by Matilda Meikle | Mar 4, 2024 | Business, Youth
Australian boarding schools provide exciting educational opportunities for students from every background. There are more than 200 schools with boarding facilities in Australia, representing 2.2 percent of the country’s overall school number. Most facilities are...
by Emily Riches | Sep 19, 2022 | Charity, Youth
Ruby Riethmuller founded Womn-Kind when she was just 23, as a way to encourage conversation around mental health and support, inspire and empower young women. Soon, she’ll be launching the Womn-Kind app, a first of its kind social wellness app, to improve access...
by Emily Riches | May 31, 2022 | Charity, Youth
Since 1979, Yfoundations has been the NSW peak body representing young people at risk of and experiencing homelessness, as well as representing the services that provide direct support to those young people. We spoke to their CEO Pam Barker about her passion for...
by Matilda Meikle | May 17, 2022 | Youth
In a historic decision, the Australian government has announced that consent education will be mandatory in schools from 2023 – and it’s all thanks to former student Chanel Contos. Age-appropriate consent education is to become compulsory in Australian schools from...
by Danielle Gusmaroli | Feb 11, 2022 | Charity, Youth
The Hear for you mentoring workshops empower deaf teenagers in regional Australia. A teenage boy holds court as he recounts an amusing scenario about his cochlear implant. “The problem is, because it’s magnetic, sometimes your head gets stuck to the fridge,” Thomas...
