Dorset's youth health and recreation officer Mathew Handy said interested Dorset students between the ages of 12 and 16 had been required to fill out selection criteria to apply for the trip.

"They (also) have to get a letter from their community saying how they show leadership already," he said.

"We've got some really good applications back, so it's been good."

The Dorset Council will cover the cost of the five-day trip, which will begin on Tuesday, April 14.

Mr Handy said the trip would not be all fun and games for the teenagers, who would have the opportunity to work with people they had not met before.

"It's really nice to get them out of the area so they are not working with their peers that they know from school, so that's a good leadership starter," he said.

"We go over there and run some of the school holiday program for the Flinders kids.

"It's a nice trip away for them but they have to do something while they are there as well."

Mr Handy said the trip would also introduce the group to the Aboriginal history of Flinders Island.

"We've got an elder over there, she will sit down with us one morning and tell us a story about the island and all the different things that happened on Flinders way back when," he said.

"I've worked in Aboriginal communities in Western Australia, and I guess coming back to Tassie there's not a lot of knowledge from the kids here of what has happened in the past."

The Active Youth Program will also run mountain biking trips in Derby and laser tag in Dorset schools during April.

Young people interested in being involved in the program can find out more on the Active Youth Program facebook page or the Dorset Council website.