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Newsgathering for a living YOUNG Victorians are being encouraged to apply to the Y’s 2023 Victorian Youth Press Gallery to gain reporting skills and experience while sharing the stories of Victorian Youth Parliament. The Y’s Youth Parliament and Youth Press Gallery programs provide an opportunity for aspiring journalists to participate in a real press gallery during three Youth Parliament sittings in June. Formed by young people aged 16 to 25 with an interest in media and journalism, the Youth Press Gallery will develop key industry skills and publish content for media outlets. In preparation for the sitting of Youth Parliament in June, members of the press gallery will be able to build their journalistic skills through workshops and a training camp. Participants will learn how to engage in the newsgathering, production and editorial processes while meeting and networking with professionals, including state and national political reporters. Skills they will have the opportunity to develop include news reporting, video and photojournalism, podcasting and radio, live tweeting and portfolio building. Applications for the 2023 Victorian Youth Press Gallery program close Sunday 2 April. For details visit the YMCA Youth Press Gallery website or email Ruby Sait at pressgallery@ymca.org.au
Services are growing at Sages farm Liz Bell liz@baysidenews.com.au WALLARA – which supports more than 500 people with an intellectual disability across 20 sites – has relaunched its Sages Cottage Farm and Cafe at Baxter with extra experiences that include a nature playground, extended hours and a liquor licence, a “biofilta” field, and an “ops shed”. Wallara CEO Phil Hayes-Brown said the farm and cafe was one of Wallara’s most important social enterprises and was run by 100 adult clients (mostly 18-27 years old) and around 20 support and job coaches. The farm employs 10 of its young clients in hospitality, farm management and land management services. The property already has a cafe, animals, extensive gardens, wetlands and bushwalk, with the new additions expected to improve client and visitor experiences. The nature playground will use several large trees that have fallen down on the property in big storms over the last few months and is the first of several projects the landscape team that donated its services will work on. The farm will extend its hours to open 8am to 4pm daily and with a liquor licence, opening up more employment roles and providing extended training in hospitality. The new “biofilta” field grows food for the cafe and others operated by Wallara in the south east, and will eventually include a rotunda for the public to be able to sit in and admire
Wallara CEO Phil Hayes-Brown at Wednesday’s launch with some new wicking beds for growing produce. Picture: Supplied the growing produce. Visitors will be able to wander through and be educated on the beds and their growing capacity. The new “ops shed”, a new building for clients that provides additional bathrooms plus indoor training spaces
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for programs, replaces portable marquees and toilets. The shed has a wood-working section and two large spaces for clients to be indoors in wet weather or extreme heat, and was made possible by a philanthropic family.
“Everything that Wallara does to enhance the farm is from philanthropy, small grants and some corporate donors, and the farm is often used by corporates for immersion programs to understand disability more,” HayesBrown said.
Easter 2023
Thursday 6 April - Monday 10 April Seaford Community Centre cnr Station and Broughton Streets Seaford The Art Show will showcase premium artworks from local and regional artists and feature paintings from the “Brush Brigade from Broken Hill” Full details including Artists submissions, Sponsorship packages and Gala night tickets are on the website www.frankstonrotaryartshow.com.au
Open Days Friday 7 April - Sunday 9 April 9am - 4.30pm Monday 10 April 9am - 2pm
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Gala Night Thursday 6 April 7pm - 10pm Purchase Gala Night tickets via website
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