CELEBRATING TWEED’S YOUTH

By SARAH WATERS

NSW Youth Week will be celebrated in the Tweed with the inaugural Murbah Youth Festival taking place on Saturday, April 29, at Knox Park, in Murwillumbah, from 10am – 3pm.

The free festival will have a chill out zone and wellbeing area, a creative art section, a ‘Have Your Say’ tent, as well as giant Jenga and bubble soccer.

A Battle of the Bands competition and talent quest is set to be a highlight of the festival.

Community members can support the festival by shopping for items, made by young people from the Tweed, at The Youth Creative Market.

Council’s Community Development Officer

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Amanda Micallef said NSW Youth Week was important for young people in the community.

“Youth Week highlights the importance of involving young perspectives in the conversation, especially if it’s about them,” Ms Micallef said.

“We know that connection and community participation is so important for young people to enable them to feel a sense of belonging.

“The week’s events are a way of opening up the platform to young people and letting them celebrate with events they have been instrumental in creating,” she said.

A group of young