Youth Sector Training for Upper Great Southern Region - Youth Participation in Planning & Decision Making (Katanning)

TRAINING FOR THE SECTOR - Upper Great Southern (Katanning)

Youth Participation in Planning and Decision Making. 

Target audience: 

Organisations from across the Upper Great Southern who want to develop their skills in involving young people in planning and decision making. 

Overview: 

This practical workshop is designed so that attendees come away with the tools they need to confidently do this work. 

The topics covered include: 

- Benefits of involving young people

- Unpacking the challenges and why we do it

- Identifying where opportunities exist or where we are already doing it

- Safe and effective consultation (including access and inclusion considerations, safety, informed consent, managing expectations, incentives and re-imbursement, feedback mechanisms)

- Exploring consultation tools and techniques that can be used in a variety of settings. 

This 2.5 hour workshop includes opportunities for:

• Group discussions
• Hearing case studies (e.g. from facilitators and local services/organisations)
• Engagement with a youth panel. 

Following this face-to-face workshop, participants will have the opportunity to reconnect and dial into an online, one hour Teams workshop to:

• Support the application for what you learnt at the face-to-face workshop to a practical problem in your organisation
• Engage in discussions on how to plan and develop an action plan to help support next steps to working towards meaningful youth participation in planning and decision making. 

*Light refreshments will be offered at this event, including hot drinks and a fruit platter.