Past youth projects

Congratulations to all finalists and winners

Congratulations to all finalists and winners

Congratulations to all finalists and winners

Congratulations to all the top 10 finalists for sharing their business ideas.

Our winners are:

• 12 - 17 year category 1st prize winner - Tom Pisano Doherty, 13 years

• 12 - 17 year category 2nd prize winner - Thea Economos, 15 years

• 18 - 25 year category 1st prize winner - Zoe Tiffen, 20 years

• 18 - 25 year category 2nd prize winner - @missysippyco 22 years

This is the first year Fish Tank Pitch Night was held online and face-to-face. It was great to have young people participate via zoom.

Thank you to our sponsors Business SA, SAYES and Rotary Club of Unley. 

On Wednesday 3 November 2021, the Living Young Reference Group lead a new youth development initiative, Design-athon School Competition.

Participating local secondary schools included Concordia College, Adelaide, Glenunga International High School, Unley High School and Walford Anglican School for Girls.

They came together to challenge their students to design projects that the Council could implement to support young people's mental health and well-being.

Each school had time to problem solve, design a civic project and present their innovative idea to a panel of judges.

Congratulations to the winning school, Concordia College. They now get the chance to present their project idea to Council in 2022 for consideration.

The Living Young Reference Group delivered their first pilot project for young people – the Living Green Youth Challenge – in April 2021.

The school holiday project included a series of free workshops for young people aged 12 – 25 years, focussing on gardening, recycled art, sustainable fashion, beeswax wraps, cooking/ pickling and other skill builders for young people to learn new good habits for sustainability.

Most of the workshops were booked out and the young people in attendance learnt valuable skills.

The Living Green Youth Challenge started as an idea from the Reference Group and became a reality with the dedication of our youth volunteers. A sub-group of volunteers was formed where the young people planned the workshops, participated in event styling training, selected event styling pieces, set-up each workshop space, assisted at the registration desk and even handmade specialty name tags for each participant to wear and take home.  

Workshop topics included: learning to grow vegetables in pots learning how to make beeswax wraps discovering the art of pickling creating recycled collage art and remaking clothing into sustainable fashion.