YACWA Community of Practice Session - August 2025

We're launching a new way to learn and connect with your youth sector colleagues! We would love to see you at our first Youth Sector Community of Practice (CoP) Session on Tuesday 19 August from 10:00AM - 12:00PM at the YACWA Office, East Perth (or online)! Following the CoP session, in-person attendees are invited to stay until 12:30PM for light refreshments and networking.

This meeting will feature Sharlene Baloch's presentation 'Sovereign Voices', on the importance of integrating the lived experiences of Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, and other marginalised young people in youth services, as well as practical strategies for embedding storytelling into youth work practices.

The Youth Sector CoP sessions are a re-imaging of the ANY meetings, but with a focus on sharing knowledge and building our practice across the sector. They provide a platform for youth workers to come together, network, meet others in the sector, share information, learn from one another, and contribute to YACWA and others’ policy work.

Youth Sector CoP sessions are usually free for YACWA members and $40 for non-members. To celebrate our launch, this first session is free for everyone, but places are strictly limited to 20 in person and 30 online.

Please RSVP to confirm your attendance, and feel free to pass on the invitation to anyone else you think might be interested in attending. The agenda, online attendance information, and further details will be sent out closer to the meeting. For any questions, please contact Alicia at alicia@yacwa.org.au or Katie at katie@yacwa.org.au.