PHOTO: Cultural and environmental camps at Lake Cargelligo will be enhanced by funding for Down the Track Youth Enterprises
Based at Lake Cargelligo, local youth group, Down The Track Youth Enterprises runs an innovative program for young people who are aged between 10 and 20 and live in the communities of Lake Cargelligo and Murrin Bridge.
The youth group focusses on early intervention for at risk young people and inclusive environmental and cultural camps are a big part of what they do.
Larn Masterson is founder of Down The Track.
“We started back in 2016,” she said. “After moving here in 2015 I couldn’t wrap my head around why our youth crime and incarceration rates were so high…