Outloud is an intersectional, CALD-focused social impact arts organisation that creates meaningful opportunities for young people in Western Sydney. Their award-winning projects address nationally relevant issues on a local level. They specialise in early-intervention harm-reduction that celebrates the strengths of socially-marginalised young people. Our projects bring together service providers and professional artists to create supportive platforms to help young people express and move through problems they are facing, while building a genuine community around themselves. They aim to build self-efficacy alongside social cohesion.

A few of their projects include:

RESPECT and UNITY - early intervention for violence against women through singing and songwriting. 

MUSLIM PEERS PROJECT - culturally specific support for young queer Muslims in Australia’s largest NO vote electorate in the marriage equality plebicite.

KOORI YOUTH FORUM - bringing together young Aboriginal students to learn language, culture and arts.

OPEN STUDIO - Online space for emerging & established artists to receive valuable feedback on their art projects from experienced artists.

MICRO-RESIDENCIES -  Micro-Residencies bring together Western Sydney artists to livestream their creative process while answering health & art-related questions for an online audience.

We are happy to have Outloud with us in Bankstown Arts Centre. Read more about their great work on their website below.