Collaboration and co-design.  

Each arts organisation gets their very own investment. They also get to enjoy the investment given to other arts organisations through true, meaningful collaboration. And we’ll help to facilitate it. Workshopping, learning and innovating as one, big, flexible team. 

And here’s the best bit: each arts organisation will hire at least one ‘Young Creative Leader’. These are paid roles that put young people at the head of the table. To back their creative vision and support mental wellbeing in the process, in the most affected communities – in their communities.  

That’s right, arts leaders will employ young creatives to produce events, installations and other creative projects to help young people socialise and connect. This is where mental wellbeing can flourish.  

True collaboration. True co-design. With young people calling the shots.  

Each organisation shares deep roots with the young people in their communities – especially those whose mental wellbeing has been most impacted. Because this isn’t just about the individual, it’s about everyone. And bringing them along on the journey. 

With Young Creative Leaders representing their peers and harnessing the power of the arts, there’ll be tons of ways for young people to make new friends, express themselves and feel connected. Next stop: enhanced mental wellbeing.

The arts industry calls them ‘activations’. Young people see them as ways to create something new, find their people and be themselves. We’re talking live gigs or jam sessions, pop-up galleries, workshops or ceremonies. Anything and everything that brings young people together.  

There’ll be over 16 major activations created right across the state. This will impact more than 60,000 young people throughout the next 3 years. 

As for what they will actually be, well, we can’t tell you... yet!  

That’s up to our Young Creative Leaders, and the peers they’ll work with. They have the ideas, we're here to launch them. They’ll come together to share stories and create conversations through the arts, in places and spaces that need it most. 

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