Engaging Gen Y “making your organisation youth friendly” © 2006.

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Engaging Gen Y “making your organisation youth friendly” © 2006

Objectives To assess the youth friendliness of your organisation’s volunteering program To develop strategies to be more inclusive of young people as volunteers To develop ways to engage young people in your volunteering opportunities To identify how your organisation can improve it’s youth- friendliness To understand the barriers and opportunities in being more youth friendly To learn more about the potential for culture clash between different generations of volunteers

Youth by Definition years Within SA Young people: 13.2% of our population and 100% of our future!! ACTIVITY: when I was 15 Age 15–24: Population 191,942 (13.2%)

Why Involve Young People? A volunteer is someone who … ACTIVITY: in small groups, compile 10 reasons why your organisations should involve young people in your volunteer programs?

Respect Diversity Positive Support Value Workplace Values

“We aim to ensure that all volunteers enjoy a high quality experience. As part of your commitment to this service as a volunteer, you can expect... Opportunities for Personal Development A Supportive and Positive Environment Information and Advice Equality of Opportunity Induction and Support Training Involvement in Decision Making …” West Berkshire Youth Service Charter, England Charter of Workplace Values

Child Protection Police Checks for Supervisors Mandatory Notification Training Policies and Procedures Rules around Access to Personal Information

The Keys to Success Identify barriers for young volunteers Consider “defined time” volunteering Package your volunteer tasks Create “projects” or “events” Location, location or location? The list

Flexibility within your volunteer program - Packaging suitable tasks/ projects for young people Short-term commitment Medium-term commitment Long-term commitment Episodic or one- off commitment Part of formal or informal studies Can be done out of 9-5 business hours Can be done on weekends Can be done during secondary or tertiary school holidays Can be done off-site NB: Your organisation does not need an option in each box on this table, but can work at building options over time.

What have we looked at so far – and what’s next? The keys to successfully making your organisation youth friendly and attractive: Marketing your programs to young people Your responsibilities (child protection etc) What’s next I hear you say??? Well…

IT and New Media Are there opportunities for mutual learning? Could IT be used in new and creative volunteer roles and projects? Could young people help your organisation manage the pace of change? ACTIVITY: the jargon game!

Chunking the Elephant ACTIVITY: Looking at your workplace what are some of the tasks that need doing? Are there opportunities for young people?

Flexibility within your volunteer program - Packaging suitable tasks/ projects for young people Short-term commitment Medium-term commitment Long-term commitment Episodic or one- off commitment Part of formal or informal studies Can be done out of 9-5 business hours Can be done on weekends Can be done during secondary or tertiary school holidays Can be done off-site NB: Your organisation does not need an option in each box on this table, but can work at building options over time.

Attracting Young People Where? How? What to offer? Who can help? VSA training UniSA Marketing students Anna Lee- Manager, Employer Relations & Career Services VOLUNTEERING SA-

Decision Making Involvement Stages of youth involvement in decision making What would be the benefits? Youth Participation handbook from Office for Youth Brainstorm – in your organisation, identify where this involvement could start

Personal Growth / Recognition Training Letters of reference from a senior manager Profiling in newsletters / websites / publications Certificates and acknowledgement at public events Job descriptions with personal growth outcomes Standards met

Who are you gonna call? Or / text? For Grants: Youth Participation Grants Youth Engagement Grants Grants register across all areas Volunteer Support fund

Today’s outcomes Contacts - see handout Conclusion Volunteering SA Regional Volunteer Resource Centres Youth Affairs Council of South Australia Office for Youth

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