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The Youth Mentoring Network is all about connecting people and programs to build a stronger mentoring community within Australia. The amount of support a program needs will depend on their different stage of development or operation. On this page you will be able to find local networks or groups of mentoring organisations (some more formal than others) and individuals with specific skill sets who can answer your specific questions.

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NSW

The Hunter Youth Mentoring Collaborative

The Hunter Youth Mentor Collaborative (HYMC) is an umbrella group for organisations operating youth mentoring programs in the Hunter region. HYMC assists youth mentor groups to develop, support and promote the growth of mentoring programs by providing a strong regional collaborative network involving community, business and government.

Contact:
BRAIN DOYLE
HYMC Chairman

Email: abington@hunterlink.net.au
Mobile: 0418 278 761
Website: http://www.hymc.com.au

VIC

Victorian Youth Mentoring Alliance

Victorian Youth Mentoring Alliance (VYMA) is an independent, non government peak body for the advancement of youth mentoring (under 25yo) in Victoria, Australia. VYMA supports the successful implementation of sustainable mentoring practices in rural and urban communities.

Contact:
Sarah Johnson

Program Coordinator

Email: s.johnson@youthmentoringvic.org.au

Telephone: (03) 8412 7355
Mail:
Victorian Youth Mentoring Alliance
PO Box 6017

Collingwood North VIC 3066

Website: http://www.youthmentoringvic.org.au

Victorian Regional Coordination Project

Through the Office for Youth in the Department of Planning and Community Development, projects are supported in Gippsland, Grampians and metropolitan Melbourne regions. The Helen Macpherson Smith Trust also funds projects in Barwon South West, Hume and Loddon Mallee regions which completes state-wide coverage for regional support to youth mentoring.

The Regional Coordination Projects build greater coordination and linkages within communities and across mentoring programs by providing training, professional development on best practice standards, quality assurance, referral, advice and networking for new and existing youth mentoring programs.

BARWON SOUTH WEST REGION

Barwon South West Youth Mentoring Network

Contact: Damien Becker
Email: dbecker@brophy.org.au

Telephone: (03) 5561 8888

Website: http://www.bswyouthmentoring.blogspot.com/

GIPPSLAND REGION

Baw Baw Latrobe Local Learning and Employment Network Inc (BBLLLEN) - Gippsland Mentoring Alliance (GMA)

Contact: Kate Boyer
Email: kate.bblllen@dcsi.net.au

Telephone: (03) 5633 2868

Website: http://www.bawbawlatrobellen.com.au

GRAMPIANS REGION

Lead On Ballarat - Grampians Regional Mentoring Program Support and Coordination Project

Contact: April Livesley
Email: april@leadon.com.au

Telephone: (03) 5336 5023
Website: http://www.leadon.com.au/

HUME REGION

NESAY (North East Support & Action for Youth Inc) - Make Mentoring Matter

Contact: Sue Watts

Email: swatts@nesay.com.au

Telephone: (03) 5762 2880

LODDON MALLEE REGION

St Lukes (Anglicare) - Loddon-Mallee Youth Mentoring Project

Contact: Leigh Candy

Email: mailto:info@stlukes.org.au

Telephone: (03) 5440 1127

Website: http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/lcandy/web/index.html

METROPOLITAN MELBOURNE REGION

The VYMA provides support for youth mentoring programs in the Melbourne Metropolitan area. Please see their profile above for more information.

WA mentoring programs
Informal meetings take place every 2 to 3 months for youth mentoring programs in the Perth area. The group communicate more regularly via email.

Contact:
Wendy Stewart

Email: wstewart@wacrrm.uwa.edu.au

If you would like to set up your own local mentoring support group or would like to register an existing one on this page please email info@youthmentoring.org.au

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Personal Support

Sometimes you need to talk to someone who has been there done that. Below are the details of people who work in the field who are happy to answer some of your mentoring questions.


	Dr Judith MacCallum Areas of specialty: Research and program evaluation Australia Institute of Education Murdoch University Murdoch WA 6150 AUSTRALIA Telephone: (08) 9360 7847 Email: jamac@murdoch.edu.au About Judith Judith lectures in the School of Education at Murdoch University. She is a leader in research and development of mentoring in Australia. Judy is an enthusiastic advocate of mentoring as a strategy for personal and career development, as well as community building. Her work encompasses development of theory on mentoring, conducting workshops on mentoring, preparation of mentors and program coordinators, case studies of mentoring and evaluation of mentoring programs. She has been the Project Director of several large national research projects concerning mentoring of young people. Judy has worked in schools as a secondary teacher in three Australian states and in universities as a teacher educator and researcher. She was a member of the steering committee to establish a national mentoring association in Australia. She provides advice to a wide range of organisations about mentoring.

	Sue Thomas Areas of specialty: Program Evaluation Regional Development Facilitator, University of Western Sydney & Manager of the Maximising Potential in Macarthur Leadership Program Email: mailto:info@youthmentoring.org.au About Sue Sue Thomas is employed by the University of Western Sydney as a Community Engagement Facilitator for the Office of University Engagement. Her career journey commenced in Secondary high schools as a mathematics teacher, with national training, management and consulting roles across University, Industry, Business and Community sectors reflecting her passion and interest in leadership, welfare, curriculum and innovation. Sue has collaboratively managed individual high school and regional mentoring and coaching projects focused in the areas of numeracy and literacy, leadership and community service and Indigenous education.

	Sue Elderfield Curriculum Co-ordinator South Australian Indigenous Sports Training Academy Address: Para West Adult Campus 23 Crafter St DAVOREN PARK SA 5113 Telephone: (08) 8254 6300 Email: sue.elderfield@parawest.sa.edu.au

	Lesley Tobin Areas of specialty: School based mentoring, establishing a program and managing a program Project Manager Dusseldorp Skills Forum Address: 1 Glebe Street Glebe NSW 2035 Telephone: (02) 4388 3392 Email: lesleytobin@ozemail.com.au About Lesley Lesley helped to create the Plan-it Youth mentoring program which has been supported by the NSW Department of Education and Training. Lesley has also travelled to the USA on a study tour of youth mentoring programs and brought back with her a wealth of information for Australian programs including the NRGize- Kick-starting and strengthening your mentoring program workshop.

	Louise Manka Areas of specialty: Training Mentors and program development Manager Empowering The Future Email: info@empoweringthefuture.com.au About Louise: Louise has her own business specialising in the design and development of mentoring programs, troubleshooting and training of mentors.

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