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Aims and Objectives of Youth Representatives

• To provide a voice and conduit for young people of the Livingstone Shire to articulate their issues and views to all levels of government and community.
• To assist in raising the community’s awareness of young people’s contribution to the community and the liTo foster leadership potential of our shire’s young people through active participation, development and action of their ideas and solutions to youth issues.
• To empower and allow young people to implement a program of youth-focused events which actively engage members of the youth community in Livingstone Shire.
• To actively be involved in verbYL, its general operation and any events/programs.

The Role of this Youth Representatives will be...

Listening

1. Hold regular Youth Council meetings to provide a forum for young people, local government and other government and service providers to consult on youth perspectives.
2. Stay aware and become truly informed to accurately represent what young people’s issues are.
3. Visit schools, university and verbYL to hear young people’s issues and concerns

Advocacy

1. Promote and encourage youth leadership and activities through youth grants.
2. Assign focus areas to Youth Councillors who can make things happen (verbYL, schoolies etc)
3. Establish links to council’s portfolio, councillors, departments and government to maximise advocacy

Promotion

1. Promote the Youth Council and verbYL in any area possible.
2. Promote youth grants to all young people.
3. Aid in developing the verbYL website, in addition to keeping the Youth Council page of the verbYL website up to date, interesting and relevant

Decision making

1. Learn decision making skills and processes to ensure every member gets a say, every member is listened, in addition to all relevant information being sourced and discussed before a decision is reached.
2. Report to the Livingstone Shire Council three times a year on achievements and activities.
3. Actively participate and make decisions concerning verbYL and its operation.
4. Attend forums to exchange ideas/methods of running Youth Councils

Developing skills and knowledge

• Learn about the roles of government and how local government can relate to young people.
• Tour council buildings and learn about each department.
• Tour verbYL and learn about the way it is funded and run.