Help YANQ Get a Fair Go for Young People this Youth Week
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visit www.yanq.org.au/speakout.
Sometimes the challenges that face young people
(e.g. homelessness,
racism, poverty) are too overwhelming1 for them to face alone or even
with the help of a single service. During National Youth Week we wanted to
remind you that despite the overwhelming nature of some challenges, there is
something we can do!
- We can SPEAK OUT.
- We can CONNECT with young people and others in the community speaking
out about the same challenges.
- Through those connections, we come up with a PLAN and put it into
ACTION.
YANQ has developed the Youth Consultative Network to make this process
easier. Keep reading for some information on how it works.
SPEAK OUT2 using the Youth Consultative Network
Attend your local youth interagency or network and get this
group talking about the main challenges facing young people3.
Get the group to prioritise (narrow down) all the issues/challenges to six - 3
challenges facing young people and 3 challenges facing their services. YANQ has
developed some resources to help with this.
Once you've prioritised your issues fill out the form at www.yanq.org.au/ycnform4.
If enough (10 or more) networks send this information to YANQ then we will make
sure that the relevant decision makers (in Government or elsewhere) are informed.
We'll even post their responses on our website for you.
YANQ will also pull together a brief response ourselves to some of the issues
that the networks raise. We can't respond to every issue, but we will try our
best to get you some up-to-date information about as many of the issues you've
raised as we can.
CONNECT with others
Every 6 months YANQ will prepare a report detailing all of the issues and
challenges that networks and interagencies across the state are raising.
You can use this report to connect5 with other networks identifying similar
issues and share ideas about how to address the challenges you have in common.
Come up with a PLAN and put it into ACTION
If your network, either on its own or with others, is taking steps to address
other significant challenges facing young people or youth services, let us know.
Simply e-mail bulletin@yanq.org.au and we can share your ideas with others and
by doing this help raise the profile of your actions and connect you with more
resources.
YANQ is already doing this on two issues that have been identified through the
Youth Consultative Network - the lack of support for young people disengaged
from education and training, and the challenge of recruiting and retaining
staff in the non-government human services.
For More Information
Contact David at YANQ on 07 3844 7713 or via e-mail to ndo@yanq.org.au.
Youth Affairs Network of Queensland
30 Thomas, WEST END Q 4101
Tel: (07) 3844 7713 Fax: (07) 3844 7731
Web: http://www.yanq.org.au
NOTICE: Except as required at law, YANQ does not represent, warrant
and/or guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained or
that the communication is free of errors, virus, interception or interference.
1.
Overwhelmed by Uncle Ariel on Flickr. 
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2. Megaphone by Indigo Goat at Flick r. Some rights reserved.
3.If there isn't an interagency or network near you, talk to your colleagues
and set one up (and let us know).
4. If you're a new interagency, you'll have to let us know you exist before
you can use this form.
5. Networking by paal on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
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