{"id":7939,"date":"2020-09-01T06:12:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T06:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7939"},"modified":"2020-09-01T06:12:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T06:12:11","slug":"applications-open-for-youth-project-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/09\/01\/applications-open-for-youth-project-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR YOUTH PROJECT FUNDING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations keen to kick-start programs promoting youth engagement can now apply for up to $50,000 as part of the NSW Government\u2019s Youth Opportunities Grants.<br \/>\nMinister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Gareth Ward said a share of $1.5 million is available for not-for-profits, community groups and councils.<br \/>\n\u201cThe last 12 months have been tough for communities across our state, and these grants are an opportunity to support programs that engage young people during this critical time,\u201d Mr Ward said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want to hear about projects that encourage young people to learn new skills, meet new people and create stronger, more cohesive communities.\u201d<br \/>\nThe program provides one-off, time-limited grants between $10,000 and $50,000 for projects that remove barriers preventing youth from taking up new opportunities. Since the program began in 2012, Youth Opportunities has provided almost $12 million in funding to 247 projects across the state.<br \/>\nMinister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women Bronnie Taylor said more than half of last year\u2019s grant recipients involved programs in regional and rural NSW.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a fantastic way of getting projects off the ground which empower young people and encourage them to participate in their community,\u201d Mrs Taylor said.<br \/>\n\u201cLast year\u2019s recipients included programs promoting positive mental health, job-readiness and leadership skills for Aboriginal young people.\u201d<br \/>\nNot-for-profit Hear For You received funding last year for a project supporting young people who are deaf or hard of hearing to improve their communication skills.<br \/>\nHear For You CEO David Brady said participants are using their new skills to raise awareness about hearing health and deafness in their local schools and communities.<br \/>\n\u201cThey have been working together to create content, design materials, practice their public speaking skills and deliver presentations to their peers, educational institutions and community groups,\u201d Mr Brady said.<br \/>\nFor more information, or to apply, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youth.nsw.gov.au\/youth-opportunities\/\">www.youth.nsw.gov.au\/youth-opportunities\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations keen to kick-start programs promoting youth engagement can now apply for up to $50,000 as part of the NSW Government\u2019s Youth Opportunities Grants. Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Gareth Ward said a share of $1.5 million is available for not-for-profits, community groups and councils. \u201cThe last 12 months have been tough for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/09\/01\/applications-open-for-youth-project-funding\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR YOUTH PROJECT FUNDING&#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-7939","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\/7939","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=7939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}