Our Voice Our Future Youth Engagement Kuranda

Our Youth Our Future

Our Youth Our Future

Our Voice, Our Future - a time for YOUTH to speak

This project provides an opportunity for young people to voice their aspirations, issues, concerns and solutions.  They will be able to identify youth-led strategies and projects that will ensure that the voices and views of young people are heard and taken into account by any plans to develop teh Tablelands region.

Come along to these events!

The Youth Engagement events cater to people aged 12-18 and will be delivered through education in theatre performances using a variety of youth artistic mediums.

Events will be staged at Ravenshoe, Malanda, Atherton, Mareeba and Kuranda, and will culminate in the first ever Youth Summit to be held at Tinaroo Dam on 3 November.


Mayor Tom Gilmore said the aim of the project was to hear the views of young people on issues affecting them, and to create an opportunity for Council to work with them to develop strategies and projects to address their concerns.

“This is a very important project because it gives Council its first real opportunity to hear the views of youth on a regional basis,” he said.

The project is aimed at young people aged between 12 and 18 years, and will be funded through a $40,000 grant from the Department of Communities, Local Sport and Recreation, with Tablelands Regional Council to provide in-kind support.

The Our Voice Our Future youth engagement events will be held:

• 30 October – Kuranda District and State College P12 from 10am, and at the CWA Hall Kuranda from 7pm.
• 3 November – Youth Summit at Tinaroo Recreation Hall from 9.30am.