More young people will be able to sample life on the airwaves at Moranbah’s radio station, thanks to Arrow Energy.
Arrow will fund tools, equipment and facilitation for 4RFM’s Project Y to teach teenagers skills for radio production.
Station Manager Kayreen Burgum said the Project Y participants would learn the inner workings of a community-run radio station, including music selection, audio production, recording, trimming audio clips for broadcast, broadcasting procedures and on-air broadcasting.
“4RFM assists Moranbah State High School students to develop a series of transferable skills and work experience in radio,” Ms Burgum said.
“Project Y allows youths to learn skills they would not otherwise learn at school, such as the preparation and delivery of public speech, communication skills and the development of interpersonal skills.
“4RFM can offer youths an insight into real-world workplace environment. It is a positive and communally beneficial initiative because it is designed to bring passion back into learning new skills.”
Ms Burgum said Project Y participants would be encouraged to continue at the station as volunteer radio presenters.
Arrow Senior Community Officer Andrea Morris said she was pleased Arrow had joined Project Y.
“The project is a collaborative partnership between 4RFM, the community and local supporting companies like Arrow,” Ms Morris said.
“Arrow has a particular focus on encouraging sustainable, community-based education programs that build capacity, and this is a wonderful alternative learning opportunity.”
Project Y is being funded by Arrow’s Brighter Futures community investment fund.
Other Bowen Basin groups awarded Brighter Futures funding from the latest round are:
- Moranbah Special Education Service – Equipment for Moranbah Special Education Program (MSEP), which is attached to the Moranbah State School and provides educational opportunities to children with disabilities and their families. The program supports 30 students with disabilities aged from birth to grade 7 and is the lead special education program for the primary and early childhood education organisations in the region. Some students will be able to use some of the items in their mainstream classrooms to interact and participate in the instruction being offered by classroom teachers.
- Moranbah State High School – support materials for 50 Year 9 students, from across the region, who are attending the Energy For Your Future Forum 2014. These students, chosen by their school, are normally high achieving students with an interest in science, technology, engineering and/or maths. Participating students work as country ambassadors in small groups to research the country’s characteristics and make judgements about their energy needs and possible ways that they could efficiently produce energy in the next 50 years.
- C&K Kindergarten, Blackwater – The school’s Healthy Eating-Healthy Environment project encourages and educates families to consider providing their children with litterless lunches – meals that do not include packaging.
- Moranbah Rotary Club – Funding for two young people, from financially-disadvantaged backgrounds, to take a five-day sea voyage on the sailing ship Young Endeavour. It aims to increase self awareness, develop teamwork and leadership skills and create a strong sense of community responsibility amongst members of the youth crew.
- Emergency Long-term Accommodation Moranbah – Yoga mats and a meditation facilitator for classes with Year 11 and Year 12 female school students, under ELAM’s Don’t hate, meditate/yoga for youth program. The program meets an identified need for senior students to reduce ongoing high levels of anxiety, depression, self harm and stress, by building on their life skills and self-soothing skill set.
- Mater Foundation – Backing for next year’s Mater Little Miracles 5k event in Moranbah. It is a family-focussed walk which sees teams, individuals and family groups walking to raise money for research, care and equipment for the Mater Mother’s and Mater Children’s hospitals.
- Capella Tieri Middlemount (CTM) Community Services Network, Middlemount – supporting Austswim Teacher of swimming & water safety training to community volunteers, who will assist with teaching community members to swim and increase awareness of water safety at the local swimming pool.
- Playgroup Association of Moranbah – Replacing and upgrading equipment at Moranbah Li’l Munchkins, including fire safety and first aid equipment. The association will also buy containers and shelving to reduce injury, trip or fall hazards, and replace worn play and learn educational resources.
Brighter Futures supports local, not-for-profit groups on projects that build community capacity in health, safety, education and environmental awareness. This year, Arrow invested more than $4.6 million in 117 community projects across the state.
For more information about our Brighter Futures program, email [email protected] or phone 1800 038 856 (toll free).
Media contact:
4RFM
Kayreen Burgum
Phone: +61 7 4941 6811
Email: [email protected]