Startts Wagga Wagga

Last week of term 2 STARTTS youth group.
Thank you to Eliza Tout from Cancer Council NSW for putting the time and effort to come to our Youth group
Talking to this young high schoolers about the negative impact of va**ng and many valuable information about healthy lifestyle choices

Thank you everyone for an incredible term hope you enjoy your school holidays

See you all next term

Thank you so much to these girls for all their hard work this weekend for STARTTS at the Wagga Multicultural Council refugee week event at Henschke. They were amazing and hardly stopped doing Henna all day 🤩

OPICT Yazidi men in Wagga Wagga first session
Thank you Shahab and Rashed for the photos and great work facilitating this amazing group.

STARTTS Wagga Wagga hosted a night of Bush dancing with the The Tin Shed Rattlers at Downside Hall last night. Thanks for joining in everybody. It was a great night. Thank you to Wollundry Rotary and St Aidan's Presbyterian Church for all their generous support - cooking the barbecues, providing chairs and help on the night. A big thank you also to the many community members and volunteers who helped make the night a success.

Don’t forget the Bushdance is tomorrow!
3pm-8pm at 58 Downside Village Road, Downside
It will be lots of fun
Free food, live music and fun.
Let us know if you are coming 😊

STARTTS swimming program for young adults

Our youth team had a great day yesterday connecting with new arrival refugee students, parents, teachers and bilingual workers from across three Wagga primary schools. Thanks Darron from the Riverina Environmental Education Centre for a fabulous day.

Are you taking your Citizenship Test this year?
Have you taken the test but did not pass?

We are partnering with TAFE to run classes to help pass the test. Starting soon - please message/call Laura 0459890101 or contact STARTTS to put your name down!

Wow! What an awesome weekend in Melbourne with our young adult's leadership group, run in collaboration with Wagga Wagga City Library. We made lots of memories and shared lots of great experiences with each other. Here is a sample of what we got up to on our busy weekend.

Vortex Wagga with youth group
What an amazing experience

Wednesday young adult volleyball group

Tuesday youth group 🏐⚽️🏀🥇

First day in term 2 youth group kicked off with lots of fun.
Creating a fun, safe and enjoyable environment for this super talented young group of high schoolers.

We also would like to thank Headspace for their special visit to offer support to young people in the community and give them some useful information about their services in Wagga

We would like to thank We Are Posi and Trent Cotchin
for making the time and effort to make an amazing surprise for 10 of our youth group kids, bringing them such a wonderful gift.

Get your tickets!
Family fun bush dance with food and live music
26th May
Come in to our office or give us a call to reserve your ticket

STARTTS youth group at Wagga Bowl & Diner for fun quality time enjoying a variety of games and activities. Well done everyone. See you next time with more fun activities ahead

Multicultural Council of Wagga Wagga will be hosting two information sessions focusing on Self Employment & reporting to Centrelink

If you or your partner are receiving Centrelink payments and have also registered an ABN and are running a business (like Menulog, Uber Driving, Cleaning, interpreting etc) we invite you to attend one of these two information sessions with Centrelink on Tuesday the 23rd of April with lots of important information.

Session 1 will be held between 11:00am – 12:00pm

Session2 will be held between 1:30pm – 2:30pm

The information sessions will be held at the Multicultural Council Offices (18 Station Place)

To register for either session please contact Thom on 0427 710 329 or email [email protected]

We had our last youth group for the term this week and had a special taster visit from Shinwakai Karate. Fadhil also came to give some members of our group tips to improve their volleyball skills. Fun times 🤩 see you all next term Tuesdays at equex centre. Starts again 30/04/24

Any high schoolers who would like to come to rollerskating in the holidays please contact Kellie 0452 136 527 or Rashed 0452 087 563

The Civic Theatre has very generously donated some tickets to STARTTS to see a circus performance called Tempo at the Civic Theatre.
Thursday April 4th
630pm
All ages welcome
If you are interested to come and want us to save a ticket for you please let us know as soon as possible.
Kellie 0452 136 527 or Rashed 0452 087 563

Some members of the STARTTS and Wagga Wagga city library youth film group enjoying their visit to the Wagga Civic Theatre this week. They learned about sound and lighting and what goes on behind the scenes

Would you like to learn to use your phone apps to make your life easier?

We are running technology courses for men, starting next Wednesday for Ezidi men. They will continue running so contact STARTTS to register your name. Or does your Dad, your Uncle, your Friend need this course? Let them know!

The Wagga Chin community put on a fabulous Chin National Day a few weeks ago.
It was a great event with wonderful performances. Thanks for having us!

We've been having lots of fun at the STARTTS high school youth group this term. We have been playing team sports like hockey, volleyball and soccer, as well as getting creative and building connections with others. Last week we had a visit from Morgan at PCYC who talked to our year 11s about post school pathways. If you are interested to join our group on Tuesdays at 430pm-630pm contact Kellie on 0452 136 527 or Rashed on 0452 087 563

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Amazing opportunity for students in Wagga!
Feel free to reach out if you are interested and would like some assistance

✨SCHOOL BASED TRAINEESHIPS Years 9-11✨
Do you LOVE theatre? Or do you know a superstar student who would like to work in live performance?

We are looking for passionate and enthusiastic individuals to join our Civic Theatre team to gain practical work experience whilst completing school studies and getting paid.

🌟 Civic Theatre Venue and Events Trainee
🌟Civic Theatre Marketing Trainee
🌟Civic Theatre Technical Trainee

Successful applicants will have the chance to work alongside experienced professionals, contribute to real-life projects and services and gain skills that will jumpstart their career.

Find out more and apply here 👉http://tinyurl.com/SBATCivic

A big congratulations to these young legends. A grade grand final winners of coota beach volleyball competition. They played exceptionally well, made new friends and showed great sportsmanship on and off the court. Congratulations 2024 Wagga STARTTS team!

Fabulous day with these young people in Coota. 3/3 wins! Wish them luck for tomorrow 👏

Happy to share a few photos from our January camp creating the opportunity for this young boys and girls from refugee backgrounds to enjoy the experience of exploring different parts of Australia. 5 days of fun, quality time, building relationships and learning from each other. What an amazing experience we are looking forward to working with you all in our upcoming programs.