STATE government grants for 2025 Youth Week activities will close on August 6.

For next year’s celebrations, the state government announced $80,000 in grant funding for community organisations and local governments to hold events celebrating Youth Week 2025, which will run from April 10 to April 17.

Grants are available up to $1500 for eligible organisations to deliver projects such as workshops, youth forums and award ceremonies.

Larger grants up to $3000 are available for bigger-scale community-wide events such as festivals, wherein multiple organisations contribute to a program of activities.

The City of Kalamunda received more than $3000 in funding to celebrate Youth Week 2024, putting on a community festival called Connected communities: foothills fiesta to celebrate and empower the city’s young people, and Mayor Margaret Thomas said at the time that Youth Week was a vital part of celebrating the community (Echo News, February 16, 2024).

The week of youth celebrates young Western Australians, offering a week of opportunity for them to express ideas, raise important issues in their communities and state, and connect with their peers at large-scale events.

Last year’s event saw 36 organisations and local governments receive grant funding.

Youth Minister Hannah Beazley said the state government was proud to be supporting local initiatives celebrating young people across WA.

She said the government wanted to build on the events held in 2024 and wanted to encourage community organisations and local governments to join the effort to make 2025 an even better celebration.

“These grants will support some great events and activities for young people,” she said.