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Projects promoting life skills, positive mental health initiatives and employment outcomes are among successful recipients of the NSW Government\u2019s $1.5 million Youth Opportunities program. Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Gareth Ward said 36 innovative projects driven by young people would receive up to $50,000 each. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to engaging young people by providing &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/07\/cash-injection-for-youth-projects\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CASH INJECTION FOR YOUTH PROJECTS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}