Our Young Heroes

Words: Greg Nelson

I’d like to fill everyone in on a new project that is starting to get some legs: http://www.ouryoungheroes.org.au is a website dedicated to highlighting the efforts and achievements of young people around Australia with the aim to:

• improve the perception of young people amongst the community, and
• help promote youth leadership (and volunteering)

We hope to get to the point where we:

• have a cache of profiles outstanding young people, proof positive of their value and capability
• provide a consolidated database of new opportunities for youth leadership in Australia
• provide resources for young people to promote themselves and young people, in addition to coordinating proactive efforts to improve the
  image of young people through the media

That is the big picture. We still have things to do to get there.

Right now, we are looking to:

• gather a more complete list of current youth leadership opportunities
• collect list of outstanding young Australians to make up the
  foundation for future profiles
• find others interested in helping achieve our vision
• spread word about the project, to those likely to help with the
  three previous points

If you’d like to join our committee, and help us out with some of these tasks, please check out the website for more detail and contact us at info@ouryoungheroes.org.au.

If you’d just like to keep up to date with how things are progressing, just send a quick reply to this email, follow us on twitter or facebook, or subscribe to the newsletter on our website.

Young People Defining Brisbane

Brisbane City Council’s youth program, Visible Ink, is looking to showcase young people who are doing interesting things around Brisbane. If you’re an active young person with a story to tell we’d love to show off your stuff on our website!