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Would you like to spend 12 months living and studying in a foreign country?

Rotary Youth Exchange provides an opportunity of a lifetime for Australian high school students to live & study abroad, learn a new language, discover another culture, and truly become global citizens.

Applications for departure in January 2026 are now open and will close on April 25th. Available destinations are likely to include Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Taiwan and Canada.

Interested year 9, 10 and 11 students can find more information and submit an expression of interest at https://ryea.org.au/.

My name is Al, I'm the Manager of the Victorian SongMakers program and I'm getting in touch to let you know that we are holding a FREE songwriting workshop at Oxygen College these school holidays on the 8th & 9th of April.

The Holiday program is delivered over 2 days 10am-4pm with participants working together to write and record a song with the guidance of professional artists and producers as their mentors. The workshop is suitable for young people aged between 14-21 who play an instrument or sing, and are interested in songwriting. 

It is free for participants but they must apply through this link as soon as possible: https://forms.office.com/r/0TCG9t4h2f

Geelong Saints Hockey Club will be hosting free training sessions for teen and adult women to have a go and learn the basics of hockey. The sessions will be held over a four-week period starting from Wednesday March 12th at Stead Park, Corio.

The beginners sessions are supported by a Victorian Government “Change our Game” grant, with the aim of providing pathways for more rural, regional and culturally and linguistically diverse women to play sport.

The sessions are for new players and people who might have been out of the game for a while and need a bit of extra coaching before joining a team.

The new players will have specific coaches for the four sessions, will be supplied with equipment and provided with a light meal afterwards.  The focus for training will be on learning the basics, building fitness and learning the rules. The sessions will be run alongside the Saints women’s training to help build connections with the club.  It will be a pathway into playing the winter season, summer season, midweek masters or any of the various tournaments local players are involved in. 

The first session is Wednesday March 12th, which coincides with Saint’s first training on the turf and Welcome BBQ for new players afterwards.  The next sessions are Wednesdays March 19th, 26th, April 2nd.

For more information and to RSVP for catering, please contact Lyndal at saint.recruitment@hotmail.com