Youth Centre & Services
The Shire of Derby/West Kimberley has an ongoing commitment to working with young people, their families, government and community agencies to foster youth friendly communities that promote the health and wellbeing of young people.
To this end, the Shire considers itself to be both a provider and facilitator of youth services in Derby and Fitzroy Crossing.
The services are provided through the Derby Youth Centre and the basketball courts at Fitzroy Crossing. Other venues are also utilised such as swimming pools and the skate park and popular local spots.
The team is support by the Youth Services Coordinator, Team Leaders in Derby and Fitzroy Crossing and workers at both sites. Both are involved in collaborative work with stakeholders and partners.
Derby Youth Centre
The Youth Centre is located on Hardman Street and is open six days a week during the school terms.
Our focus is on developing opportunities for innovative, safe, youth-oriented recreation, leisure and cultural activities.
The service offers support to young people with complex needs around issues such as drugs and alcohol, relationships, mental health and abuse. Youth workers can respond to individual crisis’s and then offer referral to relevant services.
The Youth Centre offers a comprehensive school holiday program as well as structured activities during term time such as sporting competitions, arts and crafts, music and healthy eating. The centre is equipped with a kitchen, skate park, basketball court, computers, table tennis table and other games.
For program details contact the Shire at 9191 0999.
Derby Youth Network Interagency Meetings
The Derby Youth Network meets monthly to discuss and collaborate on local youth issues and programs. To join, contact sdwk@sdwk.wa.gov.au.
Fitzroy Crossing Youth Services
The Fitzroy Crossing Youth program operates from the outdoor basketball courts and canteen space on the Fitzroy Oval. The program is funded for three late night programs from Thursday to Saturdays. The program offers outdoor engagement, sport, art and crafts and music. We will collaborate with other services to deliver unique themed events and discos.
The service offers support to young people with complex needs around issues such as drugs and alcohol, relationships, mental health and abuse. Youth workers can respond and intervene to young peoples needs and then offer referral to relevant services.
Fitzroy also offers a five day a week program during the school holidays.
We are excited to announce that due to the footy season kicking off, we will be moving our youth programs to Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings from 4:30pm onwards!
Our programs will continue to provide a whirlwind of different engaging activities and games for your child to participate in, whether their interests are cooking hearty meals in the canteen with our youth cooking program, shooting hoops at the courts or burning off energy in our alternating field activities.
Want to know if your child is at the program at the push of a button? Feel free to give our FX Youth Team a call on our brand new on-shift phone number 0488 362 556! No need to worry about how your child will make it home, our staff provide after dinner drop-offs in the youth bus from 7:00pm - Close within the Fitzroy Crossing townsite or town-based communities.
Please be aware that both the food and bus drop-offs provided at our youth programs are only available for youth.
Fitzroy Crossing Foot Soldiers Interagency Meetings
The Foot Soldiers meet monthly to discuss and collaborate on local youth issues. These meetings are chaired by Nindilingarri. If you are a youth service provider and would like to attend the meeting please send an email to: sdwk@sdwk.wa.gov.au.
Corporate Support
The Shire’s youth programs are funded and supported by:
- Australia Government Department of Health
- Department of Communities
- Department of Justice
- Department of Local Government, Sports and Cultural Industries
- Rio Tinto
- Mount Gibson Iron Limited
- Buru Energy Limited
- LotteryWest
- Ian Potter Foundation