Youth Participation - Links and Resources
Volunteering Queensland (VQ) is working, in partnership with the Queensland Youth Council (QYC), to develop a youth participation strategy. This strategy is in its very early planning stages but is aimed at identifying youth friendly organisations, innovative case studies and best practice models which encourage flexible and appropriate volunteer opportunities for young people.
Key strategies will include:
- Developing a project plan for this project.
- VQ to inform the Qld Volunteer Resource Centre Network (QVRCN) about this project and link up their managers and the regional QYC volunteering working group representatives
- Conduct a review of literature and resources available to produce a Qld based youth friendly criteria
- VQ to inform the QVRCN’s community organisations and networks about this project
- Identify best practice organisations as models
- Work with specific VRCs as pilots eg. Townsville, Sunshine Coast
- VQ will add a ‘Youth Participation’ section to the Resources page on its website outlining the project, listing the links and other resources as they are identified / produced by team members
- Identify a VQ staff person to be responsible for further supporting the project in coordination with the QYC volunteering working group.
Useful links
- http://volunteeringsa.org.au/store/?book_desc=012
- http://www.govolunteer.com.au/organisations/content/org_youth.pdf
- http://www.volunteer.ca/volcan/eng/content/youth/involving.php?display=4,0
- http://www.childcomm.qld.gov.au/pdf/wwckit/YourPeopleJuly05.pdf
- http://www.spiritofyouth.org/busnomFormNew.asp
- http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Programs_Africa_Ghana_AYA&s_ghana_showaya=2
- http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/towards_adulthood/37.pdf
- http://www.playworkspartnership.ca/pdf/YouthFriendlyCOMM.pdf
- http://www.makeadifference.org/projects/viewProject.php?_mode=project_intro&_clearFlag=course,specialevent
- http://www.serviceleader.org/new/volunteers/articles/2003/04/000047.php
- Engaging and retaining volunteers for youth development, Andy Fryar, Vice President, Volunteering Australia – for the full report go to http://www.thesource.gov.au/ausyouth/conf_pdf/pg22.pdf
- Youth Challenge Australia http://www.youthchallenge.com.au
- Spice program: http://www.spice.org.au
- Partnering Youth and Not-For-Profit Organisations; Reflections from the International Youth Forum (January 2001) http://www.volqld.org.au/education9.html
- National Youth Affairs Research Scheme (NYARS) http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/aboutfacs/programs/youth-nyars.htm
- Millennium Volunteers http://www.millenniumvolunteers.gov.uk/
- Student Volunteering England http://www.studentvol.org.uk/
- Volunteering South Australia – Youth & Seniors http://www.volunteeringsa.org.au/opportunities/youth_seniors.html
- Youth In Philanthropy, Rebecca Gardner The Foundation for Young Australians http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/documents/rgardner.pdf
Useful Publications/Resources from Volunteering Western Australia
Volunteering Western Australia (VWA) has redeveloped its YVolunteer
Program and have a number of resources that might be of assistance.
Visit www.yvolunteer.org.au
for more information.
Useful Resources
- Volunteering South Australia’s ‘Doing It’ Master Class. This training course is designed for organisations to increase their capacity of engaging young people in their programs. Volunteering Queensland (VQ) is currently negotiating the delivery of this course in Townsville and Sunshine Coast during the first half of this year as a Master Class.
- Volunteering Queensland’s Volunteer Opportunity - Educators, Researchers, Community Developers and HR Persons project. This project will involve literature reviews, identifying and interviewing best practice programs and group discussion to examine what are the elements which create innovative community engagement and volunteer programs. The outcomes will include an ideas paper, supporting resources and the development of a two day education program looking at how to create innovative programs.
Qld Youth Council 2005-2007 Action Plan