Lions District 201Q4 Youth Insearch Project.
We appreciate extra support by way of donations. This is done by contacting the Lions District Treasurer 201Q4. if you donate direct to Youth Insearch it may not be used for this project.
Lions District 201Q4 has partnered with Youth Insearch to have 4 Youth Insearch Camps a year. These camps are extra camps that Insearch would not normally do. Insearch does something like 30 other camps all over. Lions look after the meals and venue costs at our four camps. Youth Insearch provide the counselling, and other necessary staff and volunteers. These four camps cost our Lions District just under $30000.
Lions Club volunteers role is in the the kitchen preparing and serving meals. There are a lot of meals. Lions District Youth Insearch Chairman Warren Gavin from Cooroy – Pomona Lions Club has done this job for many years and is on top of all the problems. Warren does a great job and all is organized from a few hundred kilometres away. We like to have 3 to 4 volunteers at one time. It is a modern kitchen but there is limited space so a large number of volunteers at one time is not workable. Generally 50 to 70 meals have to be prepared and served each sitting. The meals are of a good standard. There is a cooked breakfast then morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and sometimes a late snack. There is not any time where volunteers are not preparing meals or cleaning up from 5am to 9pm. Everyone puts in maximum effort at these camps. Lions volunteers do not interact with the participants except for meal times.
Youth Insearch is a community organisation that coordinates weekend programs focused on resolving adolescent issues at a peer level for young people aged between 12-17 years.
It is a grass roots, early-intervention program, which works alongside welfare agencies, schools and local police to identify ‘at-risk’ youth that will benefit from the program. We aim to reduce crime, substance abuse, binge drinking and prevent suicide in young people, as well as enhance self-esteem and productivity through empowering youth. Youth Insearch Web Page
Lions Youth Insearch Camps
A key to the success of the program is its peer-to-peer focus where youth who have graduated from the program return to assist and mentor the other young participants through their issues.
Lions District 201Q4 Project Youth Insearch camps are held 24klms south of Bundaberg at the Chaverim outdoor activities and environment centre that belongs to the Shalom Catholic college in Bundaberg.
Camps are held four times a year.
Insearch QLD Locations
QLD SOUTH
- Dalby
- Caboolture
- Chinchilla
- Miles
- Roma
- Lockyer Valley
Weekend Workshop location: Duckadang
QLD CENTRAL
- Gladstone
- Bundaberg
- Hervey Bay
- Maryborough
Weekend Workshop location: Bundaberg Chaverim Camp
Bundaberg Chaverim Camp 2026 dates.
20th March to 22nd March 2026 (Fri to Sun) Report Youth Insearch Camp March 2026
12th June to 14th June 2026 (Fri to Sun)
28th August to 30th August 2026 (Fri to Sun)
4th December to 6th December 2026 (Fri to Sun)
Where is Chaverim Camp
Directions from Bundaberg
Travel 20kms along the Isis Highway towards Childers (15 minute drive to Chaverim)
Turn right at Cedars Rd (You will see a mobile tower/pole at this turn)
Travel 2.6kms along Cedars Rd to South Bingera Road
Turn left at South Bingera Road (can be missed easily, if you get to bridge you missed the turn)
The Centre is 0.7kms along South Bingera Road on the right hand side (Sign at the entrance) Please drive slow on the long dirt entrance.
Youth Insearch Love Rugs
A love rug is presented to new participants. The Full meaning of the love rug will be added soon. We thank the many hard workers that are making these rugs for the project. We like to keep the rugs around the same size if we can.
Instruction for Love Rug (pdf) These instructions do not have to be followed but it would be great if the rug was kept to a similar size.
(Below) Rugs being presented to Lions Youth Insearch Chairman Warren Gavin by Lions.
The latest from our District Youth Insearch Chairman Warren Gavin. 01/03/2026
Lions District 201 Q4 Youth Insearch Project.
Dear Club Members and others.
This is an urgent request for funds for our district youth insearch project.
Our workshops are held 4 times a year in bundaberg in march, june, august and december. Lions fully fund these weekend workshops covering the cost of accommodation and meals for the participants which is normally 50 to 70 young people each time.
The budget for a weekend is $7,000.00 and lions have been running the workshops and are now in our 25th year with over 5000 young people between the ages of 14 to 20 from throughout our district attending. These workshops are not just a weekend away for the participants, they are involved in councelling sessions all weekend and run into the night. They cover a wide range of issues effecting our districts young people.
The workshops are also adapted to help our youth from disaster effected areas so they don’t slip through the cracks.
Latest statistics show that in the age group of 14 to 25, 1 in every 3 deaths is from suicide and in this country 1 in 4 young people have been sexually abused. Youth Insearch are on a mission to change this narrative. They are dedicated to providing unwavering support to vulnerable individuals. They strive to offer guidance and mentorship to the young people who need it most. Your support really matters and every donation helps us run this life changing program which makes a positive and significant impact.
Every dollar goes toward running our q4 district weekend workshops.
Please lend your valued support to this very worthy district project by sending any funds you can to our district treasurer marked youth insearch project.
If you would like to come along and take part in what we do over the weekend please contact me. Also see in Links below How can I Help. F.A.Q.
Our youth, our future.
Yours in lionism
Warren Gavin 0409 989 362
District Youth Insearch Camps Chairman
Also see Links, contacts, and Camp Reports below.
Lions District 201Q4 Youth Insearch Chairman Warren Gavin 0409 989 362
or if unavailable try
Secretary Bundaberg Lions Club Alan Williams 0429 348 189 Email: bundaberglions@gmail.com
Report on Lions Youth Insearch Camp March 2026
