{"id":6824,"date":"2022-11-08T14:24:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T03:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mli.org.au\/?p=6824"},"modified":"2022-11-08T14:24:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T03:24:26","slug":"empowering-young-environmental-champions-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/empowering-young-environmental-champions-program\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Empowering Young Environmental Champions&#8217; program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expressions of Interest close 18 November 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Action4Agriculture, the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation and the NSW Office for Regional Youth have partnered to bring the <strong><em>YOUTH4ACTION<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; Empowering Young Environmental Champions program to the Riverina in Term Two of 2023!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 10-week program is open to teams of young people aged 10-24. It will provide young people with the skills, resources and supports to be agents of change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program is particularly targeted at students in Stages 3 to 5 (years 5 to 8) who want to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Challenge the status quo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drive change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find new ways to create positive social and environmental changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> The program is fee-free for participating schools and students, thanks to funding from the NSW Office for Regional Youth and the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Value add and benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aligns with the curriculum &#8211; Education for Sustainability cross-curriculum priority, Geography &amp; Science curriculum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is fun and engaging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports teachers with resources, professional learning opportunities and recognition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthens your school to practise leadership, build resilience and enhance wellbeing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps others to strengthen their capacity for change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connects your school with the community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actionforagriculture.com.au\/yec\/\" target=\"_blank\">website <\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See Key Dates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionforagriculture.com.au\/yec\/#when\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Submit an <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfJkZ0Hrk4tWX4xoV1Eja6tbwmtGFY5eKwP9yFSLNEkZ28tXg\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Expression of Interest<\/a> when you&#8217;re ready to register!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with partners, we will work out the best delivery model (hybrid or online) to suit schools and students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expressions of Interest close 18 November 2023 Action4Agriculture, the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation and the NSW Office for Regional Youth have partnered to bring the YOUTH4ACTION &#8211; Empowering Young Environmental Champions program to the Riverina in Term Two of 2023! This 10-week program is open to teams of young people aged 10-24. It will provide&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-6824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-funding-and-opportunities","tag-schools","pmpro-has-access","category-203","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6826,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6824\/revisions\/6826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}