youth
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Smashing the stigma
Two years ago Jacob Pearce was at a party and in a highly intoxicated state. In a moment that changed his life forever, he fell from a balcony in a high-rise apartment in Melbourne, falling 22 storeys and landing on the roof of a restaurant below. The Malmsbury-raised 30-year-old said it was a miracle he…
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Up in lights
Hollywood Theatre will soon light up for two young Woodend filmmakers. Flynn Mazza and Kale McQuade were named winners of the International Youth Silent Film Festival’s regional finals for their murder mystery Suspected. Their three-minute film follows a detective interviewing four suspects and their work is now bound for the international finals to be held…
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Rename the juvie
A Malmsbury resident is calling for a name change for the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre in order to reclaim the good reputation of the town. Comedian, ABC presenter and Malmsbury cricketer Simon Rogers said an inmate riot and escape in January last year, in which the youths went on a spree of carjackings and home…
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It takes a village
Gisborne Leading Senior Constable Jason Azzopardi could not stand by as he saw the impact of issues like bullying, mental illness, substance abuse and family violence on youth in his community. To help young people avoid becoming victims or offenders, he created not-for-profit youth engagement program KidzFlip, and was recently recognised for his work as…
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Unique partnership – Students launch youth mental health initiative
Chain Reaction – Your Choices Matter is the theme chosen for the award-winning Live4Life program in the Macedon Ranges for the next 12 months. The unique youth mental health promotion strategy, a partnership between the shire council, local secondary schools and key community agencies, has been operating locally since 2010. In that time more than…