Bankstown Youth Development Service

byds is a community arts based cultural development organisation located at the bankstown arts centre. byds has for the last twenty years instigated innovative arts and cultural projects leading to profound and lasting changes amongst the communities of bankstown and south west sydney. byds is well-known across western and south western sydney for creating, in collaboration with the community and other partners, a constant stream of intelligent and challenging community based art works. byds draws upon the philosophy of skills transfer and community cultural development, using the arts to build the creativity and capability of individuals and communities. byds has developed and mentored a generation of younger artists proficient in different artforms (performance, theatre, multimedia, dance, drama, writing etc). byds is recognised for its expertise at producing community based arts projects unique for their cross-disciplinary, cross-generational and culturally diverse nature. our missi