Council
9 August, 2024
Ideas welcome for joint youth strategy
MOYNE Shire and Warrnambool City Council want to hear from young people to help shape a new joint youth strategy.
The strategy will serve as a blueprint for enhancing youth involvement, services and opportunities throughout the region.
By working together, the two councils are aiming to create a strategy that reflects the voices and needs of the region’s young people.
Moyne mayor Cr Ian Smith said public consultations would be held from August 1 to 15, including in-person sessions where participants would be invited to share their thoughts.
“Involving young people in decision-making is essential in empowering our youth. We know from research young people want their thoughts, ideas, perspectives, and experiences to influence how decisions are made,” Cr Smith said.
Warrnambool mayor Cr Ben Blain said the sessions were the perfect way for people to share their thoughts in a relaxed setting.
“To make this the best strategy it can be, we need as many people as possible to tell us what they’d like it to include,” Cr Blain said.
“Everyone has unique insights into how we can make our region a better place to be as a young person, and this is about empowering our young people to drive this process to shape their own futures.”
Several public consultation sessions were held over the past week at various locations across the district.
For anyone who missed the public sessions, there will be a series of online consultation sessions as well as an online survey.
Full details can be found at: https://engage.moyne.vic.gov.au/moyne-and-warrnambool-youth-strategy
The final online consultation session for young people will be held next Wednesday, August 14 from 6pm - 8pm.
An online consultation session for adults in young people’s lives will run from 6pm-8pm next Monday, August 12.
This project is funded by the Victorian Government through its Engage! fund.
