Deadline: 2-Dec-22
The 2023 Regional Youth Radio Program is now open for applications that aim to increase young people’s participation in activities that strengthen their opportunities for connection and belonging to their communities.
Objectives
- The 2023 Regional Youth Radio Program supports organisations to empower young people to design and deliver projects, enabling them to:
- Have a greater sense of voice, and feel a sense of choice and control in their lives
- Participate in youth-led and youth-driven community outcomes
- Address and overcome barriers to participating in the community
- Build community-based partnerships and networks
- Feel a greater sense of connection and belonging within their community
- Feel empowered, as their ideas and opinions are respected, considered, and acted upon
- Gain relevant training to support their participation
- Feel more confident within themselves and their abilities, having expanded their knowledge and skills
- Seek further opportunities to participate and stay engaged in their community
- Strengthen connections with their Aboriginal culture and identity.
Project Themes
- Priorities Identified by Young People Youth Radio programs or podcasts developed as part of this program can focus on key issues identified as important to young people including:
- Community issues, cultural identity and connection
- Cyber safety and awareness
- Financial literacy (budgeting, rent, phone, contracts, fines)
- Health and wellbeing (including mental health), COVID-19
- Domestic and family violence, homelessness/housing
- Young people impacted by drought, fire or flood
- Music, art, sport, technology, environment.
Funding Information
- $250,000 in grants is available.
Program Core Components
- Projects funded under the 2023 Regional Youth Radio Program are to involve young people at every stage of the project. It is expected that young people will take an active role in identifying, designing and implementing projects. Projects funded are required to include the following core components in their project:
- Positive (adult) relationships
- Funded organisations are required to:
- Partner with young people to identify a project that is important to them
- Work with young people to develop their ideas into a project proposal prior to submitting a grant application
- Establish partnerships with young people based on mutual respect.
- Funded organisations are required to:
- Acquiring and expanding knowledge and skills
- Funded organisations are required to:
- Work with young people to identify skills that align with their interests and support their participation in the project and in the community. These could include:
- Radio programing, program development and radio DJ/hosting skills
- Podcasting development, recording and hosting skills
- Communication and presentation skills
- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Project management
- Writing scripts, applications, resumes, reports, and letters
- Dealing with the media
- Formal certificates in radio and podcasting
- Culture and community engagement.
- Work with young people to identify skills that align with their interests and support their participation in the project and in the community. These could include:
- Funded organisations are required to:
- Meaningful engagement
- Funded organisations are required to:
- Establish a protocol to enable young people to actively influence decisions, chair and facilitate meetings, lead discussions and provide input on budgeting and expenditure, such as through a steering committee.
- Funded organisations are required to:
- Access to resources and financial support
- Funded organisations are required to:
- Consider and address any barriers that may prevent young people from participating.
- Funded organisations are required to:
- Respect, value and recognition
- Funded organisations are required to:
- Promote the project within the community and to the media
- Promote young people’s contributions and impact on issues that are important to them and their community
- Recognise young people’s involvement via certificates, references or any other form of recognition identified by young people
- Provide feedback to participants that recognises their personal contribution to the project and how they can use their experience or continue to participate in broadcasting/podcasting following the project’s completion.
- Funded organisations are required to:
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible organisations must be one of the following:
- An incorporated entity and hold an Australian Business Number (ABN), Australian Company Number (ACN), be registered with NSW Fair Trading under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 or incorporated under an Australian federal, state or territory Act of Parliament.
- A regional university or TAFE college.
- An eligible NSW Council, including:
- NSW regional councils – Regional NSW Local Government Areas
- NSW regional joint organisations of councils
- Section 355 Committees of Council. Section 355 Committees of Councils must apply in the name of the relevant Council and must have permission to apply.
- To be considered, applicants must also:
- Be located within an eligible LGA – Regional NSW Local Government Areas
- Hold or be able and willing to purchase at least $20 million in public liability insurance for the duration of the project.
Ineligible
- You should not apply for this grant if you are:
- A Council of Greater Sydney, Wollongong or Newcastle areas
- A Commonwealth or State Government agency
- An individual or sole trader
- An unincorporated organisation
- A commercial and/or for-profit organisation
- A school (including P&Cs)
- A sub-contractor engaged to manage or deliver the project onbehalf of a non-eligible organisation.
For more information, visit https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/2023-regional-youth-radio-program