Each year, FRRR and our donor partners collaborate with ABC to support a group of young people to play an active role in shaping their community’s future.
Takeover is a place-based storytelling and capacity building program from ABC and FRRR that empowers young people to share their voices and make a positive impact in their community. It’s all about providing young people with the tools and resources they need to drive change on issues that matter most to them – and creating connections with the organisations and leaders in their community that can support them to bring it to life.
The Takeover Journey begins with ABC producers delivering storytelling workshops to local year 9 and 10 students in a community. Following the workshops, students are invited to enter the Takeover Storytelling Competition, with up to 40 young winners chosen to participate in the Takeover Summit.
During the Takeover Summit, participants work together to talk about issues that matter to them, and work closely with local community organisations to develop youth-led solutions to these issues.
With the support of our donor partners, and through Takeover Youth Catalyst Grants, community groups and young people can work together to bring these ideas to life in their community.
The Takeover Youth Catalyst Grants are a mechanism by which we can inspire hope and confidence in young people and affirm to them that their ideas are worthwhile; that within their community they have organisations that believe in them; and that they can be agents of change within their community.
