--- title: ACYP | Youth Advisory Council YAC --- Search this site on Google Search [![acyp-web-logo.png](https://www.acyp.nsw.gov.au/hs-fs/hubfs/acyp-web-logo.png?width=462&name=acyp-web-logo.png "acyp-web-logo.png")](https://www.acyp.nsw.gov.au/) NSW YAC 2025 ## **Jai** | ![Jai](https://www.acyp.nsw.gov.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Jai.jpg?width=271&height=406&name=Jai.jpg)   |   | ### Jai is a proud Wailwan/Wiradjuri man who has spent 9 years on Darkinjung Country. ### Jai works tirelessly to advocate to both state and federal governments on behalf of young people in his community. He has facilitated regional and state youth forums, bespoke leadership development workshops and cultural immersion experiences for fellow local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. He currently works at Barang Regional Alliance, an Aboriginal Community-Controlled organisation in the Central Coast ### Jai has also recently been appointed as the NSW representative for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Association’s First Nations Youth Roundtable on Housing and Homelessness. Jai will soon graduate with a Diploma in Leadership and Management from the Australian College of Commerce and Management. ### Jai has previously worked as a barber and loves to play golf. | | --- | --- | --- |   ##### Contact us P: [02 9248 0970](tel:0292480970) E: [acyp@acyp.nsw.gov.au](mailto:acyp@acyp.nsw.gov.au) ###### Street address [NSW Advocate for Children and Young People](https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/241+Cleveland+St,+Redfern+NSW+2016/@-33.8902866,151.2046573,18z/) [Ground Floor, 219-241 Cleveland Street, Strawberry Hills NSW 2012](https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/241+Cleveland+St,+Redfern+NSW+2016/@-33.8902866,151.2046573,18z/)   ###### Mailing address [NSW Advocate for Children and Young People](https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/241+Cleveland+St,+Redfern+NSW+2016/@-33.8902866,151.2046573,18z/) Locked Bag 5000, PARRAMATTA NSW 2124   The Advocate for Children and Young People is under the DCJ ABN 36 433 875 185. ###### Media P: [02 9248 0943](tel:0292480943) or [0439 346 249](tel:0439346249) E: [media@acyp.nsw.gov.au](mailto:media@acyp.nsw.gov.au) ##### Subscribe to our newsletter Receive updates and invitations from the Advocate [Subscribe](https://www.acyp.nsw.gov.au/newsletter) ![Aboriginal flag](https://www.acyp.nsw.gov.au/hubfs/Aboriginal%20flag.svg) We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First Nations Peoples of NSW and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future.   Informed by lessons of the past, ACYP is improving how we work with Aboriginal people and communities. We listen and learn from the knowledge, strength and resilience of Stolen Generations Survivors, Aboriginal Elders and Aboriginal communities.