Youth Week 2016 Focus: Be Youth Festival

Answered by: Angus Megarrity (Hurstville City Council's Youth Development Officer)

Give a brief description of the event. Be Youth is a free, all ages event featuring live music by Stellar Addiction and Lorenzo La Cava, comedy by Victoria Zerbst and Daniel Palmer, mobile rock climbing, a mechanical surfboard and loads of other fun activities.

How is the Council embracing this year's Youth Week slogan 'It Starts With Us'? Be Youth is an initiative of the Hurstville Youth Council with support from Hurstville City Council. The event truly reflects this year's slogan by being designed, driven and delivered by young people, for young people.

What else is the Council planning for Youth Week? The Council is hosting a Cyber Safety seminar for parents, carers and professionals working with young people (7 Apr, Hurstville City Library). This seminar responds to an identified community need and seeks to support young people and families in being safe responsible users of technology.

Doing something for Youth Week is great, but how else does the Council help out young people the rest of the year? Council works all year round to support local services on matters including LGBTQI issues, mental health, alcohol and other drug use, sexual health, community safety, anti-racism and much more.

When and where is your Youth Week event? 9 Apr, 243a Forest Road, Hurstville (opposite the Hurstville Transport Interchange), 10am — 2pm