Youth Connections North Coast Inc is funded by and in partnership with:
NSW Government Human Services, Community Services
- Supported Accommodation, Youth Counselling, Emergency Relief, Intake, Referral and Case management services – Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
- Lismore Youth Hub – Community Builders Program, including African Youth Homework Club, Aussie Battlers, NAIDOC Week and Youth Week events; contribution to Unsung Heroes Project.
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)
- Youth Connections funding program, including Keeping Kool, Nimbin Rock Skool and Nimbin Youth Film Competition
- Partners include: Nortec Youth Services (Lead agency) and Byron Youth Services
NSW Government, Education and Training
- Links to Learning program, providing 30 young people with accredited training to Certificate II level in Creative Industries (Media) , in collaboration with local high schools and Byron Region Community College (partner RTO).
- Young people undertake an accredited Certificate II in Creative Industries, enabling them to progress to Certificate IV in Media or Diploma in Media level.
- Utilises the YCNC Multimedia Lab, and delivered in collaboration with TURTLE FILMS.
This project is funded by the Minister for Education and Training and administered by the NSW Department of Education and Training.
Lismore City Council
- Goonellabah Youth Social Inclusion Program – through the Australian Government Attorney General’s Crime Prevention Program
- Young People Dreaming – through the Youth Activities Fund Grant
- Horse Sense for Humans – through the Community Development Support Expenditure Program
- Nimbin Youth Mentoring Program
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
- Family Support Program (previously the Men and Family Relationships Program)
- Thanks Dad Photo Competition
- Unsung Heroes Project, though YWCA NSW
