Welcome to Youth Affairs Council of South Australia
THE YOUTH AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA (YACSA) is a non-Government, incorporated body, which is not aligned with any political party or movement and is working toward supporting meaningful improvements in the quality of young people's lives.
YACSA provides support to the youth sector, advocates to Governments and community on the range of matters which affect young people lives and is a source of information and referral on the interests and issues of young people.
YACSA Updates
Pizza & Politics
Members, please watch out for notice of a YACSA Pizza & Politics at Parliament House coming to your inbox soon!
Netfest
Networking is an important part of the South Australian youth sector, and has been for some time. Connecting with colleagues is widely considered to be essential in delivering informed, coordinated services to young people. Netfest is an event for youth sector network members to get together in the same space, share ideas and inspire best practice. The day-long event will provide a platform to discuss what works, what doesn’t, how to attract members, and what makes a network successful and sustainable. Netfest will be held on Friday 10 February 2012 at Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton, from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Tickets are $60 per person + booking fee and can be purchased now at netfest.eventbrite.com
There are exciting opportunities for networks to share ideas and thoughts on best practice. We will send out more information about how you can be involved in the new year! For now, lock the date in your calendars and we’ll be in touch with you soon with more details!
Issues
For more information on issues of concern to YACSA, please see the Issues page.
At present the Youth Affairs Council of South Australia (YACSA) and Group Training Australia (SA) are working together to gather information about how young people use their cars, especially young people who are employed, or are undertaking an apprenticeship or traineeship. See the summary of YACSA's response to the draft strategy after the survey link. As well we are conducting polls of road safety question on our Facebook page (link above) which we would like responses to.
It would be great if you could fill in the following survey - it should only take about 10 minutes. Plus, you could win an iTunes voucher - please provide contact details at the end of the survey to be included in the draw.
We will be using the information you provide to support our ongoing advocacy regarding the driving age in South Australia.
Media
Latest Submission:
16 January 2012 | For more information on YACSA Submissions, please see the Submissions and Responses page.
Latest Media Release:
14 October 2011 | For more information on YACSA Media Releases, please see the Media page.
Phonecards
YACSA still has phonecards available. All the details are on the Phonecards page.
General Updates
The Facebook and Twitter links are now active.
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we are on Kaurna land and pay respect to the traditional owners.