National Youth Week 2012

From April 13-22, Brisbane celebrated and showcased diverse youth cultures through mini-festivals, photo exhibitions, dance and art workshops, performances, forums, comedy nights, skate events, music events and massive outdoor digital projections. To read the full rundown you can access the PDF here.

In total, more than 200 young people organized 56 workshops, activities and events across Brisbane as part of National Youth Week 2012. Skills were developed in event management, negotiation, problem solving, budgeting and promotion.

More than 1400 young people performed and showcased their talents through the Council supported events which positively portrayed young people’s role in our community. More than 6000 young people and 4000 community members attended Youth Week events in Brisbane.

In addition to providing opportunities for young people to organize, deliver and perform at events, Brisbane NYW 2012 raised the positive profile of young people in Brisbane through a targeted marketing and media campaign. The campaign reached an estimated 100 000 people through 13 newspaper and online articles, inclusion in key council publications, twitter and Facebook promotion (more than 2 million impressions), an online events calendar and public distribution of 6000 postcards and posters to youth services, libraries, retail outlets and coffee shops across Brisbane. The result was an increased awareness of young people’s contribution to Brisbane, regardless of whether readers attended events or not.

Young people involved in NYW represented a diversity of cultures, geographic locations and socio-economic backgrounds. Events were spread across the city from Sandgate to Inala, from Mitchelton to Wynnum and everywhere in between. Activities were delivered by key local partners and supported  young people experiencing homelessness, young people who were unemployed, Indigenous young people, international students, young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, young people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, young people in schools, those that sought experience in event management and those keen to express themselves either directly through local forums, or though performance, music or art mediums.

You can check out past youth week events we’ve run over the last few years, or view the list of activities and events for 2012 below.

A summary of the more than 40 events contributing to the overall program are detailed below: