Youth Programs

Fitzroy Learning Network's youth programs provide an informal and safe learning space for young people (aged between 12 and 25) to acquire the skills they need to positively engage with and shape the world around them in collaboration with others.
  • Through a focus on music, technology and and the visual arts, young people are supported to  express how they feel, explore notions of self-identity, problem solve, collaborate and communicate their ideas.
  • Through the acquisition of skills and learning, young people are able to strengthen their sense of agency by expanding their overall understanding of the world and its complexities and see a role and place for themselves within it.
  • FLN youth programming seeks to act as a bridge between the lives of young people and the communities in which they are embedded. We do this by:
  1.  giving a forum, via music, the arts and digital technologies for young people to express and showcase their talents and ideas;
  2. by linking local members of the community into our programs as volunteers and mentors. And
  3.  by promoting and sharing the positive achievements of young people with the broader community  ​

Our current youth programs are as follows:

1. The Clubhouse: a yearly after-school arts/tech program for young people aged 12 - 25.
2. DJ S'cool: a term-based program focusing on teaching DJ'ing, for young women aged 18 - 25.
3. Theme based School holiday programs

The Clubhouse

The Clubhouse program is a daily after-school program for young people between the ages of 10 and 18. This program is one of three Clubhouses in Australia and is part of a network of 100 Clubhouses across 20 countries. The Clubhouse program is a project of Boston’s Museum of Science in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Laboratory.

Clubhouse members are guided to become artists and innovators using technology and software to create almost anything they can imagine. They are able to write and record music, design video games, create music videos, experiment with 3D printing, learn photography, make short films, design clothes and develop their overall proficiency and familiarity with technology and the creative industries.
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The Clubhouse is a free program running 3.30pm to 7pm every weekday.
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Clubhouse Schedule

Overview
3.30pm - 7.00pm
Monday: Boys Only Day
Tuesday: Activities & Workshops
Wednesday: Activities & Workshops
Thursday: Girls Only Day
Friday: Open Day

​Tuesday Activities & Workshops
Drums (with Richard)
DJ'ing (with Bart)
Music & Video (with Alex)
Guitar & Beats (with Liam)

​Wednesday Activities & Workshops
Sewing & Fashion (with Aarti)
Drums (with Richard)
Music & Video (with Alex)
DJ'ing (with Em)
Photoshop (with Angelo)
Cooking (with Ruby)

Join the Clubhouse

If you would like to mentor young people at the Clubhouse, please email: alex@fln.org.au

What we make at the Clubhouse