Wyoming Youth Skills Centre

RYSS Wyoming provides youth programs, information and acts as a referral service, networking with Central Coast services to provide the community with updated and ongoing projects, information and assistance for young people aged 12 to 18.

RYSS Wyoming is a great place for young people in the Wyoming and Narara area to go in the afternoon or in the school holidays. The young people have a safe environment and place to chill out with friends get involved in skill building activities including sports and workshops to express creativity.

Living Skills

The Living Skills Development program aims to transition young people to independence through gaining skills and resources to apply for accommodation in the private market or enter a community program. Read more

The Shed & Garden

The Shed and Garden is an after school program where young people 12 - 18yrs can learn woodwork skills by creating their own masterpieces and plant, nurture and grow your own food in our garden. Read more

Mural Madness

Come together as a group and design and paint an interior mural for the Wyoming Youth Skills Centre. Let your creativity flow and be part of the process in producing a masterpiece that will be admired by the many people who visit the Wyoming Youth Skills Centre and permanently displayed for years to come! A FREE program for young people aged 12-18. No bookings are required. Read more

Cooking and Sport

This program encourages a positive, healthy lifestyle by engaging in fitness and healthy eating. This is a cooking class that engages young people to learn healthy and affordable recipes that they can introduce to their own homes. Read more

The Wholesome Collective

The Wholesome Collective is a fun and interactive nutrition and cooking program that will help to inspire you in the kitchen. It will involve four, totally hands-on cooking sessions using every day, seasonal ingredients that are good for your health. Read more

All Systems Go

Are you ready for work? This course is a fully subsidised 4 week work-readiness program, offering the skills you need to enter the hospitality industry. Conditions apply. Read more

Latest

Indigenous Artwork Competition Winners!

We are excited to announce the winner and highly commended for our Indigenous Artwork Competition. It was so hard to decide so we have chosen two artworks! One being a chosen representative design for the RYSS RAP (Reconciliation Action Plan) and the other is highly commended for reconciliation messaging. Congratulations to our winners.

Indigenous Artwork Competition Finalists Announced

We are overwhelmed by the amazing standard of work we have received as an expression of interest for our Indigenous Artwork Competition. We're sure you'll agree it's gong to be hard decision for our committee to choose an artwork that is the best fit for RYSS and our new Indigenous Branding. Thank you to all those who entered and congratulations to our finalists!

Abilities Online Cooking Group

Each week participants will receive their own delivered ingredients pack and a step by step written recipe for that week's cook. They will then have access to a scheduled LIVE online zoom meeting where our qualified chef facilitator will be able to assist them step by step through the recipe, and they can interact with other participants showing off their cooking skills and their culinary masterpieces and increase independence with the opportunity to prepare and cook and meal for loved ones.

Love Bites

LOVE BiTES is a well-established Respectful Relationships Education Program created by the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) for young people aged 11-17 years. It has has been facilitated in schools across Australia since 2004, and on the Central Coast since 2008. RYSS is proud to work with other Central Coast organisations and government departments in a partnership model to ensure that the program is delivered all over the Central Coast.

Contacting Us

At RYSS we understand that many people are feeling anxious and isolated in this time of uncertainty. We want to assure the community that we are still open and operating to support children, young people and their families over the whole Central Coast Region, giving them better access to services and supports.

Youth Action Youth Work Awards Winners!

It was a proud moment for all at Regional Youth Support Services when our work was nominated and awarded at the 2019 NSW Youth Work Awards. We are extremely happy to win the award for “Outstanding Youth Participation” for the work of The RYSS BUS. A huge congratulations goes to the RYSS BUS Crew who do a fabulous job engaging the young people in our community and continue to pioneer best practice for Youth Outreach Engagement across the Central Coast.

Abilities Online Cooking Group

Write, Act, Belong

This theatre and script writing program will inspire creativity and self expression whilst strengthening connection to community and culture. Young people will develop a script and take it through to production whilst under taking master classes in storytelling through movement with industry professionals.

Indigenous Artwork Competition Winners!

Metro Fest

Metro Fest an all ages, drug and alcohol free, mini festival that brought good vibes to the Youth Arts Warehouse in Winter 2019. A double headliner with Sydney based Gold Member and local legends The Moving Stills who were supported by three class acts that are emerging onto the scene, Loose Leeches, Turtle Custard and Aw Heck! 'Gossy Good Times' were had by all!

Youth Week 2020

Well its not the year for the normal kind of Youth Week celebrations with events cancelled and everyone having to STAY AT HOME! But we have put some ideas together we can all celebrate Youth and participate in this years theme, Speak up. Be involved. Get connected. Have fun. We hope you find some inspiration with these recommendations and it makes social isolation the little bit easier!

Donate

RYSS is a not-for-profit regional community organisation based on the Central Coast serving the region to help young people who are vulnerable and at risk in our community for over 3 decades! Making a donation to RYSS will assist us in providing quality support services for those in our community who need it most.

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Feedback

We are always open to receiving feedback and complaints so we can improve the RYSS team's performance, address any issues we may be facing and make sure we achieving the high standards of our organisation. Use this page If you wish to make a complaint or provide us with any feedback and suggestions from your experience with RYSS.