YACVic Rural

Healthy Equal Youth (HEY) Grants: Round 16 recipients

• YACVic will deliver $101,000 in Round 16 of the HEY Grants funding to 12 projects.

• Media releases
• Rural and regional
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Youth participation
• Youth sector
• LGBTIQA+

Report: Beyond Borders rural conference

• A report on YACVic Rural's 2026 flagship conference.

• Rural and regional
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Youth participation
• Youth sector
• Issues

IDAHOBIT Day 2025: Amplifying Young LGBTIQA+ Voices

• LGBTIQA+
• Rural and regional
• Media releases
• Youth sector
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Youth participation

Submission to the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024

• Social Media
• Rural and regional
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Government and youth policy
• Issues

New report highlights young people's perspectives on social media impact

• Social Media
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Issues
• Rural and regional
• Government and youth policy

Rural Youth Awards to be celebrated at Parliament House

• Media releases
• Environment + Climate Change
• Rural and regional
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Government and youth policy
• Youth participation
• Youth sector

Joe Ball announced as the new Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ Communities

• LGBTIQA+
• Rural and regional
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Government and youth policy
• Youth sector
• Media releases

Pill testing trial in Victoria is drug harm reduction in action

• Media releases
• Government and youth policy
• Health
• Alcohol & other drugs
• Rural and regional