Melanie Raymond, Chairperson

This year the team at Youth Projects has made big changes to thousands of young lives around Melbourne. We help young people into job training and assist with job placement, ensure better health and housing, offer free medical assistance to those who would otherwise not have access and provide community outreach and counselling in deeply disadvantaged areas.

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Generation Y Can't I get a Job?

Today more than ever, young Australians are struggling to break into the job market. Prue O'Donoghue finds out why.

As we reach the end of 2011, the days of labelling young, unemployed people "dole bludgers" should be long gone.
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World AIDs Day - Needle Syringe Programs save lives and money

International Aids Day is 1 December.

This AIDS Day, Youth Projects salutes its teams in Foot Patrol and mobile Needle Syringe Programs. Youth Projects is fortunate to have employees that are amongst the most experienced and dedicated in the country.
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One sunny morning in November, a very special team hit the streets in Melbourne's CBD to shoot the first ever Youth Projects Community Service Announcement (CSA).

Grant, Mick, Toby and Perry and an enormously talented cast and crew united to work on this very special project, which aims to raise awareness about entrenched disadvantage and homelessness in Melbourne.
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James*, aged 18 years old

The challenge
Using drugs
Homeless, no family support
Early School Leaver, low literacy
Unemployed
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Amber*, 24 years old

Amber's career goal and dream was always to find employment in administration work, however her speech impediment which was impacting her ability to secure employment, and she had unfortunately failed many times at the interview stage as a result.
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Inner North Community Foundation - Short Documentary

Established in 2008, the Inner North Community Foundation (INCF) aims to meet the current and future needs of communities in Melbourne's inner northern suburbs. It's a great example of community-based philanthropy and lives the motto "Give where you Live".
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Damien Pleming - Project Press photographer, for his gorgeous photos
The Gobstopper crew and those who headed up the amazing production team behind our CSA
Style Counsellors - Prue, Sara and Taegan for their research, story collation, copywriting, editing and creative production
The Youth Projects Board of Directors, staff and volunteers who work tirelessly to support disadvantaged people in Melbourne.

We'd love to hear from you about any of the issues we've covered - and maybe even some we haven't!
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