By Aaron Cordy
SHEPPARTON hosted a Future Reset Summit on Friday, May 3. A VicHealth initiative in collaboration with Greater Shepparton City Council, Lighthouse Project, and Kaiela Arts, saw up to 200 high school students come together for a day of arts, play, creativity and innovation. The event used various art forms, like dance, conversation, craft and movement, to foster social connections, cultural strengthening, and centralise conversations about mental wellbeing.
The culturally vibrant one-day event was filled with exciting activities, workshops, and speakers, crafted specifically by and for the young people in Shepparton. 13 Shepparton students formed the Summit Committee and were coached through a co-design-informed work experience program to dream up this summit that they lead, managed, and delivered for their peers.
Notre Dame student Xavier Rossi was one of the members of the committee.
“The co-design itself. Working alongside other young people, you know, like-minded individuals to help create the event that we’re at today,” said Xavier on what he enjoyed most about the experience.
“As the co-design group, we helped organise, plan, and threw our ideas into the mix about what young people like us, and what type of events we would like.
“You can’t really make a connection online like you can in person… being alongside that person in the real world, you know, that helps build a stronger bond than what you would get in an online space.”
