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.