An initiative to set up a Thames-Coromandel Youth Council will receive $20,000 under the 2015 Youth Development Partnership Fund.

The money will go towards providing leadership and volunteer training for youth, establishing the Youth Council and will support a youth voice within the arts strategy project.

Thames-Coromandel District Council. Image: Google Maps

Community Development Officer Marlene Perry says The Thames-Coromandel District Council and the Coromandel Youth Collective are pleased with the announcement.

'The Ministry of Youth Development has given the Coromandel an opportunity to partner with youth and develop a youth council,” says Marlene. 'This allows them to gain a youth voice within the arts strategy and to be able to have gatherings where volunteers are able to meet community organisations that need volunteers.”

The council is currently collecting data as to what type of volunteering youth would like to participate in, and to carry that forward to implementation will be great for the 2015/2016 year.

The Youth Collective will be meeting in July to plan the year's programme which will include all wards of the Coromandel.

For more information contact Marlene Perry on 027-703-0263 or by email: marlene.perry@tcdc.govt.nz

To read more about the Thames-Coromandel District Council's youth projects visit their website at: www.tcdc.govt.nz/coroyouth