Youth Ambassadors

Our annual Youth Ambassadors program brings together students who are passionate about creating positive change in their local community.

In 2023, twenty-four Year 5 young leaders, representing Wahgunyah PS, Kiewa PS, Middle Indigo PS, Upper Sandy Creek PS, Osbornes Flat PS, Wooragee PS, Chiltern PS, Yackandandah PS, Beechworth PS, Beechworth Montessori, Rutherglen PS and St. Joseph’s Chiltern PS, are joining this 6-week program held in Yackandandah, Chiltern and Beechworth to work on communication, values, mental health, asset mapping, project management and public speaking. 

Through this program, the group of ambassadors is given the opportunity to become the youth voice representing their community, gain skills and mentoring in leadership and have a say about the future of their community becoming agents of positive change. 

Sessions are a combination of leadership, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, as well as weekly guest speakers. The program will conclude with participants presenting to Indigo Shire Mayor and Councillors on each of the areas covered. 

The program also includes a fundraising component in which the ambassadors of each school will organise an activity to raise funds for the Atauro Island Friendship Group in order to support their community development activities in Timor Leste.

This year's program will for 4.5 hours each Monday from 9 October to 13 November and a graduation event will be held at the Old Beechworth Gaol on Monday 13 November at 4 pm, for community members and families to celebrate these remarkable young leaders. 

This program will be part of our 2024 Engage! grant work plan.