The Youth Solutions Youth Advisory Group (YAG) are volunteers aged 16 – 25 years who who live, study, work, are connected to, or spend their recreation time in, the Macarthur and Wingecarribee regions. Each member is passionate about youth health.
The YAG generally meet once a month at the Youth Solutions office to help us to identify and address the issues that local young people are facing.
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Anastasia has an interest in public health and enjoys seeing what organisations in the field are working on to improve health literacy and access. Anastasia loves that being a part of the YAG allows her to constantly learn and engage in public health initiatives through campaigns, events and workshops.
Anastasia also completed her university placement at Youth Solutions, where she researched e-cigarettes. She is particularly interested in attending stalls during the #whyichoose campaign period.
In her spare time, Anastasia enjoys playing sport, cooking, and drawing.
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Anita joined YAG in 2022 and has embraced the opportunities that YAG has offered her to date. Anita’s teaching and school learning support officer roles have helped her see the importance of educating young people about the harm associated with alcohol, smoking, and drug use.
In her spare time, Anita enjoys attending live music gigs and reading poetry.
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Aviral joined the Youth Advisory Group in 2023. Aviral enjoys learning about health sciences and how the body is structured. He also enjoys working with people.
Aviral joined YAG as he believes that health promotion and education play important roles within the community. He is grateful to be able to play a role in harm minimisation. Aviral likes working alongside other like-minded people to reach a common goal.
Aviral’s interests include fashion design and learning about historic fashion styles.
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Elaine has many interests, including reading, baking and rollerskating. She is graduating from High School this year and intends to study Medicine at University.
Elaine joined YAG to bring light to the strong connection between awareness rates and the rate of individuals making smarter, more informed decisions. She is excited to help local communities and foster strong relationships with other YAG members.
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Jessica is currently studying her Certificate IV in youth work at TAFE and is hoping to get into University for a Diploma in Social Work next year.
Jessica joined the YAG program as a way to gain some experience as well as build on her knowledge around drugs and alcohol.
In her spare time, Jessica enjoys reading, going horse riding and spending time with friends and family.
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Mahnee brings wide and varied skills and interests to the table. She is currently working at John Therry in Student Wellbeing Administration Support. In her down time she enjoys cooking and creating new food as well as walking and exploring the great outdoors.
Mahnee hopes to gain a lot of different training from YAG to broaden her personal and professional skills set.
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High school student Sophia is a keen volunteer at community services and brings with her a passion for art, history and politics. She is a newcomer to YAG but promises her enthusiasm and energy and willingness to learn.
Sophia is a talented dancer and singer and performs in musicals. She is a Silver Ambassador at her school. Sophia’s favourite movie is Howl’s Moving Castle and her favourite song is Secret for the Made by Dodie.
Learn more about our YAG and the work they do through our Peer Enrichment and Empowerment Project (PEEP).
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