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 Multicultural Youth Mentoring Project
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What is the Multicultural Youth Mentoring Project?
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Why a mentoring project?
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Contact Multicultural Youth Mentoring Project
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We note that the Mentoring Project is no longer taking applications.
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What is the Multicultural Youth Mentoring Project?
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The Multicultural Youth Mentoring Project began as a pilot project - the M.C. Voiceraiser Mentoring Project - in 2004 to support young people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds to become advocates around issues facing migrant and refugee young people. The M.C. Voiceraiser Mentoring Project supported CLD young people aged 16-25 to more effectively advocate for their own issues, concerns and needs by using a group mentoring model.
The new phase of CMYs mentoring project - the Multicultural Youth Mentoring Project - aims to provide opportunities for CLD young people aged 16-21 to become stronger advocates in their community about their own needs, with government, peers and the community.
One-to-one mentoring involves young people (mentees) being matched with an older person (mentors) to work in partnership to achieve goals identified by the young person. Mentors are recruited from a range of backgrounds i.e. professional, cultural, age and religious.
The peer support and self-advocacy group offers a chance for young people involved in the one-to-one mentoring (i.e. mentees) to meet together in a supportive, fun environment and develop new skills, discuss issues of concern and take action. A CMY staff member will facilitate and provide support to the group.
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Why a mentoring project?
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CMY initiated the project in recognition that there was a need to enhance CLD young people’s understanding of Australian community structures, and to increase their capacity to advocate for themselves and their peers within their respective cultural communities. It was recognised that these young people have often been consistently excluded from participation in advocacy roles in their communities.
While some older CLD young people are currently engaged in a number of ethnic community structures, there is a need to mentor a new population of young people to ensure inter-generational transfer of skills and knowledge. We have also found that young people require more practical support than we currently can offer in order for their involvement to be sustainable, mutually beneficial and successful.
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Contact the Multicultural Youth Mentoring Project
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For more information about the Multicultural Youth Mentoring Project contact:
Bronwyn Davison
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Youth Participation Officer
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Tel (03) 9340 3700
Email bdavison@cmy.net.au
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