Links
Animal Rights
The Australian Wildlife Protection Council.
A resource page with links to community-based animal rights organizations.
Animal Club.
Animal rights and protection for school students, loads of good ideas for activities.
Compassionate Kids.
Excellent user-friendly information on Animal Rights.
RSPCA
Get behind a great cause.
Animal Liberation
An Australian organization.
Artistic
ICYMAN (International Children and Youth Multimedia Access Network).
A NSW youth-led media organisation.
Sir David Martin Foundation
Creative Youth Initiatives Centre. Stories and inspiration.
SYN FM
Student Youth Network Radio
Wakakirri
Wakakirri National Story Festival
Express Media
Victoria based Youth Media organization, offering grants and funding opportunities.
Indent
NSW government funding body, enabling young people to be involved in drug and alcohol free entertainment.
Australia Council: Arts Resources
Excellent advice and stories about how to put on your own arts project.
Bullying
Reach Out
Safety and Violence.
Beat Bullying
British website.
Bullying No Way
An Australian government anti-bullying website for young people.
Community
Club Earth Today.
A great example of a community in action.
Our Community
A fantastic directory of community-based organizations across all sectors.
Minority Groups
Islam Online
Information about Islamic groups, and a review of the Cronulla riots from an Islamic perspective
Centre for multicultural youth issues
Setting the agenda on multicultural youth issues.
Australia Sudanese Youth Union, Melbourne
Crime
Lawstuff
Nation-wide youth legal service
Youth Legal Service Inc WA
West Australian youth legal service
The Shop Front
Youth legal service in New South Wales
Youth and Family Services
Information for youth on Queensland legal matters
Youth Advocacy Centre Inc
Queensland legal issues
Environment
An Inconvenient Truth
The website for the Al Gore movie.
Clothing Exchange
This is a program run by an RMIT student, to make fashion more sustainable. Swap your clothes instead of buying them! A good idea for a fashion project as well.
Firestarter
Firestarter Pty Ltd is an award-winning environmental business offering communication, management, education, promotion and major event organisation services to businesses, government and community groups across Australia, with a strong emphasis on environmental community interest projects.
Green map
A wonderful site. Map all of the green projects in your city or area.
Men of the Trees
A West Australian organization with advice for planting and maintaining a community garden or forest.
Planet Slayer
A colourful site. Find out your carbon footprint!
Earth Charter Youth Initiative
The youth arm of Earth Charter aims to encourage youth involvement in its mission.
Earth Focus
Earth Focus is an online magazine run by youth, for youth, about all sorts of environmental issues.
Fair Trade
ethiCooL
EthiCooL is Current funky designs with a huge bonus. They are ethical! wear them guilt free. Knowing NO SWEATSHOPS were used to make them. Knowing families across the globe are experiencing better living conditions. Knowing a 10 year old boy did not miss school again to sew your hem!
Oxfam: Make Trade Fair
Make Trade Fair is a campaign by Oxfam International and its 12 affiliates, calling on governments, institutions, and multinational companies to change the rules so that trade can become part of the solution to poverty, not part of the problem.
Family
Bursting the Bubble
A resource website about family-centred issues and abuse.
Law and Parents (UK)
Explaining parental rights and responsibilities.
National Nannas Night
Support the largest celebration of Nannas in Australia.
Fundraising
Kid Spot
Australian fundraising ideas and lists of companies.
Australian Fundraising Directory
Fundraising directory for Australia.
Everyday Hero
A unique, philanthropic twist on fundraising.
Green Canary
Eco-logical Fundraisers.
The Foundation for Young Australians
Communities celebrating and strengthening young people
Globalisation
Carpets for Communities
Australian youth-run project, supporting women and children in Cambodia.
Commonwealth Youth: Britain
The British Commonwealth website for youth. Information on all Commonwealth countries.
Health and Wellbeing
Health Star
Information on leading a healthy lifestyle.
Oxygen
Full of facts about smoking, cigarettes, and the tobacco industry.
Make a noise
This is a general nation-wide youth website with emphasis on accessible health information.
Human Rights
Stir your World!
World Vision - Take Action!
Bravehearts
Bravehearts aims to 'Break the Silence', provide healing and support, engender child sexual assault prevention and protection strategies; advocate for understanding and promote increased education and research.
Fair Trade Sports Products
Etiko - It means ethical!
Human Rights – Information for students
This website is an excellent introduction to human rights and the United Nations, and covers a lot of territory.
Media
I.N.K
A fantastic make-your-own newspaper site
The FreeChild Project
This is a comprehensive American site with loads of links to youth-led and produced media. An avenue for young people to express themselves in all sorts of ways throughout the media. Full of ideas!
Plan International: Youth Media
Check out what Plan International does in the areas of youth voice and advocacy. Pretty inspiring!
Youth in Media
This Canadian website provides opportunities for 16-25 year-olds to create their own media production around environmental issues.
Nuclear
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: Resource Guide
Peace
Medical Association for Prevention of War
We promote peace through research, advocacy, peace education and partnerships.
Peace Convergence
Providing some great resources on issues such as peace, war, social & economic issues, and those of military nature.
Japanese for Peace
In March 2005, a group of Japanese people came together to work towards building peace in Australia and Japan, calling themselves Japanese for Peace.
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Launched in 2007, ICAN is a new campaign initiated by the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) - a federation of medical professionals in 60 countries.
Politics
Youth Parliament
The YMCA runs youth parliaments in each state and territory for 12-25 year-olds.
SA Youth Parliament
Read about South Australia‘s most recent youth parliament.
Information for youth on South Australia’s parliament.
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Youth Parliament
A link to a pdf planning kit.
Victorian Student Representative Council.
Poverty
Suite 101
A user-friendly website about projects around the world to fight poverty.
UN Millenium Development Goals
Keep the promise. Millenium Development Goals: 2015.
Street Kids
A Canadian website about and for street kids.
The Oak Tree Foundation
An Australian youth-run development organization.
Racism
Racism No Way
A Federal Government initiative.
World Affairs
Global Perspectives on Racism Resources
Reconciliation
Reconcile!
Reconciliation it's all our story, join the conversation
Religion
Harmony.gov.au
The Australian government program to encourage interfaith and intercultural communication and understanding.
The Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia
The Jewish Christian Muslim Organization one-stop-shop website.
School/Education
B.E.A.C.H.VAL.E - "Values in Action"
A best practice school from Victoria, demonstrating Values in Action
Technology
Apathy is Boring
A Canadian website for youth. This story is about a game that allows players to reconstruct and/or re-enact their national history.
Youth & Technology in Gambia
A fact sheet from the YMCA about youth and technology in Gambia.
The International Society for Technology in Education
A resource for teachers.
War
Visit Gallipoli
Anzac Site.
ICANW
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
Youth Against War Treaty
Youth Against War Treaty, a kit for action and collecting signatures.
Youth against War and Racism
This is a passionate and informative website demonstrating the stand school students have taken to minimize military recruitment.
Youth Issues
Youth Central
The youth website of the Victorian government.
Reach Out
Website of a large variety of youth-related topics.
National Youth Roundtable
Bring your Ideas.
Make a Noise
A general directory site with nation-wide links and information.
National Drugs Campaign
Australian Government Initiative
The Source
The federal government‘s youth portal. Lots of topics.
