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The Youth Affairs Council of Victoria Inc. (YACVic) is the peak body and leading policy advocate on young people's issues in Victoria.

Our vision is for a Victorian community that values and provides opportunity, participation, justice and equity for all young people.

We are an independent, not-for-profit organisation. Our core funding comes from the Victorian Government's Office for Youth.

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Teenage Holiday Program

The Darebin Youth Services Teenage Holiday Program is up and running again next school holidays.

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Sticks & Stones & Mobile Phones: Bullying Forum Report

November 2009: YACVic hosted the ‘Sticks and Stones and Mobile Phones: Bullying in the New Millennium’ forum at the Melbourne Town Hall on the 27th of August, 2009.

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Sticks & Stones & Mobile Phones: Bullying Forum Report

November 2009: YACVic hosted the ‘Sticks and Stones and Mobile Phones: Bullying in the New Millennium’ forum at the Melbourne Town Hall on the 27th of August, 2009.

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YACVic's partners and projects

YACVic manages and works with several other services and organisations to advocate for young people and their needs.

Some of these are auspiced under YACVic while others are autonomous



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Here, Now and Next

Thanks to everyone who assisted, presented or attended the conference in Ballarat recently and helped make it such a great success.

We've put up some photos from the conference on Facebook, and Heywire has put up some audio excerpts from our IT plenary on their site. Check them out!