What to expect

Running Great Workshops

Do you want to run workshops where young participants are actively involved and highly engaged?

You’ll walk away from this fun and interactive training equipped with the confidence and skills you need to run great workshops with and for young people. Through the careful and practiced guidance of our experienced Young Peer Facilitators you will learn how you can enhance your meetings, workshops and events.

Youth-Led Meetings

This workshop will inform young people what goes into planning meetings, conducting meetings and what next steps might look like. Participants will delve into how to write agendas and be put into a real-life setting through interactive activities with the guidance of the workshop facilitator. Using these activities and discussions, this workshop will give participants the professional skills necessary to navigate board or council meetings and set up their own work- or personal-related meetings in the future.

Lunch and snacks will be provided throughout the day - please answer the dietary questions when you checkout

Please note, tickets for this events can be purchased up until 5pm the day before or you can come on the day. However, we cannot guarantee your access needs can be meet if you register later than 14/04/2023.

Topics we cover

Running Great Workshops:

Developing a run sheet
Problem solving – what happens when things don’t always go to plan
How to manage people and different group dynamics
Learning Styles and how to cater to them
How to facilitate in an accessible way

Youth- Led Meetings

What makes a great meeting?

Problem solving and conflict management
Online vs In-person vs Hybrid
Action, ownership, and follow-up

Who should attend

This event is open to young people aged 12 - 25

Become a YACVic Member

Sign up to become a YACVic member to access membership discounts on tickets and to be notified first about resources and future webinars and events for young people and the youth sector.

We’ll also promote these in our newsletter, which you can sign up to here.

Quotes from previous participants

“Good mix of discussions/activities/group and individual work” young participant from Beyond the Bell

“I felt comfortable and was prompted to contribute in a gentle way, and I eventually built up a lot of confidence” young participant from public workshop

“Interactive, educational, lots of ideas, opportunities to ask questions, share learnings, reflect on best practice” participant from Commission for Children and Young People

“I enjoyed the broader scope of understanding around youth participation and what this 'looks like' and how this can be further supported and embedded in my practice” participant from CatholicCare

Commitment to Child Safety

YACVic is a child safe organisation. By attending these events, you agree to join us in our commitment to child safety.

Accessibility and Inclusion

At YACVic, we take access and inclusion seriously. If you have a specific access request, would like further information or want to provide any suggestions, we would love to hear from you.

You can email or call us with your access and/or support requirements for this event using the contact information below.

Our work takes place through the lands of the Aboriginal nations within Victoria and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.

Contact

For more details, please get in touch with Karen Walsh, YACVic's Regional Development Worker, Great South Coast at kwalsh@yacvic.org.au

YACVic is a child safe organisation. By attending these events, you agree to join us in our commitment to child safety.

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