Programs

Young Change Agents is a not for profit social enterprise focused on developing the mindset, skillset and toolset of youth aged 10 - 21. We do this through social entrepreneurship programs combined with educator capacity building, the amplification of youth ideas, and technology platforms that provide badging and ePortfolios. We are equipping young people for their future careers and empowering them to create their own pathways.

Featured Projects

AromaKey

Relieving stress for young people on the go

Crowdfunding

Wollongong
105% Complete

$2,000 Pledged

Fundraising has ended.

Cerebrum

Improving mental health through plants

Crowdfunding

Sydney
129% Complete

$3,100 Pledged

Fundraising has ended.

Pidget Fencil

Relieving stress in the classroom for young people!

Crowdfunding

Macarthur - NSW
101% Complete

$1,015 Pledged

Fundraising has ended.

Link Lamp

Connecting people through light to relieve loneliness

Startup

Wollongong

Glass Box

Through personal experience in our friendship groups, we have seen there is not enough support for mental health in our region. We aim to change this.

Startup

Southern Highlands

BREAKING BARRIERS

We don't believe that young children should have to choose between princesses and Spiderman when purchasing everyday items.

YINC

Rockhampton

Videos

Take a look at some of our project videos including our program with the United Women's Muslim Association, Riverside Girls HS/Merrylands East Primary School, 18 months on at Riverside Girls HS and our program with Cerebral Palsy Alliance & Telstra.

Testimonials

"What I saw today was five teams who communicated ideas that frankly blew my mind.. ideas that could actually be applied today in practice.”

Laurence Street, General Manager, CSIRO

“It was amazing to watch the students come up with innovative ways to solve some of the greatest problems in our community. It reminded me how important it is to look at problems with a beginner's mind to come up with creative solutions."

Dorothee Clauss, Lead Solution Engineer, Salesforce

"We saw that the [YCA] program was a great mix of two things for our girls: (1) the design thinking process and (2) the whole entrepreneurial style of ideas being mixed with social consciousness which was important for us.”

Belinda Kelly, Principal Riverside Girls High School

"We saw that the [YCA] program was a great mix of two things for our girls: (1) the design thinking process and (2) the whole entrepreneurial style of ideas being mixed with social consciousness which was important for us.”

Belinda Kelly, Principal Riverside Girls High School

“I came in with the mentality that I couldn’t make a difference, but honestly I am leaving with the reality that I can.”

Youth Participant

“The program is the perfect combination of innovation and empowerment for young people. It gives them the opportunity to implement positive change based on community needs as they see it and empowers them to find strength in solutions.”

Malena Hawkins, Community Services Manager, Australian Red Cross

Partners

Seventh Street Ventures

WISE - Department of Industry, Innovation and Science

Telstra Foundation

Muru-D

Atlassian

Academy for Enterprising Girls

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