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Port Stephens Youth Plan

2020-2022

Young people of Port Stephens, we need your help to create a new youth plan.

Your input will help us better understand what young people think is important to their future.

committed to creating vibrant spaces and places that celebrate the unique identities of our towns and villages. As part of this, Council is in the process of developing two strategies which will create priorities and actions for the next few years:

• The Port Stephens Cultural Plan 2020-2022
• The Port Stephens Event Strategy 2020-2025

To help ensure we provide the best outcome for residents, business and visitors, we need your help!

We need your ideas on how Council can grow new experiences in existing spaces through activities linked to food, play, art or performance. Suggestions on how our streets can become spaces for festivals, street art, performances, gatherings, busking or pop-up dining and most importantly how we can make places for people and promote new ways to use our spaces for leisure, for business and most of all, for fun.

How to get involved

• Take a few minutes to complete the survey below and provide feedback on what type of events, arts and culture you would like to see across Port Stephens.
• Do you have a bright idea? Put your idea on the bright ideas tab? Don't have an idea - doesn't matter you can vote on the ideas listed!

This opportunity for feedback is open until Friday, 11 October 2019.

Do you enjoy writing and storytelling? This is your opportunity to write a creative story about an issue that is important to you and to other children and young people in 2019.

The Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People is inviting entries for the NSW Children’s Week 2019 Creative Story Competition. The competition is open to all children and young people up to the age of 18 living in NSW.

How to enter

1. Use your imagination
2. Write a creative story (200 to 500 words) about an issue that is important to you and to other children and young people in 2019
3. Type your story in the online entry form below.

Three winners (one winner for each age group: 0-5, 6-11, 12-18) will receive an award and $200 gift card at a special Children’s Week event.

About the competition

The winning stories will be decided by Morris Gleitzman, together with the NSW Advocate for Children and Young People, the Youth Advisory Council and the NSW Children’s Week Committee.

The NSW Children’s Week 2019 Creative Story Competition recognises the importance of writing and the imagination. This year Children’s Week runs from 19-27 October 2019.

Winners will be notified in mid-October and details of the Children’s Week event will be provided. The event will take place in Sydney during Children's Week.

Join us to explore the current state of carer support in NSW, and register now for our one-day conference on Thursday 17 October 2019 at the Pullman Sydney Hyde Park.

The Carers NSW Conference 2019 will bring together professionals, service providers, representatives from all levels of government, corporate and business leaders, and carers and provide the opportunity to explore innovation and initiatives in policy, programs and practice.

Register online

Domestic violence and bullying is EVERYBODY’S business and ALL are welcome to attend. As a community, let’s make this year even stronger by registering to walk, (men and young men only); sponsoring; donating; having a stall and/or coming along on Friday 6 December and coming/donating to the proposed fundraising event.