Seagulls to Chips Graduation

On Tuesday 15th October, 20 youth graduated from the 2024 Seagulls to Chips Leadership Training Program delivered by the Future Impact Group. The Seagulls to Chips Leadership Training Program is open for local young people aged 12-16 each year, operating after school during terms 3 & 4.

In 2024, the program entailed 6 blocks of leaderships sessions delivered by experts in the field, supporting and mentoring young people to create their own opportunities to be leaders in the George Town municipality. The 6 blocks of training included:

• Team Building and Leadership
• Film and Podcast Creation
• Creating Self Care Routines
• Fight for What’s Right (ethically)
• Managing Conflict and Building Healthy Connections
• Create Your Own Opportunity

To run an effective program, the Future Impact Group took the co-design approach. The team spent
eight weeks with a small group of committed and passionate young people, asking them what
matters, how they would like the program to be delivered, and what the outcomes could be.
These future young leaders graduated with the below list providing invaluable support, delivering on workshops, partnering with the program and providing opportunities for the youth to grow.

• Futures Isle
• PCYC Launceston
• Launceston Escape Rooms
• Think Media
• Adam ‘Warnie’ Child
• Heaart
• Primary Health Tas
• Sarah Triffitt Mindfulness professional
• Divergent Futures
• Bonorong Animal Sanctuary
• Nathan Dubsy Want
• Bec Taylor
• Susan Long
• David Moorhouse
• Fiona Miller
• Jeder Institute
• VRCade
• Headspace
• Libraries Tasmania
• Albus the dog!

This program is coordinated by the Future Impact Group and is funded by the Tasmanian Community
Fund and George Town Council. For further information, please get in touch with
andrew.beeston@georgetown.tas.gov.au

What is Seagulls to Chips?

Co-designed by young people, the Seagulls to Chips Youth Leaders Program has been created to be an effective avenue of capacity building and change-making for young leaders each year in the George Town area.

The program hosts a range of high-end facilitators that delivers relevant training to selected young people with an opportunity for the youth to create and participate in youth events in and around George Town.

The program is also adapted for Student Leadership days for schools in George Town.