Give A Young Carer A Brighter Future

Imagine how hard it is for a child to every day look after a parent living with a long-term illness or disability.

“Mum cries a lot at night, she’s in so much pain. It makes me cry too. I can’t do my schoolwork or hang out with my friends because I need to help her. It’s really hard.” – Beck, 14

Carers ACT is calling on your school community to donate to its appeal to support young carers like Beck.

Instead of doing schoolwork and hanging out with friends, many young carers spend their time instead helping a parent with personal care, medications, medical appointments, grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, washing, paying bills and looking after younger siblings. They often struggle at school, have little time to themselves and are more likely than their peers to have mental health issues.

They need your support to give them a break from caring these holidays and help them through school next year.

To donate online visit carersact.org.au/donate or call 6296 9900. Or why not give someone a meaningful gift this Christmas with a donation gift card and help make a lasting difference to a young carer in need.

WODEN VALLEY YOUTH CHOIR

AUDITIONS & INDIGENOUS SCHOLARSHIPS

Woden Valley Youth Choir is an exciting and dynamic choir for young people aged 8 to 21.  We are proud to offer so many positive benefits to our members: the value of learning to sing with confidence, the value of positive self-esteem, and the value of developing performance skills, which will hold them in good stead for the rest of their lives. WVYC is a not-for-profit community choir with a strong emphasis on Kodaly Music Education. We don’t just sing – we become musicians.

Woden Valley Youth Choir has

• a lower primary choir
• an upper primary choir
• a secondary/tertiary aged choir for boys and girls with treble voices
• a secondary/tertiary aged choir for boys with changing or changed voices
• an upper primary a cappella vocal ensemble
• a secondary/tertiary a cappella vocal ensemble

Rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at Charles Weston School in Coombs which is easily accessible from all parts of Canberra via the Tuggeranong Parkway.

AUDITIONS

Auditions for Woden Valley Youth Choir for 2019 will be held on two dates

• Saturday 12 January 2019
• Saturday 23 February 2019  (following our Open Day on 12 February)

We would particularly like to audition young people in January who will be in high school or above, so that successful applicants can come to our camp for our two secondary/tertiary choirs on the weekend before school starts. However, all interested applicants may audition in January and we will also happily accept new secondary/tertiary applicants in February.

For more information about the choir and the audition process and to download an application form go to wvyc.org.au

ROTARY CLUB OF HALL INDIGENOUS SCHOLARSHIP

WVYC is pleased to announce that scholarship(s) to the value of $1,000 have been generously provided by the Rotary Club of Hall to enable indigenous Canberran young people to have access to the choir. Applicants should follow the application process for an audition and also contact the administrator on info.wvyc@gmail.com to be sent the guidelines for applying for a scholarship.