The Youth Development Network is a group of Local Government youth and community workers who meet quarterly to discuss and provide solutions surrounding youth issues and trends. The network has organised for the Youth Affairs Council of WA (YACWA) to deliver their Establishing and Running a Successful Youth Advisory Group (YAG) training for individuals in the network.

This is an opportunity for you to book one or more places at the session without incurring the total cost of booking YACWA to run a training just for your organisation on this topic.

Target audience

Staff from organisations that are looking to set up a Youth Advisory Group (YAG) or want to improve the group that they currently run.

Workshop overview

This workshop  will help youth and community sector workers develop a strong understanding how to set up and maintain a best-practice youth advisory group. In this workshop, you will learn:

What a Youth Advisory Group is and the different reasons that motivate young people to join
Exploring the purpose of your YAG
How to recruit and attract a diversity of young people to your group
How to explore the skills of the young people involved, as well as maximise and develop those skills
Exploring the topics of welcoming and onboarding, age and consent, processes and procedures, safe-guarding and supports, making the YAG youth-friendly and accessible and planning the first meeting
Strategies for embedding decision making within the organisation

This is a highly interactive workshop, with group activities and discussions. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions of young people that have been part of Youth Advisory Groups at the end via a youth panel.

* Light drinks and snacks provided