Youth
The City of Victor Harbor aims to be a thriving regional hub where young people are supported and engaged with the community. Council strives to promote arts, culture and wellbeing for young people by providing modern services, facilities and projects that are tailored to youth in the area. Youth programs and activities are primarily made possible by the work of our Youth Development Officer.
Lovebites Safe Relationships Workshops
Council's Youth Development Officer facilitates Lovebites Safe Relationships workshops in local high schools across the region.
Love Bites is based on best practice standards for education programs as recommended by the Federal Government funded Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearing House and other leading academics in the area of violence against women. Love Bites aims to provide young people with a safe environment to examine, discuss and explore respectful relationships.
All Love Bites programming takes a strength-based approach and views young people as active participants who are able to make choices for themselves and their relationships when supported with information and opportunity for
skill development.
Southern Environment Action
Southern Environment Action (S.E.A) is a youth driven group lead by the Youth Development Officer that exists for environmental change in the City of Victor Harbor. S.E.A exists to empower local young people to develop and outwork environmental projects, learn more about topical environmental issues in our community as well as advocate to local community organisations, businesses and council. S.E.A Meets once a month, for more information please contact Daniel Western at localgov@victor.sa.gov.au or 8551 0500.
Youth Climate Summit
Youth Climate Summit gathers all three of Victor Harbor’s local high schools once a year. Young people come and hear from inspiring guest speakers and then develop a project that each school can undertake to address climate change in their local community. Students the then return to present their projects for further refinement.
School Holiday Activities
Each school holidays there is a range of activities to do! these can range from laser skirmish, spray paint art workshops, barista courses, craft afternoons, open basketball shoot arounds, theatre workshops and skate park sessions! If you want to stay up to date with what is happening for young people in the school holidays, follow our social media channels:
Roller Discos
Looking for a fun and creative way to exercise? Join us for a roller disco to come and roll around to some music and make some new friends! Follow our social media to find out when the next roller disco is taking place.
Youth Art Exhibition
The Victor Harbor Youth Exhibition is an awesome opportunity to showcase your individual creative talent and produce something artistic that is exciting, striking, stimulating or thought provoking. The exhibition accepts all art forms including paintings, sculpture, instillation, and photography. Stay tuned for more details for when the youth arts exhibition is in 2024!
Driving the Future
The City of Victor Harbor is ‘taking the wheel’ and supporting young people to obtain their provisional driver’s license. As a volunteer for our Driving The Future program, you will supervise young people as they work towards obtaining their provisional driver’s license.
You’ll supervise driving sessions of up to 2 hours to support young people in gaining their 75 hours of driving experience. You’re not expected to be a professional driving instructor – you’re simply there to provide supervision and support.
To get the most out of the role, you’ll need to:
- Be patient and empathetic
- Remain cool, calm and collected in the passenger seat
- Offer constructive feedback and encouragement
There are some requirements that need to be met, including a Working with Children Check, but we’ll help you get the relevant checks and training required.
Read the Volunteer Role Description
The Southern Fleurieu Youth Network
The Southern Fleurieu Youth Network (SFYN) facilitates the coordination and collaboration between youth services in the region, supports the development of youth services, and facilities and provides a forum for information exchange between youth services.
For more information, please contact Daniel Western at localgov@victor.sa.gov.au or 8551 0500.
Community Youth Support
Council's Youth Development Officer provides a case management service which supports young people to link them to community support. This program supports young people to identify goals, plan and be resourced with information of what they can access in the community to support their wellbeing. For more information please contact Daniel Western at localgov@victor.sa.gov.au or 8551 0500.