Facilitators of youth participation activities

This survey is targeted towards people working who facilitate youth participation activities, if you are a young person the below surveys will be better suited to the insight we wish to seek from you.

For young people that have not been involved in youth participation activities: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9MDRH5F

For young people with youth participation experience: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9MYKYNP

YACSA is partnering with the SA Commissioner for Children and Young People to explore ways to strengthen youth participation across South Australia. Within this project we hope to map existing youth participation opportunities, understand how young people experience these opportunities; including barriers, motivations and preferred participation methods.

We are also interested in understanding how organisations currently facilitate youth participation and identify the strengths, challenges and gaps across different methods, in order to opportunities to better connect youth participation activities across the sector to support more meaningful youth participation.

As well as this survey, YACSA will be out meeting with young people and sector workers to hear about all the cool work young people are doing across the sector. If you want to have a more in-depth chat about this project you can contact our Youth Participation Intern, Hana at hana@yacsa.com.au

What do we mean when we say, 'youth participation'?

For the purpose of this project, youth participation is understood as young people having meaningful influence over decisions held by councils, government, universities, service providers, or other institutions whose decisions affect young people's lives. The focus is therefore not on youth-led activities in general, but on whether there is a clear decisionmaker or power holder on the other end of the process.

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1. What ways do young people participate in your organisation's work?

Youth advisory group/council

Governance or board representation

Co-design of programs and services

Consultation activities (surveys, focus groups, workshops)

Leadership positions

Youth-led projects or initiatives

Event planning and delivery

Informal feedback mechanisms

Other (please specify)

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2. What are your requirements for young people applying for participation?

(Do you only work with certain priority groups, do you require CV application, do you only work within schools or through NDIS funding etc.)

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3. How long has your youth participation structure been operating?

Less than 12 months

1—2 years

3—5 years

More than 5 years

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4. Approximately how many young people participate across your organisation's youth participation mechanisms annually?

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5. What were the deliberate objectives of establishing your youth participation activities?

To improve services directed at young people

To ensure young people's voices inform organisational decision-making

To support better educational outcomes and opportunities for young people

To improve wellbeing outcomes for young people

To strengthen youth leadership and skill development opportunities

To build young people's capacity for involvement in volunteering and civic engagement

To engage young people in issue-specific advocacy, consultation, or action

To increase community awareness and understanding of youth-related issues

To improve broader community outcomes

To support organisational inclusion, equity, and diversity objectives

To meet organisational policy, framework, funding, or strategic requirements

There were no specific objectives for the group/program

Other (please specify)

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6. How do you advertise your youth participation opportunities?

(For example: through social media, your organisations website, schools, printed material, community service, etc.)

Facilitators of youth participation activities

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* 1. What ways do young people participate in your organisation's work?

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* 2. What are your requirements for young people applying for participation?(Do you only work with certain priority groups, do you require CV application, do you only work within schools or through NDIS funding etc.)

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* 3. How long has your youth participation structure been operating?

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* 4. Approximately how many young people participate across your organisation's youth participation mechanisms annually?

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* 5. What were the deliberate objectives of establishing your youth participation activities?

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* 6. How do you advertise your youth participation opportunities?(For example: through social media, your organisations website, schools, printed material, community service, etc.)

1. What ways do young people participate in your organisation's work?

2. What are your requirements for young people applying for participation?

(Do you only work with certain priority groups, do you require CV application, do you only work within schools or through NDIS funding etc.)

3. How long has your youth participation structure been operating?

4. Approximately how many young people participate across your organisation's youth participation mechanisms annually?

5. What were the deliberate objectives of establishing your youth participation activities?

6. How do you advertise your youth participation opportunities?

(For example: through social media, your organisations website, schools, printed material, community service, etc.)