Sponsors
The YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament is a youth services initiative of the State Council of YMCAs of Queensland, operated by the YMCA of Brisbane, sponsored by the Office of Youth Affairs, and supported by Members of Parliament and Parliamentary staff.
The YMCA of Brisbane
http://www.brisbane.ymca.org.au/
The YMCA has a strong reputation for training and developing leadership
amongst young people, as well as providing services for disadvantaged
youth. Without its assistance and support, Youth Parliament would not run
as smoothly and successfully year after year.
Formed in 1864, the YMCA of Brisbane regularly services over 10,000
members of the community every week and runs programs from over 23 sites in South-East
Queensland
The YMCA of Brisbane employs more than 500 staff in various roles and in
all specialist areas, appropriately qualified professional staff are engaged to
ensure the maintenance of the highest quality standards.
Operations are conducted from 23 sites and provide youth programs and
other services ranging from childcare, family day care, in-Home Care, Outside
school hours care, sport and recreation, health and fitness, outdoor education,
accredited training, camping, restaurant and hotel accommodation.
The YMCA of Brisbane is a customer focused organization that has the
flexibility and a capability to adjust to changing community needs and provides
services to more than 700,000 participants annually.
Department of Communities through the Office for Youth
http://www.generate.qld.gov.au/
This office has an ongoing commitment to ensuring that youth are heard
and are influential in the political and policy making process. Their
financial contribution as well as endless support has been a huge help for the
Youth Parliament organising team. The website Generate provides forums
for our Youth to discuss topics of relevance with other youth across Queensland
and hear the opinions of youth from rural and remote areas. Working
together to achieve a voice for youth, the Office for Youth and the Youth
Parliament Executive have built up a very good rapport.
The Queensland State Government – Gambling Community Benefit Fund
Throughout the years the State Council of the YMCAs Queensland has benefited from the kind assistance of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund. This assistance has been integral in purchasing equipment to assist in the delivery of important youth development programs such as the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament. The Youth Parliament Executive and all Youth Members would like to acknowledge the important contribution the Gambling Community Benefit Fund has made to the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament.
The Queensland Parliamentary Service
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/
The Queensland Parliament provides a high level of assistance to the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament to ensure that the Youth Acts and debate produced by Youth Members is of a very high standard and that Youth Members are able to enjoy a very educational and authentic experience of the parliamentery process. Queensland Parliament staff assist by educating participants about Parliament House; drafting Youth Bills, Amendments and Youth Acts; acting as clerks during Youth Parliament sittings and granting Youth Members access to Parliament House, amongst other things.
Council of YMCA's Queensland
Department of Communities
Members of Parliament and Parliamentary Staff