Seeking young talent

UNITINGCare Gippsland is calling for all creative minds.
After recently receiving a grant of $1100 from McMillan MP Russell Broadbent, UnitingCare is working to establish an online youth magazine.
“We are looking for ways to engage with our young people,” UnitingCare’s Mark Brookes said.
“Someone right now is doing something marvellous in their room and no one knows about it.”
A group of young people gathered at UnitingCare in Leongatha for a training session recently. Together, they contributed ideas to help promote the creativity in the area as a group called the United Care Youth Development FreeZA Committee.
FreeZA is a youth development program designed to give young people the opportunity to attend affordable and accessible music and cultural events.
The online ’zine will help provide an outlet for all creative types.
“We can promote musicians by linking their clips and MP3s to the magazine,” Mr Brookes said.
“We are also looking for budding journalists. There will be plenty of writing involved.”
UnitedCare Youth Development FreeZA Committee member Dean Eddy said the experience was informative.
UnitingCare have also been in discussion with schools to work in a partnership. Future journalists are invited to work on the online ’zine and gain some hands on work experience.
They are also gaining youth friendly sponsors to support the initiative.
“We’ve had plenty of scope and lots of options,” Mr Brookes said.
The online ’zine will also work to help sway bad, stereotypical press of young people in the opposite direction.
“We want to encourage young people to showcase their talent,” United Care Youth Development FreeZA Committee member Nick Jeremiah said.
Local talent will be profiled by the online ’zine journalists and given an audience outside the school environment.
Any writers interested in joining the online ’zine are welcome.

Youth committee: back, from left, Josh Baker, Dean Eddy, Tiarna Foord, Tayla Olierook, Stephen Loftus, UnitingCare’s Mark Brookes and Evy Nye, and front, from left, Jacob McKenzie, Courtney McBride and Nick Jeremiah are the initial creative minds in the establishment of the online ’zine. They form the training group of the United Care Youth Development FreeZA committee.

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