From celebrating cultural diversity to organising a breakfast club, Hobsons Bay’s secondary students have been busy supporting the local community as part of the Hobsons Bay Youth Change Makers Challenge.
Funded through a grant from the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and delivered through Hobsons Bay Youth Services, the program focused on youth empowerment, leadership, project management and teamwork.
The students from Williamstown High School, Bayside College, Altona College and Laverton P-12 College presented their projects at the Hobsons Bay Youth Change Makers Challenge forum on Thursday, October 27.
Williamstown High School’s students hosted an activity on learning platform Kahoot which celebrated the cultural diversity of Hobsons Bay and within the school community and developed a lesson plan about cultural awareness across all Year 10 homegroup classes.
Bayside College’s Altona North campus and Altona College’s groups both ran a clean-up day, while Laverton College organised a breakfast club after noticing some students were coming to school hungry.=
Hobsons Bay mayor Peter Hemphill said the initiatives highlighted that Hobsons Bay’s students were a “caring and compassionate” cohort.
“Whether it’s caring for other people or for the environment around us, these sorts of ideas are just the sort of thinking that will make our city a better place,” he said.
“It’s always great to see young people showing great leadership by raising awareness and influencing change.
“I really urge young people to think about joining the program in the future.”
