Community Notices

National Office for Child Safety

The National Office for Child Safety recently launched ‘One Talk at a Time’, a national awareness raising and behavioural change campaign on child sexual abuse. 

One Talk at a Time aims to protect children and young people from sexual abuse by helping adults understand that child sexual abuse is preventable and encouraging them to have ongoing, proactive, preventative conversations with children, young people and other adults in their lives. 

The campaign is a key measure under theNational Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2021-2030 and fulfils a recommendation of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.   

What's On at Youth ARC

There are lots of events happening at the City of Hobart’s Youth Arc for young people aged 12 to 25.

RE THREADS: 

Re threads is a FREE City of Hobart Youth ARC program.

Youth ARC have set up a creative corner with a range of second-hand clothing available to young people that are interested in making unique and personal garments during open access hours. Youth ARC has a dedicated art studio accessible to all 12 - 25 year olds and open 3pm-6pm Tuesday to Friday , which is perfect for textile-based projects. Youth ARC provides all the materials and equipment needed to create a unique garment, including sewing machines, fabrics, paints and other textile resources. 

Our friendly and experienced staff will be on hand to support and guide participants throughout the workshops, ensuring that everyone feels confident and comfortable throughout the process. We will be running a series of Re-Threads workshops to accompany this program please share with your networks. 

Link for bookings: Youth Arts and Recreation Centre | Humanitix -  

YOUTH ARC CATERING CLUB:

Youth ARC catering club is a cooking club for 12-16 year olds. A cooking club where they can meet on a casual basis to cook food for all open access attendees on a Friday. This is a great chance for young people to make new connections and learn kitchen skills. No bookings necessary they just need to meet in the kitchen at 4pm on Fridays

Art on Victoria 

Showing in December: EPOCH

A series of responses by young local artists to the theme of Epoch. The art can be viewed at 137 Collins Street and is officially launched on Thursday 7 December.