Take Charge Riverina Youth Leadership Forum 2022!
- Wednesday 31 August 2022 -
The 8th Annual Take Charge Riverina Youth Leadership Forum was held on Wednesday 31 August 2022 at the Range Function Centre, East Wagga Wagga.
The Take Charge Riverina Youth Leadership Forum focused on providing young people with the tools required to have a stronger voice in society, take up leadership roles, and inspire them to be more involved in their local community. Over the Forum’s 9-year history a diverse range of speakers have been showcased. Inspirational young people that have done and are doing amazing things both within their local community and further afield address the Forums. The presentations are intended to provide real-life examples of the ways in which young people can change the world they live in.
The 2022 Take Charge Riverina Youth Leadership Forum was proudly supported by the NSW State Government through funding received from the Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Recovery Initiative.
This year REROC was very proud to have the Minister for Regional Youth, Arts, Aboriginal Affairs and Tourism, Hon. Ben Franklin MLC open the event.
In addition to the Minister, the students also heard from:
Zoë Robinson - NSW Advocate for Children and Young People
Emily Jones, 2020’s NSW Trainee of the Year and currently Tourism and Communications Assistant at Greater Hume Council
Students also visited 4 diverse Capacity Building workshops to better develop their leadership skills in their communities, these were:
Anna Gannon, Mindful Warrior - Mindfulness Session
David Mould, Second Strike - Presentation Skills
Georgia Briggs, Briggs Law - Fundamental Understanding of Law for Youth
Paul Worsfold, Riverina JO - Team Building and Collaboration
The Take Charge Riverina Youth Leadership Forum had over 110 students aged 11-18 from the following Local Government Areas: Bland, Coolamon, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Greater Hume, Junee, Lockhart, Temora, and Wagga Wagga City Council.