Central Coast Council has announced 11 new members of the Y4Y (Youth For Youth) action team to represent young people around the Coast in 2020.

The newly appointed members, aged 14 to 23 years, were welcomed at a lunch on 13 December 2019, are the second Y4Y team for the Coast and will hold the position for the next year.

Mayor Lisa Matthews said the Y4Y play an important role in helping empower young people and deliver the first ever Youth Strategy for the Central Coast. 

“Congratulations to our new members who have been willing to put up their hands to make a difference for young people on the Coast,” Mayor Matthews said. 

“We have a Youth Strategy now in place, and this team will be instrumental in achieving real action and opportunities for our young people and I am looking forward to the outcomes.

“We want to ensure the Central Coast is a place our 50,000 young people can live, study, work and play.

“This year’s Y4Y team should be extremely proud of all they have achieved. Their representation meant they were actively involved in delivering a range of successful programs such as the annual youth forum, the development of our Youth Strategy, the first Colour Our Coast fun run and the Life Skills Expo.”

The Y4Y 2020 team includes:

• Gabrielle Dyball
• Layne Paull
• Jayden Redfern
• Hayleigh Paull
• Crystal Russom (returning member)
• Calypso Hanley
• Sophie Grace Hawkins
• Ethan Hill
• Rosannah Taig-Clark
• Phoebe Sheridan
• Corey Lees (returning member)

The new team will participate in a three-day-leadership camp in January 2020, and will be actively involved in planning activities for Youth Week in April 2020.

For more information on Council’s Youth Services visit centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/youth