FYA

Are you a young person keen to campaign for change through the media but don't know where to start?🎙️Apply for our Media for Advocacy program - a FREE 2-day workshop designed to give you all the tools needed to confidently + safely engage with the media!✊fya.org.au/program/media-…

PRESS CONFERENCE 🎬📺 Thank you to @stephenbatesmp @Mon4Kooyong and @WilkieMP for speaking with us about lowering the voting age!

Our offical campaign launch! Thank you for all the support we have received. More launch content is coming soon 👀

Join our the campaign to lower the voting age now! You can sign up to our campaign and sign our petition to #MakeIt16 through the link in our bio! #auspol #politics

"...at the end of the day, we're the people that will inherit the consequences or benefits of what our governments do right now." @MakeIt16Au campaign organiser Ravin Desai on why we need to #MakeIt16 #Auspol via @abcnews 🗳️✊🗳️ abc.net.au/news/2023-06-1…

📢 Our Annual Report for FYA 2022 is here 🎉 Young people have a big vision for a better country, and in 2022 FYA continued to back them to make it a reality. Take a look at this snapshot of our past year. 👇 fya.org.au/resource/2022-…

An exciting wknd for 12 #youngleaders who’ve been sworn into the all new @mackaycouncil Youth Council - thanks to @fya_org’s Young Mayors program! This will empower them to influence key decisions & make such a positive impact in their region! fya.org.au/program/young-… #auspol

👏👏👏 #auspol #youthcouncil #youngmayors

The results are in: Australia’s first ever Youth Council democratically elected by young people aged 11-17 in Mackay✊🗳️🎉 #youngaus #auspol #youthvote @ECQInfo Read more 👇👇👇 fya.org.au/news/mackay-el…

For many university students right now the stereotype of living on two-minute noodles is no longer a joke. Rising costs of living are forcing some students to regularly skip meals to stretch budgets, or consider abandoning their degrees altogether. #abc730 @elliegrounds

What do philanthropists owe future generations? Last month, @fya_org hosted a panel addressing this subject - read some of the key takeaways here: ow.ly/cWb550ObgSE

Great to be on Australian @QandA this evening and to be able to open the show explaining how we’ve lowered the voting age and legislated for future generations in Wales.

@heatherlmcnab So excited to have you join the team @heatherlmcnab 👏🎉🏆

Human Rights of Young People webinar 12pm-1pm, Thursday 4 May Speakers: @LeeJCarnie, @fya_org @NUS_President Sahar Ghasemi, person seeking asylum and student Caitlin Reiger, CEO @humanrightsHRLC Co-hosts: @humanrightsHRLC & @uonlawschool Register: uonewcastle.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Want to learn more about Young Mayors? Visit 👇👇fya.org.au/program/young-…

Young people (11-17 yo) in Mackay are about to be the first in the country to vote in a democratic youth council election 🗳✊🎉 Read about the Young Mayors program via @ABCaustralia abc.net.au/news/2023-04-2…

Mackay teens to vote in Australia's first-ever democratically elected youth council: ab.co/3otASqu via #ABCTropicalNorth @fya_org @mackaycouncil

With the upcoming May budget, it's a crucial time to put pressure on the Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Back young workers and sign the petition now! megaphone.org.au/petitions/free…

The opportunity to join Horsham City Youth Council 2023 has been extended by a week! If you're passionate about taking action that reflect the concerns, needs, and desires of young people in Horsham apply now! ⏰ Nominations close 19 Mar 👉 fya.org.au/young-mayors-h…