Youth Week Grants

The 2020 grant recipients have a week full of events planned to celebrate this years National Youth Week in Maitland.

Spread the word! National Youth Week will be celebrated this year during 1 - 9 April with the theme: Speak up. Be involved. Get connected. Have fun. 

National Youth Week is the perfect opportunity to celebrate our young people.  It provides the chance for young people to express themselves, their ideas and views and create and enjoy activities and events.  

Maitland City Council is happy to be able to support these events across the city through the Maitland Youth Week Grant Program, which offers small grants of up to $1,000 for individual organisations and up to $3,000 for larger events organised by multiple organisations working collaboratively.  

This year, Maitland has a full line up of events planned including:

GABFEST

Organiser: headspace Maitland & Youth Express

Date: Sunday 5 April

Time: 11.00am – 3.00pm

Venue: Maitland Regional Art Gallery Garden 

Cost: Free

p 02 4931 1000

The GABFEST symposium is back again to provide a platform for young people to have a voice through various forms of visual and performing arts.  The event will feature access to virtual reality, mini drones, robotics and tablets to engage young people with science & technology industries. It will also include live music, food and discussion on what is important to local young people.

Event poster can be found here. 

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Sun Street Festival

Organiser: Maitland & Dungog Community Youth Development Projects

Date: Friday 3 April 

Time: 5.00pm – 10.00pm

Venue: Sun Street Studios, 246 High St, Maitland

Cost: Free

p 02 4931 1000

The Sun Street Festival is back again with a huge line up appearing on two stages, to present live local music and performances! Other activities and entertainment include a photo booth, face painting, food, the Remus Youth Theatre and more.  

Event poster can be found here. 

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Churchill Crescent Graffitti Art Mural – Community Engagement Workshops

Organiser: Hume Community Housing Association 

Workshop 1: Tuesday 31 March, Rutherford Technology High School, 9-11:30am.

Workshop 2: Wednesday 1 April, Rutherford Public School, 1-3pm.

​​​​Workshop 3: Wednesday 8 April, Churchill Cresent (Finney Cl Reserve), 4.00pm - 6.00pm.

Cost: Free

p 02 9722 4325

Hume Community Housing Association will hold a number of workshops to engage young people and their community in preparation to paint a mural on the fence line of no 14 Churchill Crescent on 17 April 2020. The workshops will be inclusive to all abilities and to those with mental and physical disabilities. The aim of the workshops is to encourage young people to participate, take ownership of the design and lead the direction of the mural.

Festival Performance Workshop

Organiser: University of Newcastle – School of Creative Industries 

Date: Saturday 4 April - Sunday 5 April 2020

Time: 10.00am – 4.00pm

Venue: Maitland Gaol Main Yard

Cost: Free

UON School of Creative Industries is putting together a workshop for bands, solo performers, and any young persons interested in music to gain the experience of designing a performance for a large 'festival' stage environment. Over the course of two days participants will collaborate, compose and combine creative mediums to cumulate in a short final performance.

Event poster can be found here. 

Combat With a Difference

Organiser: Early Links Inclusion Support Service

Date: TBD

Time: 6.00pm – 9.00pm

Venue: Shamrock Community Centre, 19 Galway Bay Drive, Ashtonfield

Cost: Free

p 02 4934 3773

Early Links Inclusion Support Service will host a workshop for the art of combat with light sabres. Early Links will work with a Recreational Therapist and "Sons of Obiwan", a Central Coast based organisation that teaches the art of combat with a light saber. This event will create an opportunity for young people with disabilities to engage in a social based outing and is open to all those in Maitland with an interest in sci-fi adventures.  

Pottering About

Organiser: Early Links Inclusion Support Service

Date: TBD

Time: 4.00pm – 6.00pm

Venue: Shamrock Community Centre, 19 Galway Bay Drive, Ashtonfield

Cost: Free

p 02 4934 3773

Pottering About is a gardening-based group activity designed to target social skill development through outdoor gardening projects. The project aims to nurture the environment, provide social and recreational opportunities for young people with disabilities. The project was organised by a group of young people and will be facilitated by a Recreational Therapist. 

For more information on the Maitland City Council Youth Week Grant Program 2020, please contact Silva Gevorkyan – Community & Recreation Project Officer on 02 4939 1042 or silva.gevorkyan@maitland.nsw.gov.au