​​Youth Week Scavenger Hunt​

 International Youth Day - Scavenger Hunt

Are you up for a fun-filled day at the City Park and a chance to win prizes? 

Photo: stock image from wikimedia

Enjoying hunting for treasure as a group activity, where you’ll engage with others, collaborate to achieve a common goal, and have the chance to win prizes. This fun outdoor event promotes digital sustainability.  

International Youth Day 2025: Youth Empowerment for a Sustainable Future highlights the vital role that young people play in leveraging digital technology to build a better and more sustainable future. 

This event is designed to promote young adults’ use of digital technology skills and teamwork abilities as they take on engaging quests in an exciting scavenger hunt. This outdoor activity will encourage participants to explore Azure Beach Park using their mobile device to take on challenges such as solving trivia, deciphering cryptic clues, and completing photo/video tasks.  

You will have fun attending the event - engaging with others, working together to achieve a goal, and having the chance to win prizes. It's a great opportunity to build connections, learn new things, make new friends, and enjoy a memorable experience.  ​  

 

This is a FREE event! 

Date: Tuesday, 12th August, 2025        

Time: 3.30 - 5pm

Location: Azure Beach City Park

meet Sam in front gate of Azure Beach City Park 

 

REGISTER HERE NOW 

 

You need to hear more about this or other event from Azure Beach Library, click here, 

Or contact Sam 02 9988 1415 

 

By Hae Jang 

​​Future Creators: Youth in the Digital Age​

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International Youth Day 2025 celebrates the resilience, creativity and impact of the youth around the world.

This year, the theme is “Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development”, as of 2016 the age group 0-19 accounts for 26.1% of Azure Beach’s population.

The youth lead the charge in digital adoption and innovation with youth aged 15-24 using the internet higher than any age group. 

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Azure beach public library will be hosting an arts and crafts event for International Youth Day "Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development"

Participants will be given a blank canvas, newspapers and magazines and other tools to create mixed media art, surrounding the topic of the digitalisation of the modern world and its impact on sustainability.

This event will offer youth to express their creativity, innovation and collaboration in addressing sustainable development in the digital age.

This event is open to applicants aged 15-24 years!

Event details:

Date: 12/08/2025

Time: 3:30-5:00PM

Location: Azure Beach Public Library Main Branch - Library Courtyard

Cost: Free

To book please call Azure Beach Public Library on ​​(02) 9304 7821 or click the register link down below!

Register Now

REGISTRATIONS OPEN!​

By Neil Famador

Workshop on Empowering Young Minds: A Youth Mental Health Program

Image source: https://www.facebook.com/empoweringym/

To celebrate International Youth Day Azure Beach Public library services will be organizing 1 hour and 30min workshop for Youth on “Empowering Young Minds: A Youth Mental Health Program”

 

Speaker: Mr. Patrick Parker, Director- Community Mental Health & Partnerships

Date: 12^th August 2025

Time: 10:00am to 11:30am

Venue:  Azure Beach Public library - Cove library meeting room (inside the library building.)

Outcome of the workshop: The outcome of this workshop will provide youth to learn techniques and strategies to manage stress and anxiety as well as improving overall mental wellbeing. It will also encourage participants to improve self-reflection, self-awareness and self-care practices to promote mental health wellbeing

Moreover, by attending this workshop the participants will be able to receive access to a range of mental health resources, including council services, online support groups and educational materials. Not only that through this workshop the young people will be able to build stronger and more supportive relationships with their peer and family members

To Join-- Clickthe link below

or email: anisurbsbins511@gmail.com

Further Link & Reading:

visit: https://www.aracy.org.au/empowering-young-minds/

Empowering young minds: A review of Australian children and young people’s learning. 2024. 

https://www.aracy.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Empowering-Young-Minds-ARACY-UNICEF-learning-report.pdf

If you’d like to hear more about our upcoming events at Azure Beach Library or how to get involved in your local community, feel free to contact us or follow us in our social pages.

 

--Anisur

Creating a Fashionably Sustainable Future

 

Celebrate International Youth Day in Style at Azure Beach Public Library!

Azure Beach Public Library invites anyone aged 15-24 to join guest speaker Clare Press for a discussion group about the future of fashion and how we can all make sustainable choices.

Clare Press will give a short talk about her latest book 'WEAR NEXT, Fashioning the Future', followed by a discussion where the group will talk about all the things they love about fashion and come up with different ways to change the current wasteful and exploitative industry, from making your own clothes to thrift and second hand shopping. For more information about Clare Press' work, please visit her website here.

Image via Thames & Hudson

Date: Tuesday 12th August, 2025

Time: 4:30pm-6:00pm

Location: Azure Beach Public Library, Cove Meeting Room

Who: 15-24 year olds with a love for fashion

Click here to book now!

Adriana Spasaro

A Better Today For A Better Tomorrow!! - IYD 2025

                  A BETTER TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

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     Come One Come All and join us for                    International Youth Day 2025!!

Have you ever wondered if there is more out there for you or felt inspired to try something new?? Well, we have a treat for you!!

Come along to the Azure Beach Public Library to celebrate IYD 2025. This year we have engaged Phoebe, Tristan and Casey who will happily share how they have turned “trash into treasure” and living their best lives.

                                    

Images courtesy of Elinaxx1v/Depositphotos, Pinterest and Webeye

Phoebe will inspire with her mosaic creations made from broken crockery. Tristan will entertain as he demonstrates sea glass art and Casey will motivate as she turns a broken spoon into a living work of ART.

Sustainable Art: Eco-Friendly Materials Transforming the Art World

https://theconsciousarchitect.com/sustainable-art-eco-friendly-materials-transforming-the-art-world/

                                                 Image courtesy of the conscious architect article

                                                                

WHEN: 12th August 2025 5pm-6.30pm

WHERE: Azure Beach Public Library 

HOW: Book via link below

WHO: 15-24 year old

COST: FREE

Nicole Stewart

Money Talks for Gen Z

 Smart money. Real change. 

Your future.

🗓 WHEN: Monday 12 August 2025
🕥 TIME: 10:30AM – 12:00PM
📍 WHERE: Azure Room, Azure Beach Library
🎟 BOOK NOW: Click here to save your spot – it’s free!

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko: https://www.pexels.com/photo/banknotes-and-calculator-on-table-6694543/

Calling all 15–24-year-olds:

Ready to take charge of your cash and your impact on the world?

🎉 Join us for a one-time International Youth Day event packed with real-life money talk—think budgeting basics, ethical investing, and how to make your dollars matter.

👩‍💼 Hear from a young entrepreneur doing finance differently

💬 Jump into a chill group challenge about how YOU value money

📲 Try out cool tools (yes, free!) to level up your financial game

This event is all about smart money choices - for you and the planet.

Discover how your spending and investing can support sustainability and make a real difference in your community and beyond.

We’ll also show you how to tap into the library’s digital vault: think eBooks, budget templates, and guides—all free with your library card.

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/smiling-woman-holding-a-bank-card-6266632/

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🔗 Curious about ethical investing? Check out Moneysmart – it’s legit.

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🎯 Why come?

Because being smart with money = freedom + impact.

Because Gen Z is already changing the game.

Because snacks might happen. 😉

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by Natalia Kirichenko